Thanks @mikepm74, hopefully the write-up had a hopeful spin to it.
If you look at - ugh - youtube for an example - well, there are some realllllly untalented people there who just "show up" every day - or at least on a steady basis - and they run circles around the talented guys who only upload 6 times a year.
Same with a lot of professions I guess - I've worked for some really untalented people that were either in the right time at the right place - or had connections - or could talk the loudest - or all three :O