After doing the match, the study found that “the elite performers had each totaled ten thousand hours of practice… the merely good students had totaled eight thousand hours, and the future music teachers had totaled just over four thousand hours.” The part of the study that I find astonishing is that not only did all the top performers have over 10,000 hours of practice to their credit, but everyone who put in 10,000 hours was a top performer. The key to excellence was not natural talent, but hard work. (Caveat: this is not to say that talent doesn’t matter at all. Firstly, as the researchers pointed out, there was a minimum level of talent required to get into the Academy. Secondly, a completely untalented musician would probably not get the positive feedback for his work that would motivate him to put in 10,000 hours in the first place.)
Hardwork alone isn't enough but without hardwork any amount of talent will get you no where! Something I think is pretty obvious but often neglected. Also, I would like to add another one of my thoughts here. If you work hard consistently it will bring you rewards. It need not get you the job you wanted or the career you aspired for but all the hard work you put in will surely come handy in occasions you cannot even imagine when you were working! So keep at it everybody (includes me too, if you are wondering)!
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