{"id":53366,"date":"2021-10-26T10:18:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=53366"},"modified":"2021-11-07T17:56:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T21:56:29","slug":"success-is-dependent-on-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/success-is-dependent-on-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Is Dependent on Effort, Not Talent or Luck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What do you think is more important when it comes to success\u2014talent or effort? What role does inborn talent play in achievement? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was previously thought that many highly successful people were child prodigies or people born with natural talent and intelligence. However, Angela Duckworth, the author of <em>Grit<\/em>, dispels that myth and says that the most important trait that will lead you to success is grit\u2014 the combination of passion and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is why success is dependent on effort, and less so\u2014on talent or luck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Effort Affects Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Grit, <\/em>Angela Duckworth lays out her theory of grit in a quasi-mathematical equation that encapsulates why success is dependent on effort:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>skill = effort x talent<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>achievement = effort x skill<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this formula, skill is created by applying effort to talent. Then, achievement is created by applying effort to that skill. In this way, effort factors in twice\u2014<strong>it increases talent, and then it increases the application of that talent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that between two people who work equally hard, the one with more talent will improve faster. But between two people of equal skill, the person who works harder will achieve more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way to look at this formula would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>achievement = effort x (effort x talent)<\/strong>, or: <strong>achievement = talent x effort<\/strong><strong><sup>2<\/sup><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Framing the equation this way allows us to graph it mathematically, giving us a simplistic model of how much a person might achieve based on inputs of talent and effort:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Kdkr6l3TYwWiE9yrlFGuWEGWTIRXQP-cVBsCMg1mobU1c6snzxXluGuE_Ul1qRcFkZL25CWxUkUr3NglgP-ypyGVuvMPOXeUk4wA9OoOOTovPskin-mQmahVk29j-yNnb55KXBvc\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"458\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n[image] grit_effort_graph.jpg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this model, line A represents the achievement of someone with twice the talent of line B. When they both put in an effort level 1, Person A achieves twice as much as Person B. However, if Person A stops there and puts in no more effort, but Person B continues putting in effort, B can achieve twice as much as A, even though A has twice the talent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This model has several implications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Someone of lower talent can catch up in skill level by applying effort.<\/li><li>Even if someone never catches up in skill level, they can still achieve more by applying effort.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider an analogy: a low-talent painter, who is aware of the limits of her talent, works to improve her skill by taking lots of classes and creating many paintings. A higher-talent painter may start off making better paintings, but if she assumes her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-deliberate-practice\/\">innate talent<\/a> will propel her to success, she may put in less effort. After one year, the higher-talent painter might be making better paintings, but after two or three years, the lower-talent painter may eclipse her, and end up making better paintings and having a more successful career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same concept may apply to academics, athletics, career, and even social relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Reading Between the Lines: Talent Still Matters<\/strong><br><br>This graph points to two nuances of Duckworth\u2019s theories:<br><br>First, it counters critics who say Duckworth discounts the importance of natural talent.&nbsp;Second, it implies that given equal effort, <em>talent matters a lot<\/em>.<br><br>Some critics of Duckworth point out that there are many highly talented people who\u2019ve eclipsed the success of others who put in more effort, calling into question how important effort actually is. One famous example is long-reigning top chess master Magnus Carlsen, sometimes called the \u201cMozart of chess.\u201d One study estimated the number of hours of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/deliberate-practice-definition\/\">deliberate practice<\/a> he\u2019s likely engaged in over his lifetime and concluded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2014.00878\/full\">he\u2019s practiced fewer hours than others who\u2019d been less successful<\/a>, refuting Duckworth\u2019s insights.&nbsp;<br><br>However, Duckworth never argues that talent is irrelevant. Her formula above for predicting skill argues that effort counts twice where talent counts once\u2014but <em>talent does count.<\/em>&nbsp;<br><br>What Duckworth\u2019s equation shows, even if she doesn\u2019t explicitly mention it, is that if Person A has outsized talent and also puts in a lot of effort, they can achieve more than Person B if Person B puts in equal effort\u2014or even if Person B puts in just a bit more effort.<br><br>To illustrate this, let\u2019s examine the case of Carlsen. The authors of the study examining him argue that because he started playing chess at age eight while others often start at age four or five, Duckworth\u2019s theories are wrong\u2014he\u2019s put in fewer hours over his lifetime but had more success.&nbsp;<br><br>However, it shouldn\u2019t be overlooked that <em>Carlsen started playing chess seriously at age eight<\/em>. He didn\u2019t, for example, merely take up chess in college. Over the course of a career that stretches into adulthood, the time that his rivals may have devoted to their craft might not be significantly more than his\u2014not enough to overcome their lesser talent, given that he, by wide agreement, is <em>exceptionally<\/em> talented.&nbsp;<br><br>In fact, Duckworth herself would probably not dispute the study\u2019s final conclusion, which states that <em>deliberate practice by itself will not bring about high levels of performance<\/em>. Nowhere in <em>Grit<\/em> does she say differently\u2014what she argues is that talent can\u2019t make up for a <em>lack<\/em> of effort, and that given equal talent, effort is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-the-key-to-success-in-life\/\">the key to success<\/a>.&nbsp;<br>This illustrates a common theme in criticisms of her work. Her theories have been popularly misconstrued as arguing that effort alone is what matters, and that talent plays no part in success. However, her theories can be more accurately understood as disputing the popular notion of the naturally talented person who effortlessly stumbles into success.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you think is more important when it comes to success\u2014talent or effort? What role does inborn talent play in achievement? It was previously thought that many highly successful people were child prodigies or people born with natural talent and intelligence. However, Angela Duckworth, the author of Grit, dispels that myth and says that the most important trait that will lead you to success is grit\u2014 the combination of passion and purpose. 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