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  I think natural talent can be a helping factor in someone's success, but doesn't necessarily say anything about higher work ethic.
  Someone with learned skill is likely to have built more resilience to their pursuit when they're used to the grind and have practiced the skill for hours and hours, therefore may have spent more time than someone who has it easier. 
  Someone with natural talent could be spooked way more easily when hitting a roadblock in terms of skill, or they could find their lack of challenge monotonous in itself, and it depends on the kind of person they are.
  In various conditions the opposite could be true for both of these, so I don't believe there's any concrete correlation at all, but I can argue that hard work is a valuable asset since endurance when facing challenges is essential for success in work, so it's pretty unreasonable to assume that natural talent = better work ethic.
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  Showing evidence/argument that work ethic isn't correlated with talent would CMV.
  
  this is a tricky stance b/c a lot of it is subjective.  
  
  what if "having a strong work ethic" is a talent in and of itself. the special forces operators talk about this all the time: they aren't inherently talented, but they have a talent for gaining talents quickly. 
  what if i have a terrible work ethic (for things are difficult difficult for me) but the things that i pursue as fun are extremely valuable in the market? i never wash the dishes b/c that feels like work, but i constantly refine my quantum computing theories, (just a made up example). is it really work ethic if i don't feel burdened by the pursuit of the talent? 
  "success" is determined by market demand. today we have professional video game players (either competitively or things like twitch, youtube, etc.). a generation ago the pursuit of these talents was not "work ethic". today, it is / could be considered. the only thing that changed was the market dynamics. >
  
  
  what if "having a strong work ethic" is a talent in and of itself
  
  Only if being able to speak is a talent(not all people can do that). Most people are capable of learning good work ethics.
  
  in the market
  
  Success is not determined by the market. Success is being able to complete your goal. Any goal. You can successfully brush teeth.
  It's just that usually we imply that the goal is supposed do be hard to achieve. Otherwise we wouldn't talk about it.