Hey,
Talent ( or in generally ability to do some specific thing ) does not really take you forward in life .So there is no direct correlation between talent and the rate and distance you move forward in life .
But though no direct correlation there is a relation between them .
So there has to be some parameter in between which depends on talent . And success would depend on that parameter .
That parameter is choices .
A person gets choices which are dependent on how talented he is .
For e.g. say a person is good at studies and get 90% in 10th . He gets choices that he can take Science, commerce or arts and can also choose out of a number of good colleges.
But say if he got 40 % he might have to take only arts .
Choices got cut down.
Now suppose he makes a wrong choice and takes up say science which he was not interested with the same talent as he would get bored he might not get far.
After you start work with you specific talent to make the next choice then again the cycle continues in the same way.
Stating it as a mathematically formula ( I am a little biased towards maths J )
Choices α Talent
Success α Correct Choices made
So more the talent more choices you get and more the correct choices you make the successful you will get.
Similarly making a wrong choice would hammer your growth provided your talent is the same.
Hence choices becoming an amplifying or retarding factor in between your talent and success.
Hence a person with less talent can achieve more by amplifying it by making correct choices .
And a very talented person can retard his growth by making wrong choices.
So talent just provides more choice and correct choices provides success .
But also more talent helps you to hold more wrong choices also .
