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If you get really really good at something, original is automatic. And if you practice really really hard at something, getting good is automatic.

Passion is a simple advantage because it gives you the focus, the persistence, and the satisfaction needed to keep practicing efficiently.

Maybe it'll take 10 years to do what a genius could accomplish in 1, but if the genius is working on something else, it's all you. But even if not, your body of work will be different.