# Innate Ability **URL:** \ **Category:** Evan Nagao\ **Created:** [August 1, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/innate-ability/291322 "2018-08-01T16:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/innate-ability/291322/1 "2018-08-01T16:19:33Z")
Evan, what percent of your talent do you attribute to an innate ability as compared to a learned ability? Please keep doing what you are doing (fun to watch man!) ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Nagao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_nagao/32/20047_2.png) [@Evan\_Nagao](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_Nagao)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/innate-ability/291322/2 "2018-08-02T03:45:17Z")
In terms of skill, I don’t feel that I’m innately very talented. I’ve just had over 10,000 hours of practice in my lifetime. I do, however, feel like I was born with a slightly different brain. I think of myself as a bit more creative and eccentric than the average human being. I think this has allowed me to make interesting new tricks. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/innate-ability/291322/3 "2018-08-02T13:40:50Z")
Awesome, so you are saying we all have a chance at being great. I really appreciate you taking the time and allowing all of us a chance to get to know the man, the myth, the legend Evan Nagao. Best of luck to you in the future ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Nagao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_nagao/32/20047_2.png) [@Evan\_Nagao](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_Nagao)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/innate-ability/291322/4 "2018-08-03T05:41:03Z")
Yes. If anyone put 10,000+ hours of practice in with the intention to get better, they would. Most people just don’t have the level of passion or patience or craziness to do this haha.