How far are you willing to go for your dreams?
As soon as things get uncomfortable a lot of people end up giving up right away.
Realistically if you worked hard 5 years every single day on your thing. You would be immensely great at that thing.
You could have practiced plenty, read several full books studying that thing, done so much, created so much and accomplished so much.
Greatness takes years of hard work no matter if the person is talented or not.