innate ability

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Known for an unfailing ear for innovative music and an innate ability to navigate the shifting currents of popular music, Davis ruled Columbia, Arista and J Records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Drawing on Carol Dweck's concept of a "growth mindset," he encourages adults to focus praise on effort and learning rather than innate ability.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

Yet, for all of her work building an empire, Paltrow still has the innate ability to disappear into a character.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Mr. Sowell emphasized this repeatedly: The same innate ability can produce different outcomes depending on the norms that surround it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

IQ is a measure, to some degree, of innate ability.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell