Talent is Alignment
That’s often the case with Software Engineers, too. Those who are “the most talented” often aren’t. They “only “align with the the software. They fiddle with it, they work on their IDEs (vim/emacs), they do side projects, break their operating systems with bleeding edge modifications. When that “average” engineer goes home, the “talented” one is still poking at it with a screwdriver.
…and the only question is, whether you align with “that” thing. Back to piano - it’s not like someone forces me to sit in front of piano. In fact those daily hours or trainings more often are short session. I’m making myself a coffee, I play for 3 minutes. I take a break from computer, I play for 10 minutes. After finishing daily work I sit for 30 minutes, in the morning when I wait for my kid to get ready for school I play 20-30 minutes.
I do this, because I want to do this. The only thing that sets me apart from other people in similar position is that I naturally align with piano. I like the touch of it, I like the sound of it. There was never any other instrument that gave me this feeling, but piano does.
So I spend my time with it.