Mozart: Why must I submit samples of my work to some stupid committee just to teach a thirteen-year-old girl?
Count Von Strack: Because His Majesty wishes it.
Mozart: Is the emperor angry with me?
Count Von Strack: Quite the contrary.
Mozart: Then why doesn’t he simply appoint me to the post?
Count Von Strack: Mozart, you are not the *only* composer in Vienna.
Mozart: No. But I’m the best!

— Amadeus

There are a lot of starving geniuses in the world.  Talent alone isn’t going to put food in your belly and a roof over your children’s heads.  Being the best at what you do isn’t enough.  If you want to exchange your talent for the means to provide for you and yours, you have to sweeten the deal with hard work.  I would rather hire a hard working person who is merely competent than a genius that doesn’t show up or deliver.