Raw brainpower is overrated.
Your only real edge is the willingness to sit with an unresolved problem.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/your-edge-is-patience-not-genius
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Something like that, attributed to Henry Ford, was on our refrigerator facing me at the dinner table through most of my childhood. Because there's some sense in it, I'm relieved to see that Ford was not the author. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/01/12/persist/
@Daojoan I build wooden clocks. The guy who sells the plans says that the main requirement is not woodworking skill but a high tolerance for frustration. Which may be why it is a very niche hobby.