It's important to work hard - there's no short cut around that.
Along with the talent, you also need direction.
It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.
I fail sometimes, I succeed sometimes, so that's fair enough. It's a package deal. It comes with that package: failures and success.
Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar.
If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.