^Yes.
"I really believe drive and passion is really what a lot of people think "natural talent" is..."
I agree in part, but these things don't just happen, or maybe they do just happen naturally, but this doesn't take away from what talent is. I have this little niece who just loves to play at the piano. She's a nice little kid, but gets bored with playing with kids her own age much quicker than anyone else in the group, and since I'm pretty much the only other musician in the family she always tries to kick me off the piano which is usually where I sit most comfortably at my uncles house during gatherings. It's pretty funny. There's a total fascination in her face when I show her chords or simple melodies that doesn't come from anywhere else she'd have experienced. It certainly doesn't come from her parents who aren't musical at all, and she's unique among her siblings in that regard. No idea what causes this behavior, but it's there. Drive is a byproduct of passion, but where does passion come from at first?
As for me, technique always came easily to me whereas other friends who picked up the guitar at the same time gave up frustrated. I can't recall if my behavior was similar to my niece's when I was her age. I do know that when I was a little older than she is now I had a childhood friend who had musical parents and I always loved hanging out at his house and we doodled around making goofy songs all the time and now he's married to a succubus and I cry myself to sleep at night but enough about me...
What I mean is I don't think you can force it. You can't just decide to have drive one day, sure you can work as hard as you want, but motivations matter in the outcomes when it comes to something like music or art.
"Natural talent" isn't usually prescribed to much outside of the artist's realm, but certainly some people are more talented at negotiating and talking than others. Mathematics is another area that some people just are plain gifted at, no matter how hard others work, they just won't get to where some people are. There are naturals in every field, and they usually rise to the top. I think it's treacherous to try and force yourself to be something you are not, for what it's worth.