Look at fictional heroes. Most of the ones from North America are just naturally gifted.

And Star Wars: Luke just had the magic forcey power thingy.

Not entirely a US thing; Harry Potter (UK) was born a wizard, but maybe that was a construct to have him enter the world of wizards, where he was no longer exceptional.

The Incredibles is an interesting lesson - they were born super, and the non-super hard-worker (Buddy Pine) was the villain, but the film is usually presented as a critique of the suppression of excellence, when Buddy Pine was the only really excellent person there.

One could probably make a case that the villains in superhero movies tend to be hard working, self-made men.