Calling people “talented,” is an insult to their hard-work. They just have one thing different from the crowd and that is ‘they refuse to give up!’
If someone is good at something, that does not mean he is talented. I do not believe in the term talent. Talent is a term coined by ‘lazy’ people who do not want to work hard but want to give themselves an excuse that they cannot do something because they are not talented enough. If you think all the great people who have lived on the face of Earth were born with some kind of special talent, you are right! They were born with a set of hands, feet, legs and arms, two eyes, one nose, one mouth and two ears. But what madethem different from the crowd was their will, their determination and their passion for the thing they loved. People who are geniuses at science, were not born with the algorithms and theories etched in their brains. They learnt, they practiced, they failed, and they tried again. People, who are amazing dancers or singers or painters or writers, were not born with a mic or with a pen in their hand. Great writers were people who started with learning ‘a, b, c, d’ at some school in their childhood and then started learning grammar, verbs, nouns, and adjectives and improved their skills every day. Calling them “talented,” is an insult to their hard-work. They just have one thing different from the crowd and that is ‘they refuse to give up!’ It is not that they never failed, they just never stopped trying.
People love to see the dancers dancing on TV. Nobody wants to practice for 24 hours non-stop like them and get blisters on their feet. People love to hear songs that are sung in melodious voices, but no one is willing to sing for 3 continuous days without sleeping. People love to see the paintings that artists create, but nobody is willing to start with practicing straight lines. They all want to be a Picasso, but without putting in any efforts. I am sorry, that is not possible!
So if you think you are not talented, think again. You are talented. You can be the greatest dancer, the greatest singer or the greatest writer. You can be what you want to be if you put in efforts and you promise yourself, come what may, you will not give up until you are successful. Then see the results! You are the master of your own universe, and you are not lesser than or inferior to anyone. You should fall, you should fail, but you should never compromise with your life. You get one life to live, and if you do not live it on your terms, what is the fun of living? So decide what you want to be, and put all your energy and efforts in that direction. You will be a master of that art sooner than you think you could be!
