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Let's Talk Talents




During my service year at the General Hospital, I was mostly busy at work with my tablet, working on my illustrations. It was a rural area so most times when patients came in and we tell them about the price to run tests, they turned away and preferred to stick to drinking their local concoctions.

So on a day when there was virtually nothing to do, I decided to work on my illustrations instead of just sitting and moping around.

A young girl that was on Industrial training came up to me in admiration and said in her own words ...
"I wish I had a talent"

'Come again?'

 I wanted to hear it again because it felt a little bit abysmal for her to say such words.

'I wish I had a talent' she said it this time with a tone almost in a hush, like she was ashamed she didn't and it scared her.

I dropped everything I was doing and decided that it was time to dissect her brain.

'What can you do?' I asked

'I sing in the church but it doesn't qualify because I have a small voice, I don't do well with acting, I can't draw, I am not creative" she said with her head bent to the ground.

'What can you do?' I asked again because I knew she hasn't answered my question yet. She simply paddled around murky waters.

She took in a deep breath and then gave a sound reply to my answer.
'The only thing I know I am good at is books, I love to read, I will love to acquire knowledge up to a PhD and also I will love to teach and help others in their academics'.

There you have it. I smiled, looked at her and said

'That is your talent'

'How?' she pressed on

'It is what you do well'

She still looked lost like I gave her a theory in calculus to prove. So I had to break it down at this point.

'Do you know why some teachers are preferred by students to handle some courses because they do it effortlessly while others feed us a truck load of crap?'

She still wasn't getting my point.

'Talent' I said

'Do you know what makes a doctor give the proper diagnosis which other doctors had misinterpreted or concluded as insignificant?'

'Talent' she said with a spark of light in her eyes, she was finally catching up.

'Do you know what made someone invent the telephone, mobile phone, engineers construct magnificent bridges, architects design incredible plans, an account master how to balance an account, scientists discover ground breaking inventions, people develop tech applications like social media?'

'Talent'

'I can go on and on about different talents but now you have found your own unique talent, harness it and turn it into something the world deserves to see'

You see when we talk about talents, we are restricted to Arts and Entertainment, but talent goes beyond that. Your talent is your distinct quality that makes you unique, makes you special. It can come from having great concepts for events, ability to convince people, turning a business idea into something great, your talent is your originality.

Never say you have no talent, but instead you are yet to discover it. There was a time I was a kid that couldn't do anything, but I learned, searched myself and found that gold mine buried deep within my core.

Every human being was born with a talent and I challenge you to find yours or develop yours today.

My next post I will break down reasons why TALENT IS NEVER ENOUGH.

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