What is Talent?

I think that it's time we take back the word "talent".

[flipperdale]

I've always thought of talent as being a very strong passion for doing something and getting the desired result. Some people are born with a stronger passion than others; particularly prodigies.

[FestusEphraim]

Have said this countless times, and I'm glad I ran into this video today because to me people that are thought to be talented are people who work so hard when no one is looking at them. Thanks for inspiring

[safelol]

Talent is also a task that is easy for you to learn in a short period of time. I agree that once you have a positive drive, you will be willing to spend years performing certain tasks. For someone who has severe ADHD and an additional illness at the same time, learning and performing a task in a short period of time is vital to survival in competitive environment.

[TritonsGuard]

No disrespect, but I disagree. I believe passion only motivates one to do something, but it doesn't determine how easily one understands said thing or how much potential one has. One can have passion for something, but be very poor at it even after doing it for a while. Likewise, someone could care little about something and even despise it, but easily surpass everyone else. For example, a person can be taught many hours on how to sing, and they may get better at it, but if they have a bad voice, they will never be as good as someone who has a pleasant one. If you watch shows like American Idol, you would see many who are passionate about singing, and want to be good singers, but only a few are able to do that. My friend and I took the same math class and put in pretty much the same amount of time in practicing, and I even had a tutor, but I got a D and he got an A. Will a 4 foot tall guy ever be able to play basketball as good as a guy who is 6 foot 9? Can someone learn to be a savant? I don't believe that one should let talent alone determine whether to pursue something, but to say that it isn't true that some people will have an easier time and have a higher potential just to motivate them is lying.

[kimmmkimmm]

I used this for my students. Thanks a lot.

[etienne]

There is talent and then there is talent. There are degrees of talent. What God has given one. Mozart obviously had a special talent or gift, same with Bach. All the practice in the world won't help you to compose like that.

[bornofsource]

some peoples ancestors spent 1000s of years cultivating certain skills to pass on to their progeny a predisposition for particular tasks and methods that they too continue a legacy of. It is not difficult to understand that through the passage of time we are all part of one larger metaphysical being that experiences material reality a generation at a time and simultaneously with those who share our similar genes. Those who dont understand this have a propensity for rootlessness, and use phrases like "expressing myself". although when you ask these people why they express, and what exactly they are expressing, you learn that they cannot look inward enough to know what that is or why. the result (more often than not) is usually some arbitrary association with the same medias that have formed their entire personalities, or a particular experience that is close enough to the "self expression" that people will believe it, and perhaps the individual convinces themselves of the same. Talent is many things, but one thing is for sure, and that is the fact that you as an individual did not provide yourself with this vehicle that has allowed you the ability to be talented in anything. That is a simply an "individualists" (for lack of a better term) thinking error.

[babyzorilla]

When someone tells you you’re good at something if you’re a kid even if you don’t like the activity you might like the attention it brings so you get better at it but it’s not really something that you chose. You are in fact really passionate about something else though. You should go with that other thing even if you’re a kid.

[NanditSharma]

Fully Agree with you Sean & clarifying & explaining to the world.

[mr.coffeewithaspoon]

I disagree, tho I do understand your point and I know you are trying to say "we express ourself while painting" but I can say you can still have talent without being passionate about it, I am good at drawing but I dislike it, and I still keep improving without even trying so hard like most people do. I think we are just born like this, a natural instincts.

[chrisdyanprakusa]

i believe that everyone has power, we have talent.. like mozart, the different is how they practice it. maybe for other people they just have to practice with their own methods their own timelines their own hardworks and their own sacrifices. all mixed up in one deep pasion

[rejicex]

This looks like the start of an SNL sketch.

[mylifebelikee]

Sir you're describing Ronaldo but you cannot discribe Messi

[spencer]

You couldn't beat me at my own game. You cant kill me. Even with all your dirty tricks and the games you play, you still couldnt beat me.