According
to Maya
Angelou, ‘Talent is
like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.’ Yes, talents are not meant to be useless but to be useful.
Your talent would be the one to make the difference where so many can do
exactly what you can do, but not all things require talents. This article is
not on the use of your talents, but on the things you can do without talent. These activities and attitude will be the
ones to shape your talent to what will fetch you money that can erase poverty
from your generation.
Truly, there is one thing or the other we can do
better than others. There is just one thing you do and others marvel, one thing
others do very hard and you make no sweat just to get it done in few minutes. Ayn Rand says, ‘Money
demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to
their reason’.
However, in order for this talent to fetch you money or make
you to be what you want to be, you must have the right attitude. You must have the right mindset and take the right actions
to get it done. So, what are these ten things you can do without talent;
#1
Being on Time
‘Punctuality
is the attitude of princes’ – Anonymous. Nothing
becomes a success unless it is done on time. Punctuality is not a talent and you don’t learn it. If you know you
want to achieve in life early enough, then people must know you for keeping to time
and being in time. This separates you from others. Getting late to work, office, school, conference, meeting is a very bad
attitude that could delay your success in life.
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It is better to get there early before schedule than getting there
after schedule. People that do not keep to time are naturally unserious and
bad to do business with. It means they can’t keep to their words and they cannot
be trusted. Therefore, your attitude to time and whether you keep to time is
part of the things people watch for and it is a major determinant if you will
succeed and how early your success will be.
#2
Making an Effort
According to Frank Sinatra, ‘People
would often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important insofar as
getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got
to have talent and know how to use it’. While we can’t rule out grace and
luck in having success in life, you can as well know that luck do not meet people in their bed.
Time and effort are very
important in determining how luck will work for you in life. You don’t need a
talent in order to put an effort or initiate a process. You might have an idea, a talent, a creative mind, or zeal to do a
thing, but if you don’t start it, then it remains dead in your mind. I fear it
doesn’t go to the grave with you.
Bob Marley recounted his good old
days when he was very poor and lurking around the slum with a poor mind and
poor life. Of course Bob Marley has the talent to sing reggae music very well,
but it remains there in him dead until he comes out to showcase the talent. Now
when he came out to give a dose of what he got, money trickles in, fame
followed and that was it.
Of course the talent has always been there, but just
like a talent that was buried and not invested, just like the large amount of
money you kept in the bank and keep checking every day to see if it is still
there, and you keep having a butterfly rumble in your stomach because you have
big money that you could not double when you have the opportunity to. Without effort, talent is dead.
‘They gave me star treatment because I was making a lot of
money. But I was just as good when I was poor’ - Bob Marley
#3
Being High Energy
‘The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on
what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better’. - Elizabeth Bowen.
Suffice to know that it is not enough to start a project without following it
to the latter. In order to achieve that particular thing, your body must be
very hot for success.
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You can’t achieve more than Ronaldo in football if you
are not hungrier than Ronaldo in football. For whosoever you want to
beat, you have to be hungrier than the person. Your energy and hunger for
success must be very high that you feel scared of not succeeding. That is the
only way you can get what you want and as soon as possible.
#4
Having a Positive Attitude
You can never go far in
life without a positive attitude. Pessimistic people are backward and negative
people. They hardly get things done and they have no reason why they should
achieve anything in life. If you shared an idea with them, they would give you
more than a million reason why you should not go for it. It is not their fault
anyway, you just can’t give what you don’t have. They have no reason why they
should achieve; therefore, they want everyone to be like them.
If you love
yourself, don’t be like them and don’t follow them. Whatever you want to do in life, while there is a reason why you should
not do it or you can achieve it, you must create a million reason why you can
achieve it. Always see yourself
achieving it rather than not achieving it. It needs no talent to be
optimistic about a thing, therefore, get a positive mind and attitude to achieve
what you want in life.
#5
Being Passionate
‘The danger chiefly lies in acting well, No crime's so great as daring
to excel’ - Charles Churchill. It
is one thing to know how to do a thing, and it is another thing to love doing
that thing. ‘When your profession is what you love, then work becomes fun’
– Anonymous. If you want to make anything serious from your work, then you have
to love what you are doing.
Many people find their
work boring and can’t wait to leave such job because they have no passion for
it, they are just doing it to make ends meet. The moment they get their dream
job or something better, they leave without looking back. Always make sure what
you are doing is what you love and be passionate about it.
#6
Ready to Learn
John D.
Rockefeller says, ‘Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work
of superior people’. Only coachable and teachable people go far in life. If you want to get anything from anyone in
life, then you must be humble and ready to learn. It doesn’t take talent to
be humble, and it is not talent to be ready to learn, it is actually attitude. It is what should be part of you. If you
are not ready to learn, then you are not ready to succeed.
This is just one of the big reasons
and actions you must have to get to where you are going. When you are rude and not polite, people greater than you will not be
ready or willing to help you. Therefore, if you discover people are not helping
you, then check yourself, because nobody wants to put money where they don’t have
control.
#7
Doing a little Extra
According
to Mary Kay Ash, ‘Those who are blessed with the most talent don't
necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through
who excel’. You might have the talent, you
might be able to do a thing than every other person, but if you do not have the
attitude to follow through, or the urge to burn the night candle or a reason to
put more effort, then it might not just fall through for you.
You might have tried your best truly, you
might have given your all, you might have been stretched thin, you might be
used up in the process, but success and victory come to those that never gave
up at the point of death. That little effort you put might just be the joker
needed to achieve that thing. Try it; I am sure you won’t die doing it. It doesn’t
require talent; it is just the willingness to do it.
#8
Being Prepared
Louis Pasteur says, ‘Chance
favors only the prepared mind.’ You can’t lie all day in bed and
opportunities come there to meet you. It is not a talent thing to position
yourself for the opportunities that may arise. Your own is just to get ready. Never
wait for opportunities to come before you take a step. You must always reach out for what you want rather than wait for them
to meet you. It is when opportunities come that your ability will be
visible to everyone. ‘Ability is nothing
without opportunity’. - Napoleon I
#9
Having a Strong Work Ethic
‘There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck
driver than a tenth-rate executive.’ - B. C. Forbes. You and I know that there is dignity in labour, and
whatsoever your hand finds to do, please do it well. It is better to be
self-employed and have freedom, than to be a manager and be a slave. Even
if your work or business is not fetching you as much as expected, as long as
you derive satisfaction and peace of mind, then it is better than being an
executive director and living the life of other people
.
Honoré de
Balzac says, ‘There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.’ No matter the kind of job you are doing, be
it bricklaying, carpentry, or anything as long as it is legit, just brand it,
package it well, and sell yourself to people with a strong positive mind for
success and achievement.
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Note: ‘He does not wish to appear the best, but to be it’ – Aeschylus. Don’t try to impress or appear to
be the best, always strive to actually be that best. Always give your all to be
the man everyone would look up to and want to be like. It is one thing to
have a talent; it is another thing to have the right attitude to make the
talent a success.
We hope
you have learnt one thing or the other, please share with friends and family,
so that they can also benefit. You can leave a comment as well, and should you
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