You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen.
~Dr. Dre
Talent is something that comes to you naturally. Talent is what we are born with, inbuilt into us. Most times we don't even know what our talent is. There are those lucky enough to discover their talent on time and there are those people who discover their talent later on.
Most often people argue about talent and skill, some say they are both the same, and others argue that the two concepts are different,
saying that talent is inborn like how bees know how to gather honey or how birds fly, while skill is something that we learn. Although both terms are different yet they are somehow alike, you might have talent but when you don't develop it, it lay dormant. Talented people still strive to know more about how to develop their talent, they keep learning, keep developing themselves. Talent is something that must keep on being developed.
I have so many talents but the one talent I discovered early in life, is public speaking. I never knew it was public speaking until I got to the university, then I just knew I love speaking in public.
When I was eight years old, I was selected as a news presenter alongside another boy, during my school end-of-the-year party. I was so excited, I could hardly sleep the night before. The day I was so excited that I was going to be on stage. I was kind of scared when I saw lots of people that day, but when I got on the stage, the fear disappeared and I was able to read the news fluently, that was when I knew I love being in public.
One thing my talent has helped me with is the ability to speak up in public. When I was in SS3, I was made the head girl of my school. When I was being interviewed for my current job, I was given a practical task. I had thought the interview will be oral but when I got there I was directed to attend to a customer that came to buy clothes. This customer was not an ordinary person, she was a celebrity and I was kind of scared. I was to attend to her as though she was any other customer out there, due to my ability to think fast, I walked up to her confidently and spoke as though it was my first time, she was happy with my service. The interviewer was impressed and I got the job instantly.
Talent is beautiful and we have them naturally but if we don't develop them it will be a waste. We have to take the time to discover our talent and develop ourselves. I believe everyone on earth has a talent, nobody is created as ordinary.
