What should be rewarded: Talents vs Skills
Ask yourself, what are you good at? If nothing comes into your head, then chances are, you don’t have it. (Not yet.) What is the difference between talents and skills? You are born with a talent, and you earn a skill. Skills are acquired with sheer resilience to self-discipline. One should commit and practice to earn the skill of earning skills. We talk about developing skills and encourage others to develop into their full potential, but too often, we choose the short-term path of betting on talent instead, compared to the willingness to commit, enroll, and persist. There are very few places where talent is the key driver of success. Think about it, everything that matters is a skill. If you can learn, or put effort and training to get good at something, it’s a skill. Although there is a possibility that some skills are easier to garner if you are talented. Ever wondered, why do we study so many subjects in school? We all know the everyday skills we need in life aren...