Talent is a kind of skill-say of ar. artisan, a craftsman, an author and so on. Success is attainment of one’s objective in life and it presumes a proper deployment (=putting into use) of one’s talent. But these presume, in their turn, the recognition by a person of where his talent lies. This last is, in fact, the most crucial part and accounts for many failures and even tragedies.
So we derive a corollary from the above premise that the most important talent is to know one’s own talent. It may sound like a conundrum (=puzzle), but its elucidation (=magic clear) would clear the fog, as it happens with a conundrum.
The broadways to success, today, is money; and ‘merit’ is the catchword that pervades human life. Companies virtually raid the institutes in their talent-haul; from the meanest ranks of the talented sorts to the greatest the incessant drive is money-hunt.
Today all other virtues or talents subserv: this talent to earn; all are obeisant (=reverently respectful) to Mammon, the god of riches. But this demigod that is ‘talent’ also has its chief lieutenant in Opportunity. Unless it is wedc cd to a profound sense of time and opportunity, its effects shall be a mockery of its labour. Bill Gates, the richest man today, rides on the crest of such a tide. He may not be the most intelligent man, but he is undoubtedly the most successful man.
But there is yet a rider (a clause).. Merely brash (=too forward) instinct of avarice (=money lust) will not do, as it has not done even in the past. The ‘talent’ calls for a moral fervour (=passion) in the money-spinner. By virtue of his great privilege as a super talent, he must create opportunities to ‘net-in’ talents. more It is not far different from when a major industrial firm spawns (=produces) sister concerns.
The above explains the great truth that ‘talent’ must generate its food to thrive on. It is an axiom. Each kind of talent thrives only in reproducing it: band of talented teachers leave behind their broods; band of talented sages leave behind their progenies. The principle of this great creation is growth. Therefore the urge to reproduce, to prevent its death ought to be the basic moral urge of the ‘talent’ that rules the modern world. I would conclude with the memorable story from the pages of the Bible: A man had three sons. Once he decided to test their worth. He gave one talon (=a valuable coin) to each of them to make do (=keep themselves up with) during his absence. When he returned he asked them to give an account of how they used the talon. One said that he had buried it in the earth as a precious possession; the second said that he enjoyed it in satisfying his own desires. But the third one said that he invested it in fruitful ventures and doubled and trebled it. The father praised the last one as a wise and sagacious son.
