What is a talent?

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A talent is a potential you have developed to become a skill or quality. We all have talent potentials, but we may not have developed all our potentials to a top talent.

We all have the potential to will, because will is a psychological function. It is part of our psychological DNA, but not everyone has developed their will sufficiently to make independent and conscious choices. Some people instinctively follow the values of their social group. There’s several stages in the development of a talent:

  • Talent potential: At this level the talent is hardly noticeable or anything you have given much thought. This could be the assertiveness you recognise in others but fail to see in yourself. It is still a talent that you may develop, or not.
  • Talent ability: At this level the talent is developing into a skill. You know that you are in touch with a talent potential. You may have a hobby where you apply your assertiveness, or you use this specific skill on occasions or in situations where you feel safe.
  • Talent quality: At this level the talent is fully developed as a quality of your personality that you use personally or professionally. You, and other people, experience yourself as being assertive, or you have a work role where you express your assertiveness. You have developed substantial insight and knowledge about assertiveness within your field.
  • Top talent: At this level your talent is particularly well developed. You are a notable person and trendsetter within your field. You creatively master your talent in many different relationships and circumstances. You are raising the bar within your filed, and you express the talent emotionally and practically.