I love featuring talented writers especially when it comes to writing the career and business niche. You see, to write about these serious topics isn’t easy and more so if you want to make these topics approachable, inspiring and informative, it is so much harder.
So you can imagine how much excitement when I came across this post and how much I want to share with you MiddleMe fans here.
Enjoy! And don’t forget to check out more of Gottfried’s posts here.
I have a lot of hidden talents. The problem is I can’t find them. On some days I like to think that it takes real skill to choke on air, miss-step while climbing stairs and trip over absolutely nothing. Not everyone is able to pull this off. It’s worse when you’re with a group of people and everyone is talking about their skills and talents, and you’re there like; well, I can breathe.
Multitalented. I can talk, annoy and irritate you all at the same time. It takes real dedication to pull this off. On a real though, talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity but we use it all the same. Isn’t it curious that we all have that one friend that finds a way of making everything innocent perverted? Yes you, I’m talking to you!
Lecturer: How can you fiddle with your phone and still manage to pay attention to what I’m saying?
Gottfried: Pure unadulterated talent, Sir.
Just because you haven’t found your talent yet doesn’t mean you don’t have one. Imagine finding out your talent as an 80-year-old man because you’ve been so immersed in poverty all your life, you never had the opportunity to look up. I’d be pissed if I discovered I could have won an Olympic medal for hopscotch. The pain!
Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. That fart you’ve been holding onto the entire ride? Drop it! Who knows, you could make it to 9’oclock news. I can already picture it. The headline will read, ‘Legendary fart kills 30 on a bus, maims two”. Authorities say the FARTER is still at large, armed, and very dangerous!’.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. I once met a beautiful lady at a park. I told her I wasn’t good at anything. She looked me in the eye and said, ‘survival is a talent’. I agree!
Sometimes you don’t get the talents you really need. Great, you just discovered you can chew ice. What are you supposed to do with that kind of talent? God really skipped artistry, creativity, athletics, and handed you the ability to chew ice cones. And you think all is well? Some people have the odd talent of making the most simple things sound complicated. Marry them!
No one respects a talent that is concealed. You might want to shove it in people’s faces every now and then. Because the truth is, everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty. Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is hard work. But make no mistake, never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you one of your 9 lives. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story. The human tragedy is that we all want to be extraordinary and we all just want to fit in. Unfortunately, extraordinary people rarely fit in. That being said, if you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room…
find another room.
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“The courage to follow through”. Very true!
Great post, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much! I’m glad you like it.
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I’m a fan of Gottfried! He is simply amazing with his humour sense ✨☺️
And feel free to review my first ebook
https://www.theblogchatter.com/download/simon-prathaps-alex/
Have a wonderful week Kally ✨🤗💐
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I’m glad we have the same taste for the literacy reads! I have received your email and downloaded on my phone. So far, I have read the first chapter and it looks really intriguing. I will take some time to complete the book though (with my little one running around my ankles while juggling to get freelance work done). 😃
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I understand 😉 With the little ones around its pretty hard to spend time for our passions, Happy Motherhood 😉 and take your time reading, it’s pretty small book ☺️ you’ll finish in no time. It’s a horror book, if you are not a fan of that then be careful reading😉 Happy reading Kally! ✍️
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Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your book with me, Simon. I’ll treasure every word.
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Lecturer: How can you fiddle with your phone and still manage to pay attention to what I’m saying?
Gottfried: Pure unadulterated talent, Sir.
That’s good!
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I’m glad you love his post! Check out his blog for more.
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Fun and also true. Thanks for posting, Kally. I hope you’re doing well.
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You’re welcome. We are well here. Restrictions are slowly easing away.
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It’s about the same here.
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There is a lot to learn from this guest post, Kally, and it’s fun while we learn.
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Thank you so much. Stay safe and healthy.
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This a very encouraging post. I realise that now that if effort is placed, the talent will appear.
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I’m Glad you like this post, Faiza.
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Great read Kally, thanks for sharing! With a considerable amount of demotivation and negativity around, we often keep chasing what we want but forgets about our passion and talent. This post offers genuine help to figure out inner talent.
By the way, I’m a lifestyle blogger. How can I write a guest post for you?
Looking forward to hear 🙂
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Sorry I just dig out your comment in my spam folder. Yes to your guest post. Please drop me an email at Kally@MiddleMe.net. Thank you so much. Have an amazing weekend!
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive.” That’s a productive way to look at it, one that would serve me well, if I followed it.
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Thanks for your contribution!
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As a high school graduate,
I can sleep, eat, and GET THIS, I CAN even explain and share my Catholic Faith, as I demonstrated now for 30+ years. However, “chewing ice” is still a challenge for me. … Oh! BTW, did I mention that I can ALSO breath?
WOW! God is GREAT and so generous to share all of the talent-gifts with me.
Thanks Kally, LOVED this guest post.
God be with you both,
Patrick
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You’re most welcome, Patrick. This guest post is definitely a gem!
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This Gottfried guy is really funny. Absolutely hilarious post 😁😁
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Oh, this Gottfried guy definitely deserves an award or something. Lol.
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Thanks for sharing this post. I smiled, who knew sleeping is someone’s talent. 😂
It reminds me of myself when I was leaving high school, I stated in our yearbook that my hobby was sleeping. 😂 Geez, whenever I remember I just laugh. Funny I actually found out that sleeping was the only thing I found so easy to do back then. 😂
But thankfully that has changed. We have to keep being productive and making use of all God has deposited in us. 😊
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Ah.. sleep can be productive too. I often generate ideas through sleeping and wonder if I get any rest at all!
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This is hilarious! 🤣🤣
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Happy you like his post!
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Yep. We need talent.
Hope all is well with you?
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All is well with us here. Little one is happy now that she can scoot around the area surrounding our gated apartment.
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I can imagine. Enjoy your – slow – return to normality. Au revoir Peng yu
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Really very slow…. lol
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Gottfried is so talented…. His way of writing, Balloon comics, Fun elements in the post….. Everything…. Worth to read multiple times….
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Absolutely! He is a gem. Talented and funny guy. I love discovering gems like him and you.
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Me….!!! I just started…. There is long way to go….
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Ah.. when there’s a start, there is always an ending. You’ll get them, Nabeela.
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Yup…. I just want to flow with whatever comes in my way…. 😊
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great post! thanks for sharing👍🏽
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Thank you! Welcome to MiddleMe!
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beautiful post! I totally agree with all your points especially that every one has a talent, whether it was concealed or not. very well written, thank you very much for sharing☺️
Follow @everythingtips for tips and recommendations if interested😊 It would mean a lot to me!🥺🤍
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Thank you and I’m glad that you love this post. Will follow you in WordPress 😊
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Great post. Thank you.
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Thank you, Robert. How are you coping these days? Hope you are doing well.
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I joined a #DemCast, a political action group focused on getting out the vote. I can’t work every day because the magnitude of the ugliness I see online is overwhelming, so I take frequent breaks. Thank you for asking.
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Please do take care of yourself. Your health will need to come first.
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