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有一个在酒吧里弹琴的男孩，弹得非常好。人们来这里，就为了听他演奏。但一天晚上，一位客人告诉他，他不想听他弹琴，而想听他唱歌。 男孩说：“我不会唱歌。” 但这位顾客坚持。他告诉侍者：“我听厌了钢琴演奏，我想让那个人唱歌。” 侍者的喊声穿过整个房间："老兄！如果你想拿到工资的话就唱支歌，这顾客让你唱。” 男孩照做了，他唱了首歌。从没有在公共场合唱过歌的钢琴演奏者平生第一次唱歌了。之前，没人听过《蒙娜丽莎》这首歌。那晚,是纳特•金•柯里用自己的方式演唱的。 他有天赋但不懂利用。或许他余生只会在默默无闻的酒吧里演奏。但因为这次无法推托的唱歌，他成为美国最著名的艺人之一。 你，或许一样,有才能和天赋。你也许不觉得自己的才能有什么了不起，但它也许比你想像的要好许多！只要坚持，许多的才能都能得到发展。如果你把自己的才能埋没了，那你就可能什么能力都没有了！最好的问题不是"我的什么才能有用"而是“我怎样利用自己的才能。” Control Your Talent There was a man played piano in a bar. He was a good piano player. People came Dut just to hear him play. But one night, a patron told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song. The man said, “I don’t sing.” But the customer was persistent. He told the bartender, “I’m tired of listening to the Diano. I want that guy to sing. ” The bartender shouted across the room, “Hey buddy! If you want to get paid, sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!” So he did. He sang a song. A piano player who had never sung in public did so for he very first time. And nobody had ever heard the song Mona, Mona Lisa was sung that light by Nat King Cole! He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his as a no-name bar, but because he had to sing, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in \merica. You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly great, but it may be better than you think! And with persistence, most skills can be im¬proved. Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you possess! The better question is not “what ability do I have that is useful?” It is rather ‘How will I use whatever ability I have?” |
