釋放你的才能

There was a man who played piano in a bar. He was a good piano player. People came out just to hear him play. But one night， a patron told him he didn't want to hear him just play anymore. He wanted him 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 piano. 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 the very first time. And nobody had ever heard the song Mona， Mona Lisa sung the way it was sung that night by Nat. King Cole!

He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no - name piano player in a no - name bar， but because he had to sing， he went on to become one of the best - known entertainers in America.

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 improved. 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?\"

有一個人在酒吧里彈鋼琴，他的鋼琴彈得非常好。人們來酒吧就是為了聽他彈奏。但是一天晚上，有位顧客對他說他不想再聽他彈奏了，他想聽他唱首歌。

這個人說：“我不會唱的。”

但是客人很堅持，他告訴男招待：“我已經聽夠他彈鋼琴了。我希望那個家伙能夠唱歌!”

男招待在屋子的另一端沖他喊道：“嗨，老兄!如果想拿錢，你就唱首歌。顧客們在等你唱歌!”

于是，他就唱了一首歌。第一次，一位從未在公眾場合唱過歌的鋼琴彈奏者唱了一首歌。那晚之前，還沒有人聽過納·金·科爾唱的《蒙娜麗莎》!

他一直沒有釋放他擁有的才能!他的余生或許就是一個不出名酒吧里的一個不起眼的鋼琴彈奏者。但是他必須唱，繼而他成為美國最著名的藝人之一。

你也擁有技巧和才能。或許你沒有覺得你的“天才”是多么的偉大，但它或許能超過你的想象!堅持不懈，大多數技能都能得到提升。如果抑制你已經得到的，它們最好就不要存在!問題的關鍵不是“我擁有的才能有什么用”，而是“我要怎樣運用我擁有的才能”。

注釋

buddy n．密友；伙伴

paoron n．贊助人，保護人；顧客

entertainer n．款待者，請客者；表演者；專業演員

possess v．擁有，持有；占有；具有；懂得，掌握