I classify anything that is a part of your image as a form of beauty, and talent is definitely a part of our image. I always look at celebrities and wonder how they can do and say some of the craziest things, but somehow be let off the hook. They are never held to the same moral (or legal) standards that the rest of us are held to.
We all know those situations where a celebrity will be out of line, and the media will go crazy for a couple of days. The celebrity will apologize, and then we all will forget about it and forgive the celebrity. Who knew that a simple apology could be so powerful?
An apology can pack a punch, but what packs a greater punch is the person who is giving the apology. Celebrities are so much more forgivable than ordinary humans aren’t they? Maybe that’s because celebrities are in the distance and they don’t really affect our lives directly, or maybe it’s because of their ability to wow us with their talent.
Beauty is an illusion, and talent is too. Wouldn’t you agree that both beauty and talent are hypnotizing? Both can change the way people see you and the way people treat you. Both can make you a more valuable person in the eyes of those that don’t know who you really are.
I think women are sometimes dismissive of the importance of talent. Young women especially, because they grow up seeing people like Snookie and the Kardashians on television making big bucks and none of them have displayed any real talent at all. I’m not going to say they don’t have talent, because we all do. But reality stars have made a conscious decision not to display their talents.
Young women think talent is overrated. They see it as something you don’t need in life. But talent is not about being on television or being a performer, it’s about having a skill. That’s it.
Talent, beauty, sex appeal, charm–they all compensate for the areas of your life that you aren’t good in. If you are lacking one, you can make up for it by being great in the others. Talent is the most reliable of the four things that I listed. It can carry you much further. If someone is bad looking but they are still good at what they do, then they are still a great asset to have around. They still have an “it factor” (read more about that in the article “How to Be the It Girl”).
Talent distracts people from your shortcomings. It is something that we all value to some extent or another. Some may try to diminish the importance of it, but it still holds a lot of weight in most people’s book. There are lots of unattractive talented men that have women at their feet because women find talent to be sexy. Men see talent as sexy too. A talented woman can add something to a man’s overall image, power, and ego. A talented woman also has a lot to offer the workforce and may not have to worry about losing her job as much as the untalented women she works with.