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Morgan Freeman - "You can't take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to The Daily Quote, the podcast
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  I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, and this podcast is brought to
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  Now let's dive into today's quote from Morgan Freeman, the
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  legendary actor whose career spans over 5 decades of
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  excellence. He once said, you can't take
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  credit for talent, you can only take credit for using it.
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  Huh. You can't take credit for talent
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  because you were born with it or you developed it early, but it
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  was given to you. The credit, the thing you can
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  actually own, is what you do with it.
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  Morgan Freeman didn't choose to have that voice, that presence,
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  that natural ability to embody characters.
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  That was talent. A gift.
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  But he chose to use it. He chose to audition, to study,
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  to take small roles, to keep working when others quit, to
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  refine his craft. For decades, the talent was
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  free. They're using it.
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  That was all him. And here's what makes this so
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  important. Lots of people have talent,
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  probably more than you think. Maybe you have it too.
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  But talent without use is worthless.
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  It's potential that stays potential.
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  It's a gift that never gets unwrapped.
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  You don't get credit for potential.
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  You get credit for action, for showing up, for doing the work,
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  for using what you've been given.
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  Think about all the talented people who never became
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  anything, All the gifted musicians who never made music,
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  the natural athletes who never competed, the brilliant minds
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  who never created. They had talent, but they didn't
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  use it, so the talent doesn't really matter, Freeman is
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  reminding us. Don't mistake having talent for
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  deserving success. Talent is just the starting
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  point. What you do with it is what
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  counts. And here's the liberating part.
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  Even if you don't have natural talent, you can still take
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  credit for the work, for the effort, for showing up and using
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  whatever you have. Because using what you have,
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  talent OR not, is always worth more than wasting what you were
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  given. So here's the question, what
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  talent OR ability do you have that you're not using and what
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  would happen if you actually put it to work?
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  Because you can't take credit for having it, but you can take
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  full credit for using it. So start using it.
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  That's where the credit lives. That's it for today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.