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TALENT VS CHARACTER!
By Olayiwola Ebenezer Oladehinde

“If talent is a building, then character is the foundation it stands on.”


 We live in a world today where people seem to celebrate talent even more than character. We celebrate fame, riches, beauty, intelligence and all sorts of abilities with little consideration for character.
We celebrate superstars even when it’s evident that they lack right moral values. We honour individuals who acquire wealth via dubious means and use the deployment of talents only as a disguise. We place in high positions, individual with low personal standards and questionable character, lacking integrity and the requirements for such positions. The magnificence of talents can we now say, has robbed character of its rightful place in our world?
This might look like an advantage for the talented and those making headway with their talents but unfortunately, it is not.
The fact is this: the same world that celebrate, honour, esteem and reward you as a talented person will also be on standby to mock, humiliate, disregard and talk about you when they eventually come to discover your character deficiency.
Now, here is my piece of advice to you as a talented person desirous of success: Never allow anything, not fame, skillfulness, riches or wealth takes the place of a great character in your life. If talent is a building, then character is the foundation it stands on.
Talent can give you a NAME, you need character to keep that name.
Talent can give you a PLACE to STAND, you need character to keep STANDING.
Talent can OPEN DOORS for you, you need character to keep the doors open.
Talent can get you CONNECTED, it takes character to STAY CONNECTED.
Talent can give you a VOICE, you need character to keep that voice.
Talent can give you POWER, character is what earns you RESPECT.
WINNING takes TALENT but REPEATED WINNING takes CHARACTER.
If you have character, nothing else matter. If you don’t, nothing else also matters.
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