“The world is often unkind to new talents—new creations.”
“…my disdain for Chef Gusteau’s famous motto: Anyone can cook. But I realize only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins that those of the genius….”
- excerpts from the quotes of Anton Ego, the food critic,
- Ratatouille movie from Disney @2007
While I was taking a break from updating my blog, Bjorn Cebuano and after transferring it to a main domain server-hosted by Bluehost from Blogger.com, I went to the living room and, just to take a brief escape from exhaustion, delightfully watched an animated movie in the Disney channel about a talented “little chef” with a highly-developed olfactory perception.
The movie conveys the oddity of a working relationship between the bearer of a great talent and the heir of the deceased great talent who has no talent at all. I like the absurdity of the main character and the entire movie per se. While viewing it, it occurred to me that the quotes from the movie and, likewise, the lesson, could be my subjects for another blog post. For a fact, the movie has something that supplements my views on a topic: Talent.
I admire the food critic of the movie upon hearing his judgment and altered perception on the view and talent of the defunct Chef Gustea and the new “little chef” of the Gusteau restaurant. It adds up something of the notion that great talents are rare, just relatively few and, with no reliable measure, some of the bearers of the great talents may seem absurd and unconventional. They may be sometimes classified in a different genre of characters. And without bias and intentional prejudice, these few individuals possessing great talents have been ostracized in their origins. They’ve become lauded upon breaking some walls to the conventional world and oftentimes, it takes an outsider to recognize their talents and be commended.
The supposed heir to the restaurant business of illegitimate origin is somebody that I can bring a metaphor to. He may be deemed as a lewd opportunity-grappler, albeit self-recognized limitations and naivety. However, his character is something that I can have a correlation to in the entrepreneurial realm.
It does not mean that I have no talent leading me to take a level beyond my capability, risking my self and my reputation in the long term. But somehow, I find myself having the attribute of seeking and sometimes taking what has been presented randomly with less expectation of the likelihood of occurrence. If I can’t do something in which I seem to conclude as very relevant, then, it is likely for me to grab somebody by the arm and take him or her to a subject that needs getting done, even literally.
I can’t really speak for most of the entrepreneurs but it is a great probability for entrepreneurs to explore great talents, bringing those talents to their suits and pursuits and profit from those talents. Though it may be deemed as exploitation, there is still the win-win strategy and aftermath of the situation.
Great talents are rare. And I don’t really base on general statistics but I can infer that most of those with great talents need someone to guide them to the top and even someone to help them be recognized. If I take something from the movie about the discovery and exploitation of the great talent, it would be the case of the rat and the faux chef of Ratatouille.
