(291 words) Psychologist B.M. Teplov in this expression focuses the reader on the problem of talent. He reinforces his reasoning with an example that even absolute hearing does not appear before a person "first became confronted with the task of knowing the pitch of a sound." This means that people acquire talent only in business. Until they take up the solution of a specific problem, their abilities will remain unrecognized, which happens very often in our days.
I agree with the author. If activity is a transformation of the environment, an act of creation, or, as it is written in a social science textbook, submission of the outside world to human goals, then abilities are an individual quality of a person that contributes to the successful completion of a certain task. Obviously, these concepts make sense only in the relationship: incapable people will do nothing, but talented and gifted professionals will definitely cope with the tasks.
As an example, I want to bring the hero of the novel I. Goncharov “Oblomov”. To develop the abilities of his son, Stolz Sr. sent him to the capital without money and patronage. He believed that a real man should achieve everything himself. His method of upbringing turned out to be effective: the talent of a businessman was discovered in Andrew. But what would happen to him if he had remained under the protection of his father and mother? The author answers this question, showing the fate of the lazy and worthless Oblomov, who did nothing, so all his abilities were in vain.
Another example is demonstrated by Elon Musk, an American engineer and scientist. Recently, the company under his leadership organized the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket to Mars. Until recently, no one believed that humanity was capable of this, but today, before our eyes, talent is revealed in business. If the company MaskX did not even try to conduct such experiments, no one would have known about its capabilities. And now in front of these people all doors open, including into space.
Thus, this expression reflects the law of being: only activity reveals our abilities.
