I have the greatest talent at conning the world.

 

It depends on many factors, but the primary reason that I might would be if they asked me, and the answer would depend on their reason for asking which would necessitate a quick reading of their need for asking in the first place. Kindness is a virtue.

I wouldn't walk into a Hell's Angel's hangout bar and start blathering about how much that I hate the sound of a screaming Harley Davidson. You gotta read the room.

 

Talent is a defined, objective concept. Of course to be fully realized talent requires cultivation via tuition and practice. But those are still two different things. The cultivation will still benefit people with talent more.

 

In my mind there is innate talent which is something you're born with and which although might come easily, is something which can be cultivated in order that the gift might blossom. Then there are people such as yourself which have a desire for betterment in something that they love and must work harder to enhance that which they love and cannot do without. Of those who might not be born with a special gift and who keep at it because they have no real choice, some of course will put in the time to better themselves and achieve a high level of artistry in whatever they do while others for whatever reason can only reach a middling level.