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Chapter 5Employing Innate Talents to Provide Potent Organizational Solutions

Humans have employed the power of life study and experience to promote culture and advance social communication. This compound knowledge has enhanced our lifestyle and introduced novel technologies that have broken educational barriers.

But the notion that humans' social, economic, and technological achievements have been merely propelled by experience and incessant study is implausible. There is substantial evidence that we carry innate talents since birth—skills not necessarily learned through experience. Some of these natural abilities are affiliated with primal instincts, such as survival, endurance, security, and social bonding.

Clearly, the ongoing participation in life activities characteristically renders accumulation of information and accelerates the learning of skills. But life experience is not the only factor that contributes to the survival of human beings. Humanity has also withstood hardships and overcome calamities by applying innate skills. It has become evident, though, that the combination of the two—life experiences and inherent innate capabilities—is frequently utilized to enhance decision-making and to provide potent strategies to avoid threats to existence.

There is no indication suggesting that innate gifts cannot be learned during a lifetime. Adaptability, enthusiasm, curiosity, creativity, and self-discipline are known to be genetic traits that can also be developed and enhanced ...