A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.Banksy

Many people need that one person to tell them that they have the capability to do something before they put themselvees out there and see what the rest of the world has to think of them.  Others, even though they do have a talent, choose not to do anything with it or to put it to use because they think no one else believes in them because no one has ever said anything to them about it.