(note: I have a ton of stuff to get out there tonight–maybe a ton of it will become a post, maybe not).
Your mind automatically finishes the following sentence: Jack of All Trades….
And we all know that type. The “Experts” on everything, dispensing knowledge without thought, and giving direction of dubious value (but regular frequency). I see people (largely because I sell for a living) bouncing around from job to job or company to company. They’ve done a lot, but never well.
And then there are others–and I’m sure you know them. The Physician that is a world class violinist, the Attorney who knows five languages. Ben Franklin, who charted the gulf stream, assisted in creating the Declaration of Independence. It’s not impropper to be good at different things.
The difference between someone who is good at a lot of different things, and someone who floats like a drifter is competence, ability, and commitment. Mostly, commitment. Some people are just plain “Better” at things. Some people do things right, plainly, and without showing off. I would think that the “Master of None” comes from people that drift, gain a little experience, fail, but are somehow left from the experience as “world class experts.”
…that nobody wants to talk to.
….because their next big thing is just around the bend.
….because the knowledge that they have is blunted by the fact that–at the core of their being–they are not committed, not competent, and they are full of only sound and fury.
If you aren’t committed to winning the game you’re playing, then you give yourself the mental outs, and aimlessness that begets incompetence. If you’re doing something, REALLY DO IT. Be sure to be the best, most, fastest, anything “est”. Subordinate your ego to being effective, and don’t insist on patting yourself on the back for achieving low end mediocrity.
The thing about life is this:
Man, the time is gonna pass anyway. Suck every drop of marrow out of it. See where your limits are. Stretch them.
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