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How To Become a Specialized Generalist

How To Become a Specialized Generalist

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Thriving in the Technology Era is a Harsh Sport

Thriving in the Technology Era is a Harsh Sport

This is why you want to expand your knowledge and skill repertoire so that you can gain some competitive advantage.

Combine a handful of skills that are rarely linked to each other, rarely blended together.

Examples:

  • Doctor& YouTuber/Streamer
  • Computer Science & SEO/SEM Marketing
  • UI Designer + Mathematician
  • Historian + Lawyer + Statistician
  • Programmer + Philosopher + Public Spe  aker

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View yourself as an Experimenter

View yourself as an Experimenter

You are not trying to master and combine 50 different random skills and juggle an overwhelming amount of snowballs that can ultimately melt in your hands.

You are simply spreading your wings just a little bit more, a well thought spread I might say. Flying across the world of various skills and playgrounds that can be rarely found in the same mix.

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Translate your thoughts

Translate your thoughts

"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough."

- Albert Einstein

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if you are not able to translate your thought processes’ outputs into meaningful, actionable advice one can learn and build on is a huge loss for the future of humanity.

UI designer might be a skillful wizard with his craft, but making your project understandable for a non-designer, making him appreciate and then build on its true value, that’s a huge leap in our communication infrastructure.

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Your Phone: The Missing Limb Syndrome

Your Phone: The Missing Limb Syndrome

In today’s world, if your phone is not in your pocket, it feels like you have missing limb syndrome.

Whether we like it or not, we are already on our way to becoming a cyborg, on a real path to morphing into an AI symbiote.

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Engage in Public Speaking

Engage in Public Speaking

Engaging in the Public Speaking sphere is yet another handy practice one should think about.

It not only forces you to think logically, critically, and also strategically, but it can act as a stepping stone for your future live endeavors. This skill has extended real-life applications.

Having and engaging in difficult conversations will stretch out your mental apparatus, making you more organized and prepared for what’s yet to come.

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CURATOR'S NOTE

These are some thoughts on how to become a specialized generalist in the digital and non-digital era.

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