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Building skills through adjacency
Adjacent skills are skills that are close or related to the ones you already have.
The main advantage is that you are not starting from scratch: you can usually use some of the knowledge from your existing skills to acquire adjacent skills. Not only will the process feel easier, but you will reinforce your current knowledge.
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Examples of adjacent skills
- Main skill: Writing- Adjacent skill: SEO
- Main skill: Design - Adjacent skill: Illustration
- Main skill: Content marketing - Adjacent skill: Content marketing
- Main skill: Coding- Adjacent skill: Technical writing
- Main skill: Product management- Adjacent skill: P...
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The benefits of adjacent skills
- Sustain motivation at work. Having adjacent skills means you can switch between a wider range of tasks.
- Build a distinctive viewpoint. Having skills from various areas that are relevant to your work will enable you to see overlaps and connections whe...
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How to build adjacent skills?
- Make a list of all skills adjacent to existing skills
- Tag them based on "what you are curious about?"; "what skills have optimum ease of learning-challenging to learn?" and "what skills are useful for growth?"
- The skills that are at the intersection of these 3 categories are ...
Your Skills And Areas Of Interest
Acquire relevant skills, experience or industry knowledge necessary and ensure you have the passion and competence for what you are going to work on.
A good start is to monetize the skills you already have that are related to the side hustle you want to establish this. And if you lac...
How to build general skills
People that develop expertise in multiple areas are able to solve a wide range of problems.
The key is to gain broadly valuable skills:
- Breadth comes from specificity. General skills are built from large libraries of specific knowledge.
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