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4. THE BENEFITS OF BEING A GENERALIST

  • We must understand our talents but we must also be willing to favour new skills over our talents to become a generalist. The business world was previously obsessed with specialization. Adams points out that general knowledge about several fields is more useful in the modern world. This does not make ypu mediocre or your average Joe.
  • Author explains that he has always been a generalist. When he started Dilbert, he was not a talented writer, artist or businessman. He was just relatively proficient at each skill. This general competence is what allowed Dilbert to become success.

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