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 the ones to target, for learning and growth.
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