-Of all trades to be more specific.
I feel, and constantly am told, that I fit that particular title. I have a great deal of knowledge as well as experience in a great many fields. To give a small example in the realm of the arts I have years of experience in ceramics/sculpting, over a decade in music, years of drawing, water coloring(not like kindergarten, more sophomoric attempts), pastels, oil paints, rock carving, baking, cooking, sewing (awful at it), writing (creative as well as academic)...
But the hitch is, though I have knowledge and experience in these fields, I am not overly proficient in any given area. For the longest time I have considered this shmorgisborg (sp?) of ability to be rather novel, but useless. There are very few careers or professions in the world where such a diverse portfolio is really applicable. (I wish to say at this time that it is because I've never really been sure what I wanted to be when I grew up, that I have left as many options available to me as possible)
But amidst my reading of a book on game design (don't judge, cause I won't care) the author described what abilities an effective designer requires. Reading through these I realized that the only person capable of handling any position of leadership or authority are those who have this kind of diversity in abilities and experiences. To say the least, this is a reassuring (if not a little presumptuous) thought to me.
I say right now that I want to be a music librarian, but the more I think about the more I lean towards administration in the long run, and information technology in the short, peppered with the desire to also be a video game composer (hence the book at the start) . To achieve such places I need to good at a lot of things, but not necessarily great at any one task.
To put it another way: you can be the world famous diva/divo and be a phenominal singer, peerless and beautiful. Or you can become the composer: knowing just enough about a great many instruments, but not a great player of any (necessarily). Yes that analogy has a lot of if's and but's about it, but I think it gets the point across. Both positions are used to fulfill the end (beautiful music), and arguably are no better than each other.
Why I put that out there is because to be a good organizer or leader, you have to be diverse in your knowledge base. To be a remarkable individual, you must be brilliantly knowledged in your specific area. I am the earlier to a far greater degree than the later, and feel more confident in my select career decisions.
I feel, and constantly am told, that I fit that particular title. I have a great deal of knowledge as well as experience in a great many fields. To give a small example in the realm of the arts I have years of experience in ceramics/sculpting, over a decade in music, years of drawing, water coloring(not like kindergarten, more sophomoric attempts), pastels, oil paints, rock carving, baking, cooking, sewing (awful at it), writing (creative as well as academic)...
But the hitch is, though I have knowledge and experience in these fields, I am not overly proficient in any given area. For the longest time I have considered this shmorgisborg (sp?) of ability to be rather novel, but useless. There are very few careers or professions in the world where such a diverse portfolio is really applicable. (I wish to say at this time that it is because I've never really been sure what I wanted to be when I grew up, that I have left as many options available to me as possible)
But amidst my reading of a book on game design (don't judge, cause I won't care) the author described what abilities an effective designer requires. Reading through these I realized that the only person capable of handling any position of leadership or authority are those who have this kind of diversity in abilities and experiences. To say the least, this is a reassuring (if not a little presumptuous) thought to me.
I say right now that I want to be a music librarian, but the more I think about the more I lean towards administration in the long run, and information technology in the short, peppered with the desire to also be a video game composer (hence the book at the start) . To achieve such places I need to good at a lot of things, but not necessarily great at any one task.
To put it another way: you can be the world famous diva/divo and be a phenominal singer, peerless and beautiful. Or you can become the composer: knowing just enough about a great many instruments, but not a great player of any (necessarily). Yes that analogy has a lot of if's and but's about it, but I think it gets the point across. Both positions are used to fulfill the end (beautiful music), and arguably are no better than each other.
Why I put that out there is because to be a good organizer or leader, you have to be diverse in your knowledge base. To be a remarkable individual, you must be brilliantly knowledged in your specific area. I am the earlier to a far greater degree than the later, and feel more confident in my select career decisions.
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