I used to think that being generalist is better than specialist. I didnt want to be in some field absolutely not competent.. i prefered atleast some minimum competence. Now i see that it is quite impossible to have this minimum competence in every field (there isnt enough energy for everything). And actually what for if there is always a person who is specialist in this field. Yes.. i wanted it for myself.. to understand things better.. for not asking every little question if i can do it myself. Still generalization is also good because you see things better if you see it from different perspectives. And creativity - it happens when different fields integrate.
So it is important to find balance between specialization and generalization. And spezialization is even a little bit more important.
I have worked a lot with my weaknesses. It seemed to me really important to overcome my weak sides (as i wanted to be generalist - so it was essential to develop my weaknesses). Recently i found an article and it made me think.
"Individuals can choose to work on weaknesses, which, we believe, can produce only small incremental levels of growth. Or they can spend equal amounts of time, hard work, and discipline developing strengths and, as a result, experience significant growth. "
So - i have to focus on my strenghts and start to work on something certain. I need to find my specialization. But i feel that every choice sets me limits. If i choose something then it means that i cant choose other things and i will have only this one thing. What if i get bored of this one thing? I love diversity. But still - i have to choose this one thing that will be the most important. And if i cant otherwise - then there will be some less important things also.
"Extraordinary individuals are distinguished less by their impressive "raw power" then by their ability to identify their strenghts and then to exploit them."
"Successful individuals identify in themselves some reoccurring patterns into genuine and productive strenghts."
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one thing i must appreciate about this post is ,this is very much insipiring and especially the portion of not choosing any specific strength as she herself says that wen you choose a single strength you are leeving the other one it is really a truth ,we should not bound ourself to one or a two strengths but try to develope some new aswell............
going strength by strength is not posible for every individual. it is imposible to have every kind of strength.
When we put in great efforts - then we develop great strengths. Whether it be one field of many - even if they are many fields - they should relate to each other and provide adirection. It leads to competitive advantage and that's where these individuals call themselves specialized, but not over-specialized.
I believe that everything depends also about out needs and interests. And therefore we should look our strenghts and weaknesses as tools and find out which are the most important to get to thouse results we have put to ourselves. If you put more efforts to the strenghts you can reach for something extraordinary in that sence. Some weaknesses can also be strenghts but you have not been in situations which they would come out and develope.
But this can be long discussion what we could carry on some other time :)
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