Highlights of the day:
“You’re messages are cryptic so I wanted to make sure I understand you”. “You articulate your ideas so clearly”.
Two statements I heard from the same person today. Which one of them is true? Are any of them true?
Sat in on a hour-long cello lesson with my son. The tutor (I’ve written about her before) expects a lot from him. Gives her best, and expects him to do the same. Encouragement with expectations does wonders His cello playing has dramatically improved over the last few months.
Our neighbour 15mo is a ray of sunshine. Minutes of play with him is enough to lift my spirits, and I feel he feels it too. He shows it in his toothy smile as soon as he sees me, and blows kisses at me
Is there a difference in the way that a generalist and a specialist can stay relevant?
I’m not sure about the differences, but to “find common language, and communicate to understand” would be a common way. Call it recency bias. My recent experiences have all been trying to get specialists and generalists to find common ground, and it is a huge struggle!
“Staying relevant” requires self-awareness, and awareness of the environment around oneself. The mindset that we can learn, that our abilities are not fixed, that there are ways in which we can made a difference is invaluable. Being able to share one’s knowledge is easy these days. But that doesn’t mean it’s done.
Specialists can stay relevant in their domains by getting deeper into their subjects. They can be the experts to reach out to.
Generalists can stay relevant by improving the domains they have at least more than a surface level understanding. Go wider, not deeper.