Comments on: Be the Best at Something Instead of Average at a Lot of Things http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/ Follow Steph through his real estate and business journeys Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Workforce Expert - Achieving Your Goals http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/comment-page-1/#comment-91719 The Workforce Expert - Achieving Your Goals Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:19:54 +0000 http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/#comment-91719 [...] Be the Best at Something Instead of Average at a Lot of Things “It’s common knowledge that you should work on things you’re not so good at. If you’re a star baseball pitcher who can throw the ball faster than anyone else but can’t throw a curve ball to save your life then you should improve your curve ball. If you’re really good at math but can’t write worth anything then you should really try to improve your writing skills. You should try to improve your weaknesses so that you can do everything. Basically you should focus most of your energy on improving your weakest points. [...] [...] Be the Best at Something Instead of Average at a Lot of Things “It’s common knowledge that you should work on things you’re not so good at. If you’re a star baseball pitcher who can throw the ball faster than anyone else but can’t throw a curve ball to save your life then you should improve your curve ball. If you’re really good at math but can’t write worth anything then you should really try to improve your writing skills. You should try to improve your weaknesses so that you can do everything. Basically you should focus most of your energy on improving your weakest points. [...]

]]> By: Steph http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/comment-page-1/#comment-32555 Steph Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:10:34 +0000 http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/#comment-32555 Hi George, Yes I'm basically subscribing to your point with the only exception being that you really should try to excel at one particular thing. Being the best at something is better than being good at everything, at least in business. That's where the whole concept of USP (Unique Selling Proposition) comes from. Of course this doesn't mean you shouldn't be the best person you can be! By the way, when I mentioned reward I wasn't alluding to fame as per say. When I said reward I meant whatever you wanted it to be. This could be fame, it could also be money, it could be respect, it could be just about anything. The idea is that you will stand out and be compensated for it in some way or other (fame, money, respect, independence, etc). Whatever is of value to you personally. And thank you! And Happy New Year to you as well :) Hi George,

Yes I’m basically subscribing to your point with the only exception being that you really should try to excel at one particular thing. Being the best at something is better than being good at everything, at least in business. That’s where the whole concept of USP (Unique Selling Proposition) comes from. Of course this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be the best person you can be!

By the way, when I mentioned reward I wasn’t alluding to fame as per say. When I said reward I meant whatever you wanted it to be. This could be fame, it could also be money, it could be respect, it could be just about anything. The idea is that you will stand out and be compensated for it in some way or other (fame, money, respect, independence, etc). Whatever is of value to you personally.

And thank you! And Happy New Year to you as well :)

]]> By: George Sudarkoff http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/comment-page-1/#comment-32554 George Sudarkoff Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:44:58 +0000 http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/#comment-32554 Steph, obviously, you can't be *equally* good at everything. And when you do become famous, it's usually because of just one thing that people care about the most. But being famous and being a better human being (and more successful) are two very different things. I wouldn't say that being famous is a good measure of success. Unless successfully starving yourself to death, like Gödel did, or successfully murdering a famous person, or burning down a famous building considered a great achievement. I guess what I am saying is that "specialization is for insects". People can do much better that to be excellent at just one thing. Besides, by saying "be good enough to great in all others (things)" you basically subscribe to my point of view. :) Happy New Year! Love your blog! Steph, obviously, you can’t be *equally* good at everything. And when you do become famous, it’s usually because of just one thing that people care about the most. But being famous and being a better human being (and more successful) are two very different things. I wouldn’t say that being famous is a good measure of success. Unless successfully starving yourself to death, like Gödel did, or successfully murdering a famous person, or burning down a famous building considered a great achievement. I guess what I am saying is that “specialization is for insects”. People can do much better that to be excellent at just one thing.

Besides, by saying “be good enough to great in all others (things)” you basically subscribe to my point of view. :)

Happy New Year! Love your blog!

]]> By: Steph http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/comment-page-1/#comment-32546 Steph Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:59:05 +0000 http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/#comment-32546 Hi George, Can you name me someone who is great at everything? And not just in their field of expertize (any field). Even Einstein, someone who's considered one of the brightest geniuses of our time was not excellent at everything... That's what specialization is all about. Excel at especially one thing and be good enough to great in all others. Hi George,

Can you name me someone who is great at everything? And not just in their field of expertize (any field). Even Einstein, someone who’s considered one of the brightest geniuses of our time was not excellent at everything…

That’s what specialization is all about. Excel at especially one thing and be good enough to great in all others.

]]> By: George Sudarkoff http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/comment-page-1/#comment-32545 George Sudarkoff Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:53:47 +0000 http://www.followsteph.com/2007/12/31/be-the-best-at-something-instead-of-average-at-a-lot-of-things/#comment-32545 That's a lazy person's approach to success. How about excelling at *everything*? And don't tell me you can't do it. I'm not a baseball fan, so I cannot make an appropriate example, but I am sure you can think of someone who was great at everything. That’s a lazy person’s approach to success. How about excelling at *everything*? And don’t tell me you can’t do it. I’m not a baseball fan, so I cannot make an appropriate example, but I am sure you can think of someone who was great at everything.

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