Member-only story
This Is How The Greatest Contemporary Minds Archive Success
The secret behind the leaders of Amazon, Apple, Tesla, Microsoft and Google.
- Versatility is the ability to adapt. It’s your aptitude.
- Flexibility is only complimentary. It’s your attitude towards adapting.
So versatility involves more than willpower but concrete skills in dealing with different situations and performing various tasks with ease, competence, and confidence.
And it is a quality that evolves into being a Generalist opposite to a super-specialized person: the swiss knife against the scalpel.
However, it was only at the beginning of the XXI century that people began to talk about being a generalist as a positive characteristic.
The warning against being one has persisted for hundreds of years and is a daily demand of the global world. “Narrow down your niche,” “Be the best in something nobody does,” “Learn all you can in the most specific of themes, and you’ll have no competition in that domain.” Don’t be a doctor, be a neurosurgeon who treats atrophied pituitary glands. Don’t be a programmer, be a Python savant who codes B2C non-latency sites.
