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good at many things, but no expert…

April 6th, 2009

Lately I have found myself trying to figure out if I am en expert at anything.  Not just good or talented at something, but an expert.

With projects around the house, playing various sports, programming, friendships, and the list goes on.  I know I am talented and very capable.  But I don’t feel like I am an expert at anything.

It makes me wonder how many of us actually are experts at something.  Last fall I read a great book called Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.  He mentions in the book that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something, sports, music, law, finance.  That is almost 5 years of your life working from 9-to-5 at something with no breaks.

I do 2 things that much, work and sleep.  But I am not even an expert with those subjects.  At work I do so many different things that I cant have the time or focus to become and expert at one of them.

One thing I am probably closest to becoming an expert is that I talk like I am an expert at everything.

“Jack of all trades, master of none”

I dont want to be that guy anymore.  I want to become a master at something, an expert in that field.

Here’s the problem…  I dont know what it will be…

Ethan Feeling, Honesty, Struggles

  1. Homme
    April 6th, 2009 at 19:40 | #1

    I’m an expert at most things, it’s overrated.

  2. April 6th, 2009 at 20:06 | #2

    @Homme
    just trying to be like you DH!

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