Being the proverbial 'Jack of all Trades' actually sucks. It might seem nice to know that no matter what you try, you'll be good at it; but in reality in the end you just feel like 'second best
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I'm usually surprised when people seem to instinctively know which specific career path is best for them early on, stick with it, and do well. It seems more unusual now for people to be specialists
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"How did you find the one thing that you were really good at?"
Um, the one thing I'm really good at? Or the one thing I want to be good at? Or the one thing everybody else thinks I'm good at?
Sorry, I guess I don't find simple questions very simple. :p
Anyways, I think it's more a matter of what you want than what you're more skilled at.
I mean, if it turned out you were a better singer than you were an artist, but you liked art more, would you still concentrate your efforts on improving your singing rather than your art, just for the sake of being 'the best' at something?
Being the best at something is rather lofty and subjective anyway, not something that can be easily measured (unless you count public opinion, and even then that's not always reliable).
Being your best at whatever you want to do might be a better goal, if a bit more vague since your best is defined by you
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I still haven't found the one thing, but I have found that worrying too much about being the best at something stops me from really, truly progressing with it
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I feel just the same as you, but it's a terrible thing to try to talk to anyone about! Either they have the same problem as you and don't know what to do either, or they find you conceited :[
I feel without direction in most things I do, it's unpleasant not to have something I'm particularly passionate about. I don't know what I want my career to be, and I'm afraid I've settled for a university major because it was the easy thing to do! I'm not sure what really matters to me...and when I think of the hobby that I do love best, I'm afraid I would be wasting everything try to pursue it. I love theater, but I'm afraid I'm not passionate enough about it. I feel the people who only ever wanted to be actors have more going for them than me.
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Um, the one thing I'm really good at? Or the one thing I want to be good at? Or the one thing everybody else thinks I'm good at?
Sorry, I guess I don't find simple questions very simple. :p
Anyways, I think it's more a matter of what you want than what you're more skilled at.
I mean, if it turned out you were a better singer than you were an artist, but you liked art more, would you still concentrate your efforts on improving your singing rather than your art, just for the sake of being 'the best' at something?
Being the best at something is rather lofty and subjective anyway, not something that can be easily measured (unless you count public opinion, and even then that's not always reliable).
Being your best at whatever you want to do might be a better goal, if a bit more vague since your best is defined by you ( ... )
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I feel without direction in most things I do, it's unpleasant not to have something I'm particularly passionate about. I don't know what I want my career to be, and I'm afraid I've settled for a university major because it was the easy thing to do! I'm not sure what really matters to me...and when I think of the hobby that I do love best, I'm afraid I would be wasting everything try to pursue it. I love theater, but I'm afraid I'm not passionate enough about it. I feel the people who only ever wanted to be actors have more going for them than me.
"Jack of all trades, master of none" :]
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Pure, Plain, Simple experimentation.
As with everyone I've talents, But for me i found the one thing i was Really good at.
Was ~Living~, Carpe Diem
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