Jack of All Trades, Master of None
I guess you can say I’ve always been lucky. Well, not ALWAYS, but you get my point. Most of the time. I was born in a happy family, I have an older brother that has always looked out for me, and I never went without a roof over my head and food on my plate. It might not seem like a lot, but compared to most of the world -compared to most of Argentina, where poverty levels have now hit 50% of the population, it definitely is. Besides all these riches, I was gifted with something else. Some might call it a curse. I’m still debating. I am adequate -in some even a tad bit more I’m not gonna play the humble card- at almost everything. Even at things I just picked up. I can not-suck quite easily. And that is not the worst thing, I know. But what it means is that I tend to hit the point of stagnation pretty fast. And then, this is the bad part, I never turn into an expert at any of these things. I will never be the first person you go for advise, I’m OK, but I’m no pro. A couple years ago I heard an interview made to Ira Glass called “The GAP”. No, not the clothing brand. See, every new thing you try has a learning curve. You get into it because, well, you’re into it. You have good taste. And you start going up, you take some steps, but eventually your curve will get flat. The skills you’ve acquired are ok, but you are nowhere near where you’d like to be. You know that what you’re doing is not as good as your expectations. That my friends, is the GAP. And you won’t be heading upwards for a while. And in his words “…it’s going to take some time…” and the only way to get over the gap is by loads and loads of work. It’s the only way to close the gap. The hard part, apart from doing loads and loads of work, is staying focused. When I find myself in the gap, that’s when the shiny new thing in the corner of my eye calls my attention and off I go, to try something new, where the learning curve is just starting to go up and the gap seems far far away.
