• TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    A jack of all trades, but master of none...

    Is often times better than a master of one :)

    You are smart! You just probably have ADHD. I used to feel the same way, but I eventually realized that I really don’t think like others. My approximate knowledge is limited, but I can still leverage it to actually have advantages compared to others.

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      Also aids in bolstering intuition and the comprehension of nuance! Knowing “a little about a lot of things” means a very broad perspective which covers a lot of contingencies. It’s a very good position from which to study the big picture, imo!

      Edit: with the risk of getting lost in details, from personal experience.

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        It’s a shame the concept of an “ideas man” has been ridiculed for so long, because that’s precisely what it lets you be good at.
        If you can put together a jack of all trades to spawn vaguely sensible ideas, and someone who hyperfocuses on a field of interest, you can just churn out good ideas that are well on the way to being implementable.

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          Yes, yes, yes! We have unfortunately snubbed out auteurship with this mass production insanity, it’s a great loss…