Jack of all trades, master of none
This is actually an incomplete idiom, cut off in a way that makes it sound more negative. The original was intended as a compliment:
A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one
I am the same and I fully embrace it!
Jumping from one thing to another is not good long term.
I don't see why. Ever had a conversation with a PhD scholar about anything other than their particular field they dedicated 30 years to? They are largely complete ignoramuses, for the most part, and exceptionally dull.
The point of pursuing interests is less about mastering the function of one subject, and more about how it rewires your brain. Maths in school for example, isn't really about mastering trigonometry. The biggest benefit is making you more analytical, more patient, problem solving.
Every different thing we dabble in builds our minds to be more versatile, balanced and healthy. We learn to be more social, rational, articulate, philosophical, humourous, content. Ultimately, these will be the things that matter, and you'd be surprised how they can blend in ways you wouldn't expect, career-wise
I think it was the luxury brand Hermes maybe? They started off making saddles for horses. They saw cars taking over, and moved to luxury leather, and the rest is history. Nobody would guess a horse saddle maker would become a high street fashion brand!
Haha yeah I was actually planning to put the second line at the end of the post but I forgot. Which is why I love that quote, it’s so true.
Someone with a PhD is able to get to that level because of the time they spent on. I think I wasn’t clear in the post but it is specifically talking about career-wise not just interests. Having a lot of interests is generally good.
Hermes got to this point because they were able to dedicate their time and effort on one thing: their brand. If Hermes randomly stops creating whatever leather and luxury right now and the owner/founder (or whoever highest up lol) decides to abandon the project and deletes the whole brand, and decides to be a streamer or anything completely unrelated without carrying the name of the brand it wouldn’t sound nice would it? Spent years for the brand to grow where it is now only to move on to another thing basically from scratch.
That’s what I meant in the post and I probably wasn’t clear enough lol but yeah. I mean if I got to Hermes level right now any financial things wouldn’t be a problem anymore and am free to do whatever I want.
But to someone in the same boat as me who has nothing and got 3 things to do AT THE SAME TIME, how would the brand grow? Completely in different fields with each different social media accounts, communities, and identities and each account needs engagement and dedication and mental effort. It’s not the same as the Hermes situation at all since what they did was to level up for the same brand but yeah that’s what I meant.
Or probably the best way to describe it is like having 3 new businesses at the same time with one employee for all three.
Maybe a better thing to do is merge all businesses into one and just offer different products under one brand but I don’t know if that would work lol