In the post Skill Stacking: Be awesome with average skills, written and posted by Jason Link, Jason talks about a new term and a way to see how you could become a successful person in any field of work you would desire.  Jason had learned from a podcast that it did not matter if you didn’t have an expertise in a singular skill. Instead of having one skill that you had fully mastered, it would be more important to own a large set of skills that you could stack and mix depending on the upcoming work. Jason points out that if you combine a unique set of skills that you have, it could be a great new beginning for your upcoming career.

 The trick is to intentionally combine the skills that you already have into a stack of skills that can work together for what you are trying to pursue. – Jason Link

 If I think about my skills, I see myself working with people that require a lot of patience. I tend to start many projects but as soon as they come to a halt, I’ll set them aside without a solution. But as soon as it’s about someone else, I try to find a solution so we can finish the project we started working on.
I’ve thought about a career as an art teacher for quite some time. I would love to teach young people to find their own art style and different ways to express themselves through art. When it comes to art, there are almost no limitations to it, art is such a vast concept. For example, drawing, painting and sculptures are the first things that come to mind when you mention art. People often forget that music, poems, writing, speech, photography, videos and dance are forms of art too. Art is about creating, vision and feeling.

 Even though I like to spend time on my own I still catch myself talking to people who ask for my help in their creative projects. Why am I doing their work? Are they not imaginative? Or perhaps I can use a software they cannot? Are they willing to learn the set of skills that I have? Or do they simply not have time to do this part of their creative work, since they are asking for assistance? Either way I’m more than happy to help.

 This post is a great for those who need to understand that you don’t need to be the best at one skill to be successful. I think a skill is something you can actively improve. For example, empathy is something we are supposed to learn from a very young age, none of us like to get hit with a stick, so why would our playmates? I criticize myself for little mistakes and often catch myself thinking what I could’ve done if I was better at my skills, but improvement takes time. Do I really need to be the best if I get the job done and I like what I have achieved this far? It is nice to look back at my old works and see how I have improved through out the years.
 I would like to improve my different set of skills and become someone who can inspire others to find their set of skills. Being better than someone isn’t on my to do list, I simply wish to inspire people to do the things they are driven for.

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