I've generally found that going from terrible to okay, at anything, is a larger improvement than going from okay to excellent, and generally takes very little time. I find that this is the improvement that actually matters. Usually in life, okay is sufficient. In most things in life, you'll just be okay, and okay is okay.
As most skills are interdependent with other skills, bringing all associated skills to okay produces lots of benefits. I find that bringing up skills to okay is the very incremental improvement that improves a primary skill.
Excellence is an entirely different strategy. I had a hard time wrapping my brain around excellence, as I'm also a dabbler and a generalist. I find that excellence is one part determination, one part time in the saddle, and one part novelty, where I take on something unlike anything that I've taken on before.
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Date: 2022-06-09 10:02 am (UTC)As most skills are interdependent with other skills, bringing all associated skills to okay produces lots of benefits. I find that bringing up skills to okay is the very incremental improvement that improves a primary skill.
Excellence is an entirely different strategy. I had a hard time wrapping my brain around excellence, as I'm also a dabbler and a generalist. I find that excellence is one part determination, one part time in the saddle, and one part novelty, where I take on something unlike anything that I've taken on before.