I
am of the view that I will only shout my success on the rooftops when I am able
to achieve anything singlehandedly. This brings to mind the famous saying ‘A
jack of all trades is a master of none’.
In
my experience, one can NOT achieve anything by themselves. Everything requires
a process and at the different stages of the process there are people allocated
to do their part which is probably why people are quick to include ‘Works
easily with teams or smfn along those
lines’ on their CVs.
Over
the past weeks, this has been clearer than ever. Have you ever been Suprrrrrr excited to kick ass at
something but other parties in the process will not let you Prosper? Everything
I have done thus far requires other people to contribute to the end result. As the
Economist will call it, division of labor which is all well and good if said
labor is willing and able to do their part. In reality which by now I am
positive is nowhere close to where the Economist lives, there is no such thing
as everyone doing what they said they would when they said they would.
From
this I have been going through the motions and where I stand is not a bad place
if you ask me. What is the point of being a master of one trade if there will
always be people to stand in your way? I am in a space * Yup, I am in many spaces*
where I would rather be a jack of all trades if this allows me to become the
only person in all stages needed in the process rather than have to wait on
people to eventually get around to doing their part in this process, if they
ever that is.
In
this case, holding onto the value of being a master of one trade is similar to
being a main chic who knows that there is a side chic, barely gets to spend any
time with their Significant Other, and receives regular beatings and what not.
I do not see any benefits in insisting on living one’s life from this school of
thought.
May
be I am the only one who is bothered by the quality of life things but I am on
a mission to live a life with plenty of quality. This doesn’t involve stress
from people who refuse to carry their own weight especially because they are
not ultimately responsible for the project at hand.
The
biggest problem here is I don’t know how to achieve this but no one ever got
arrested for dreaming, Right? Or in this case, thinking!