[Brutha]

I would be grateful if you could answer or at least challenge the last views I wrote. What do you think? Pro's, contra's, in general... opinions.

I will try.

Another one of the people I consider as some sort of personal ideal, Seth Godin also considers "specializing" in multiple fields as beneficial.

I will map out my own path a bit.
I will start studying bioinformatics next month, which means that I take classes in Biology/Chemistry/Informatics and mathematics.

I was the best at physics at the school last year among over 100 people who finished that year, and got a certificate for it.

I had a history teacher, 2/3 of the class hated him for being to demanding, who told me at our last day that he seldom had a student from whom he could learn something about history, but he could from me.

A have a basic framework of marketing from internet reading. A friend of mine who studies marketing showed me some flyer about his new business and after my commands he said, hey you could study marketing.

A have a basic understanding of modern philosophy.

As far as the self-help fields goes, I am at the moment a moderator in this forum.

I'm a member of a political party and understand how political decisions are made.

Then I have an interest in the theory of strategy. You can count myself playing the boardgame Go in that field.

Then I have also a few weakpoints like my lack of social skills (I joined Toastmaster this year to combat that point) and my lack of structure in nearly all parts of my life. As a result my general effectiveness is probably smaller than yours at the moment.

But until you've reached that level of specialization... you're an apprentice in that one field, or (what I wouldn't like to become) a dabbler in many fields.
I'm trying to overcome that latter hurdle.

You see, you could also consider myself a dabbler in many fields. I think it will need time to build the skills to be an expert somewhere, but I am confident that those dots will connect in my purpose.

Similarly, I think that there are so many other fields that will show their "secondary utility" only once you're very good at them. But I don't like to pursue something just for the sake of achieving the secondary utility.

I think their are two reasons to invest in the fields, passion and secondary utility.
I know that I probably won't be world class in all those fields, but I can still have my fun and gain "secondary utility" in them.

Do you have any persons you consider as personal ideals?