As we grow in our professions we often chase further specialization. There are many benefits to this. The more we specialize the more we are in demand and the more control we often have over our work. Yet we sometimes feel guilty that we aren't able to do more in different areas.
The truth is that a strong specialization doesn't exclude the ability to play in other fields and people trying to specialize shouldn't be afraid of sticking their foot into another area to test the water. No specialist is truly complete in isolation. A Judo master isn't a master in the classroom, but is judged by his or her ability to fight in the real-world. Likewise, a business, technology or science specialist shouldn't be deemed a specialist by their isolated research alone, but by how that research plays with other fields, industries and businesses.
True mastery takes a healthy understanding of how your specialty fits in the world as a whole. This helps to give perspective and direction to the further development of your profession and expertise.
So the next time you get the urge to tinker in the backyard, play in a few mud-puddles or hang out with those weird guys across the hall - go for it! Who knows what insight it will give to your own quest for mastery. As a specialist, you should know how to generalize.
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few weeks. Looking forward to tomorrow!
I just watched the new action/adventure/comedy 
Today we finally had our wedding day full of pomp and style. And high-stress induced tempers. Earlier on 
Old-Style Coffee Shops like Old Town Coffee and Elephant Coffee are a hallmark of Malaysia and in many ways and variations Singapore as well. But such Coffee and food shops often seem stuck in the past with round granite tables and equally hard wooden stools. At best they offer wooden benches. 
Clarins has some new combo product with a pump-action top that combines two products together and dispense the mixed product through a squarish hole in the front of the dispenser top. The design and shape is a bit unique, so I was fiddling with it, trying to figure out what would happen when I pushed down. As it happens - a lot happens, all at once and all over my shirt! 
Many online CRM providers argue that implmenting their system is the solution to all of your business problems. In a few months you can run their system and collect all the data you need to make better business decisions! But none of that is really true. You have a system presently, it might not be a dedicated CRM, but I am sure you are using something to track your customers, orders or inventory. 
The years ahead will see increasing challenges and conflicts over race, immigration and international employment as more middle-class people can complete with each other across boarders and the gap between people and countries with money and those without widens. The increased mobility of workers at a professional level is a giant benefit for companies and humanity. We will gain more diverse perspectives in our teams, companies and neighborhoods, but it also creates new challenges for governments, people and companies not used to competition of another nationality.
the countries we work with today on a global stage are not forced to by an occupier but chose to. 