NOT KNOWING ANYTHING IS NOT SCARY, WHAT'S SCARIEST IS KNOWING MANY THINGS BUT NOT ACTUALLY BEING GOOD AT PARTICULAR ONE THING.

I myself am someone with quite a few talents: writing, drawing, singing, dancing, even exercising...

Since elementary school, I have actively participated in artistic activities and often won awards.

Later on, as I grew up, feeling that those skills did not serve my career, I gradually put them aside, only to occasionally indulge in them when I felt like it. My friends often say, "I admire you, you know everything," and some even say, "Being multi-talented is just enough, later it's less suffering."

In moments like these, I just smile, because there's a saying like this: "Most people can see the clouds, but I can see through the sky. Beyond the sky, I see the vast universe. But it's just seeing."

Knowing many things may seem great, but overall it can push us into some awkward situations: either feeling bored or not knowing what we truly excel at because we're not really good at anything.

In our twenties, facing the question of whether to choose "one profession for life" or to know "nine professions," most of us feel confused and worried. In fact, this issue is not as difficult as you think, it's just that you haven't really wanted to solve it yet.

Whether it's trying to modify without improving or attempting to learn but not making much progress?

Well, It's time to stop making excuses about our whims and start turning being "versatile" into an advantage.

Deepening expertise in one field is certainly good, especially when it can give us a certain position in the industry. But with the unpredictable changes of the times, being good at only one thing may leave you in a situation where you're laid off because of the very skill you have.

Most businesses nowadays need flexible individuals who, in addition to their main job, also have additional skills. This helps them optimize operating costs and save time managing personnel.

So what's the solution?

Gather all your strengths, identify common ground to find the most suitable job, continuously improve and develop your work, while seriously learning additional skills to serve your job.

If that skill is not your main job, don't try to elevate it to become a "profession." Learn enough to serve your job, add value, or increase income.

Knowing everything superficially is not something to be proud of. If you feel it can be developed, invest time, effort, and even money to make it useful. Returning to my own story, as I mentioned, I have quite a few talents and wasted them for a long time. How did I fix that?

Less daydreaming

After all, I realized my passion is writing, creativity, and decided to become a copywriter in advertising.

Because this job requires writing skills and marketing thinking, I planned to develop my personal blog, diligently write articles; learn to make websites, landing pages, analyze insights,... I needed visual thinking - I learned about colors through drawing, learned filming techniques through practical sets and studied from famous movies, TVCs, viral videos,...

Gradually, all the talents I had before were fully utilized for the job.

Make specific plans and goals Rarely anything succeeds with just words.

As soon as you determine what you need to learn, make a specific plan with specific goals. For example, at this time, I realized I lacked aesthetic thinking, so I looked into and found that I could improve it through color combinations, arranging picture layouts, using fonts,... I made a schedule to learn each item and clearly wrote down what I would achieve in a week. That way, I could easily implement it, then summarize and continue planning for the following weeks.

Don't just think, do

After making specific plans, just do it and don't let anything delay you. Don't procrastinate like "Today is Saturday, I'll start next Monday for a full week." If not, learning will never become a reality. In this regard, you can read the article "Discipline is a self-struggle chess game" at ... for more reference.

In "The First 20 Hours," Josh Kaufman has proven that we can completely learn something new, even do it well, in just 20 hours. It's not about sitting still from morning till night just to do one thing (because sometimes it backfires). You can allocate your time reasonably, ensuring continuity and actively learning/doing one thing continuously for 20 hours combined. If you feel discouraged during the process, look back at the amount of time you've used and encourage yourself that "Just strive to complete 20 hours and we'll be different."

Now, reinvigorate your spirits, evaluate the pros and cons of yourself, and let's get started together! I hope my sharing can help those of you in similar situations find some suggestions.

After all, if we want to, we will find a way, we just don't want to give excuses!