Ever Wondered What Makes Those People SO Good at Their Thing?...
...It's certainly not only one thing what makes them good, or is it?
Well, clearly with what I am about to share with you is not enough to become SO good at that. Whatever it is. But this is the ABC for getting there. So pay attention, because this is what walking means to running! (did you get the metaphor?).
"El que mucho abarca poco aprieta"
("The one who spreads too much, gets too little", or something like that)
My mother used to tell me that. And yes, she speaks Spanish only.
I always wanted to do absolutely everything, I wanted to be a chef, scientist, physicist, astronomer, writer, artist, musician, sportsman, adventurer, and the list continues. So my mother used to tell me that if I do so many things, I will never really get that good at one.
And she was right.
See, this is absolutely important and I could give you countless examples for this. But let's give just one:
Suppose that you want to be the best in four things. Say, the best chef, the best psychologist, the best basketball player and the best videogamer.
Let me say this: not gonna happen.
We humans divide our knowledge and incorporation of information and development of skills in periods of 24 hours (actually less because of the sleeping time, work, etc). So you have to practice and study daily to really get there.
I honestly can't believe that someone can be the best in anything if that person only applies two hours a day. Mostly because our full-focus daily time is less than that (One hour daily aprox. Can be more with a lot of practice and dedication).
In order to get the best at something, you don't only need time for that, but you need to put your shit together all your efforts and vision and way of thinking into that specific aspect and profession. Magic doesn't exist. If you ask to any artist or professional that you admire, they would get offended if you tell them that you envy their talent.
Because it's not talent, it s a skill. Now if you tell them "I envy your capacity for studying, being consistent and constant" then they would love your comment. We all build this... The only thing we barely know to do when we are born is to breath, and not that much. No one was born knowing.
Who am I?
The time taught me to be more selective with my choices. This is why I have a profession, a passion,
and a hobby.
The hobby: Something I enjoy at most although is not a passion, or maybe it could be considered like so. But it is something that I do in my free time. It most likely doesn't give me any earning in return, but keep me really hyped and interested about learning and experimenting more about it.
My hobby is the interpersonal ways of communication and body language. I analyze it, I learn from it,
I play with it, it means a lot of fun to me to learn new was of communicate. And it is also very productive because any profession is based in the cooperation with others, so this helps me to be better at everything else.
The passion: The thing that moves your world. If I should describe it in few words, this is the thing that it doesn't matter if you don't have time for it. You just make time for it.
My passion is to train, the gym, calisthenics, to swim, to go to the mountain and do trekking, snowboarding,
to establish new connections between my brain and body. And the result is just amazing in every aspect of my life. Not to say that it keeps me healthy and active.
The profession: It's also a passion, the first and biggest of them all, and this was my choice, because I decided to be the best I can aim to be in the field. Therefore I made from it my profession. I spend here most of my time and I've changed the way I see the world just to understand better what do.
My profession is to be an artist, designer and illustrator. And I see the world in a way of learning new ways of how I can apply things on the canvas. Every time I go out I see brush strokes, color palettes, values and shapes. Wherever I go I see textures and features on whoever I meet with. This is my life, this is the way and the why I exist. And it was all my choice.
As you can see It looks like if I was playing an RPG and I cheated on the stats, right? Kinda, all the stats are pushing each other further and give me a whole bonus in life.
Well, this is life. All these things were calculated. But at same time I just felt them in my chest. I looked for my profession since I have memory. I've been playing violin since my 11, played in many orchestras and been even concertino for quite long. I've wrote already a novel of 600 pages. I've tried to find my way as a chef and also read a loot of physics and astronomy books. And guess what, visual arts was my gig.
Also these three aspects of my life represent something i call the Human Triangle: Body, mind and soul.
My advice for you is to discover "your three things" and establish the proper priorities.
Said all this. Allow me to extend this question to you:
Who are you?
Thanks a lot for your support and I see you in the next one!
(All the images are my own creation and therefore I own their rights)
I always try to listen to the ideas of my fellow followers to improve my posts and to give something back to the community... therefor: What would you like the next posts to be about? What should I talk about? What kind of painting? Would you like some tutorials about arts, about cooking? Maybe some fresh gaming broadcast? I would love to know!
Bye!