What can you make with your Lego's?
Skill stacking, gathering assets, diversification, what do you already be, do, or have?
The first thing to do is; build the Lego Star Wars spaceship exactly like the picture on the box. Did you know there was something else you can do?
When you were completed, mix up the pieces with the set that built a John Deere Tractor, and see what else you could build.
Your skillset is a lot like your lego box of loose pieces. We have tools that we use use only once a year, and they are extremely valuable when we need them. There are others that we do all the time.
What pieces of tomorrow's puzzle are you picking up today? I urge you to inventory your skills and try to determine what the potential value is. Your skills are your assets.
It would be wise to manage your skills assets much like you manage your finances. Your net worth increases when you combine your skills, manage them!
Scott Adams - Dilbert
An example of skill stacking is Scott Adams the creator of Dilbert. He’s not the best artist — there are better artists than him. He’s not much of a business expert — there are more savvy experts. He has never taken a college-level writing class. Yet, he created Dilbert, a famous comic strip that appears in 65 countries.[1] Scott is said to have a net worth of $75 million, majority of which comes from Dilbert.[2]
As he says, “When you add in my ordinary business skills, my strong work ethic, my risk tolerance, and my reasonably good sense of humor, I’m fairly unique. And in this case that uniqueness has commercial value.”
Defined
Tim Herrera of New York Times explains,
“The idea is that instead of focusing your efforts on becoming singularly great at one specific skill or task, you should strive to get proficient at a few related skills that can be woven together into a wider skill set that does make you singularly good at your profession or some general life ability.”
Stop chasing what everyone else is chasing. A way to differentiate yourself is by accomplishing unrelated things, and using those skills in yet another unrelated area.
There is no correct, nor incorrect, way to put these skills together. That is what makes you unique. Drawing on past experiences randomly may help you at your next customer visit. Doing it on purpose may take you to places you have never been.
One question I always ask my coaching clients; what do you want to be, do, or have? The question I’ll leave you with today is; What have already done, and what skills do you have?
At the Kole Performance Group we can help you draft your story, identify the stack of skills you have, and create a better tomorrow.