"The problem is that plenty of people don’t have one number-one priority, even within the world of work. From an early age, we’re taught to feel that this is bad, a mark of indecisiveness – a belief exacerbated not just by reading stress-inducing business books but by the very notion of a single, unitary ‘career path’. ‘**The conventional wisdom [seems] indisputable**,’ writes [[Barbara Sher]], whose excellent book Refuse to Choose! has made her the chief consoler of self-pitying generalists everywhere. **The prevailing belief is that ‘if you’re a jack-of-all-trades, you’ll always be a master of none. You’ll become a dilettante, a dabbler, a superficial person – and you’ll never have a decent career.**’" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[specialisation]], [[curiosity]], [[goal-setting]], [[personal-values]], [[reading-list]], **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]] **See Also** -- [[202308101402 — B — Range]]