@ Develop Your Skill Stack ... more than a hammer

What I mean is ... don't limit what you learn

Let's assume the only tool you were taught how to use was a hammer. You can use it with your left hand, your right hand, you can use it to hammer together two pieces of wood, to break apart things, jars and even use it to remove nails from most materials. You're happy and feel pretty good. But now a friend needs your help to secure a picture to a wall and they only have screws. What do you do? You ONLY know how to use a hammer! So you use what you have and what you know - the hammer. You take the screw, place it on the wall and try to hammer the screw into the wall - creating a larger hole and easily can be removed with your fingers. Yother tools I could hu think "if I only learned more skills and other tools like a screwdriver, this project would have been simple".

In your personal and business life, you will be confronted with situations that must be solved on your own. Do you take out one tool or skill you know, or do you reach into your skill stack and pull out the right tool or skill for the problem? Look at what is coming ahead of you: you go through high school, graduate, go on to higher education or learn a vocation, get a job or start a business, get married, invest your money, own a house, etc. it is important you develop multiple skills and knowledge. Consider this 'skill stack' as a set of many life tools at your disposal to make decisions or solve problems.

Ask yourself what is your 'skill stack', I see already: gymnastics, baseball, track, app games, technology application, etc.? Do you have more than one tool that you call a tool? Hmmm

Here are examples of my 'skill stack' that I can call on to use to solve problems and look for opportunities to learn (become generally familiar with) every day. This is not meant to pat myself on my back, it's simply a list of what skills and knowledge I have learned and applied in my lifetime:

• creating and using spreadsheets
• general home repair
• computer applications and software
• math and geometry
• business development and accounting
• financial management
• IRS tax codes
• humor (laugh at myself)
• cooking
• electrical and plumbing basics
• car repair
• etc ...

With general knowledge of these skills available to me, I can apply apply not one but multiple 'tools' to a situation or problem myself.

Question: What is your Skill Stack?