Brad from Passion to Jack of All Trades

I like the wax and wane concept, however for me it applies not exclusively to a single subject but ever changing ones. Today it may be running, tomorrow it may be reading, the next day who knows? The passion for a huge number of things can be pivoted into another topic...

People describing someone positively would say "renaissance man". People describing negatively might say "jack of all trades, master of none". I'm a self-proclaimed expert in N-A-D-A (that's Spanish for nothing, one topic about which I know a little). I've always enjoyed being able to do about anything. In school I was proficient in English, math, science, history, physical education, etc. From a sporting perspective, I play just about every sport. I did the typical big sports - basketball, football, baseball. I've played league volleyball, racquetball, and darts. I can play pool and bowl reasonably well. I have done a good bit of running. I've done more than a couple triathlons. I like to hunt and fish (those are sports - different topic for a different time). In terms of my career I've done HR, sales, and now operations. Perhaps the three legged stool of business. I think I was reasonably successful in all of them.

But I have never been elite at anything, never been an expert. Never the best student. Never the best athlete. Never the best salesperson, HR person, or operations person. I've achieved a reasonable level of success but am constantly surrounded by experts. My management colleagues at PRS are experts: in sales and revenue cycle operations. When I did triathlons I trained with a professional triathlete. My wife is an expert having been in the non-profit development business for virtually her entire career. My brothers are experts in HR and counterintelligence and linguistics. My father is an expert welder. So what does that make me?

I like my varied background. I spin it that I am a chameleon where I can fit in about anywhere. But there are times when I can see people sizing me up with a good bit of doubt and discrimination as someone that isn't an expert in anything.

I think Marc's rambling is contagious...