A new award - the Jack's?
Specializing and doing something great is admirable. We honor these people in the Olympics, Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, etc. There’s no award for being a Jack of All Trades or a Super All-Rounder.
But yet, in regular life, it’s probably better to do everything passably well while still striving to do one thing exceptionally well. It would certainly make day-to-day living a lot less of a struggle, and also give one a greater sense of overall well-being. In other words, to keep those crazy mood swings at bay, be above-average in most things and work hard to be exceptional in at least one thing.
Nonetheless, I do think that there should be some kind of all-rounder award or recognition to acknowledge those people whose accomplishment is simply the ability to do many things incredibly well. Not many people can juggle many things, and do them all well. That’s why there are all these women’s groups, for example, that help women juggle both their careers and their young family life. Someone amazing for this award might be a person who is able to excel both at work and at home, serves as a leader in their community, and also manages to be a world-class athlete or celebrated artist, for example. Shouldn’t a person like this have greater recognition than the Grammy’s or the Oscar’s? I think so...this person deserves the Jack's.
But yet, in regular life, it’s probably better to do everything passably well while still striving to do one thing exceptionally well. It would certainly make day-to-day living a lot less of a struggle, and also give one a greater sense of overall well-being. In other words, to keep those crazy mood swings at bay, be above-average in most things and work hard to be exceptional in at least one thing.
Nonetheless, I do think that there should be some kind of all-rounder award or recognition to acknowledge those people whose accomplishment is simply the ability to do many things incredibly well. Not many people can juggle many things, and do them all well. That’s why there are all these women’s groups, for example, that help women juggle both their careers and their young family life. Someone amazing for this award might be a person who is able to excel both at work and at home, serves as a leader in their community, and also manages to be a world-class athlete or celebrated artist, for example. Shouldn’t a person like this have greater recognition than the Grammy’s or the Oscar’s? I think so...this person deserves the Jack's.
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