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Should I only work on developing skills that I am going to use this very day?
A while back I heard MJ talk on the forum about someone who will be really successful in the future because of the entrepreneurial skills he is developing and/or has already developed.
And a quote from Dan Kennedy “if you want to be valuable, you must deliberately set out to develop skills that are difficult to develop, and to delegate the easy skills.
Since hearing these kind of comments, I have always been wondering what kind of skills should I be practicing every day, “even if I am not going to be using them right away”? I’m just thinking, is there a particular skill that I should be working on every day, so that I can have some value to give in many different situations? I mean just one, a most important skill alongside each day to day skill that I will be using right now?
If I cannot identify a niche and demand for a product properly, should “research” be the only type of skill that I focus on developing (and do it like 20% learning and 80% action), ignoring everything that is not required right now? For example, the 20 + 80 rule can’t possibly work if I am learning how to sell or to write copy, but have nothing to sell. On the other hand, maybe, communication skills would be worth studying every day for even just 30 minutes, alongside the skills that I will be using to build the business today. This would definitely be something that I will be using every day even if not directly related to business.
The reason for asking is because for the last few years I’ve been doing nothing but perpetual learning, and of everything I have learned, all I remember is a big load of generic info, where I have no real value to contribute to anyone.
And secondly, based on the idea of process (strategic) vs. events (fantasy). When people talk about this, do they mean the entrepreneur has the entire process mapped out in their head before they begin, with how they will do it fully understood and visualized, or do they learn what needs to be done as they go along?
I mean, I have no idea how I will source products, or how I will sell them (not much money to build a website or buy products, whether I’ll have to start with drop shipping etc…), I don’t know what type of marketing I’ll use (I know this one may not matter at all because every market is different)… But in general, are these all things that I should be giving zero attention to right now, and only move to them once that step of the process arrives?
I think it’s possible that what Dan Kennedy was talking about is that “when the time comes”, learn the difficult skill yourself and delegate the rest, but the way he talks about copywriting, it’s as though no matter where you are, you must learn it. For the record I do know that Dan does sell a ton load of copywriting courses, so I think he would be a bit biased toward it.
And forgive me please, I know there are other threads about developing skills, which I have read. I just need a bit of personal guidance. I know one answer suggested to learn the skills as and when they are needed, but I’m just trying to determine really, should I focus on “anything” that I’ll not be using for a while (just to have myself prepared for when an opportunity may arise or perhaps some kind of skill that I can fall back on and actually have just in case the things I’m trying right now don’t work out.)
A while back I heard MJ talk on the forum about someone who will be really successful in the future because of the entrepreneurial skills he is developing and/or has already developed.
And a quote from Dan Kennedy “if you want to be valuable, you must deliberately set out to develop skills that are difficult to develop, and to delegate the easy skills.
Since hearing these kind of comments, I have always been wondering what kind of skills should I be practicing every day, “even if I am not going to be using them right away”? I’m just thinking, is there a particular skill that I should be working on every day, so that I can have some value to give in many different situations? I mean just one, a most important skill alongside each day to day skill that I will be using right now?
If I cannot identify a niche and demand for a product properly, should “research” be the only type of skill that I focus on developing (and do it like 20% learning and 80% action), ignoring everything that is not required right now? For example, the 20 + 80 rule can’t possibly work if I am learning how to sell or to write copy, but have nothing to sell. On the other hand, maybe, communication skills would be worth studying every day for even just 30 minutes, alongside the skills that I will be using to build the business today. This would definitely be something that I will be using every day even if not directly related to business.
The reason for asking is because for the last few years I’ve been doing nothing but perpetual learning, and of everything I have learned, all I remember is a big load of generic info, where I have no real value to contribute to anyone.
And secondly, based on the idea of process (strategic) vs. events (fantasy). When people talk about this, do they mean the entrepreneur has the entire process mapped out in their head before they begin, with how they will do it fully understood and visualized, or do they learn what needs to be done as they go along?
I mean, I have no idea how I will source products, or how I will sell them (not much money to build a website or buy products, whether I’ll have to start with drop shipping etc…), I don’t know what type of marketing I’ll use (I know this one may not matter at all because every market is different)… But in general, are these all things that I should be giving zero attention to right now, and only move to them once that step of the process arrives?
I think it’s possible that what Dan Kennedy was talking about is that “when the time comes”, learn the difficult skill yourself and delegate the rest, but the way he talks about copywriting, it’s as though no matter where you are, you must learn it. For the record I do know that Dan does sell a ton load of copywriting courses, so I think he would be a bit biased toward it.
And forgive me please, I know there are other threads about developing skills, which I have read. I just need a bit of personal guidance. I know one answer suggested to learn the skills as and when they are needed, but I’m just trying to determine really, should I focus on “anything” that I’ll not be using for a while (just to have myself prepared for when an opportunity may arise or perhaps some kind of skill that I can fall back on and actually have just in case the things I’m trying right now don’t work out.)
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