Hi ,
There was a time in your life when you sucked at pretty much everything you are good at now. And as a young
child, when you were learning everything for the first time, this probably didn't bother you too much, at all.
After all, there's no shame in not being able to tie your shoelaces when none of your friends can do so, either.
The problem is that, as you get older, sucking at stuff does start to feel shameful. No one wants to be bad at something when everyone else around you seems so good.
So,
instead, you stick to doing the things you're good at and repeat the same experiences over and over again, rather than searching for new ones.
And that strategy can work - for a while.
Here's the thing...
The skills that got you this far won't necessarily serve you well into the future.
And never has this been more true than at this point in history, with the rise of AI-driven technologies.
Whatever skills you now possess, there's a good chance AI will
perform many of them better than you within the next few years - if they can't already do so.
Which leave you with the choice of either learning new skills - which you will inevitably suck at at first - or sticking with your old skills and competing against robots.
The people who are going to succeed in this AI-driven world will be the ones who are willing to swallow their pride and embrace being terrible - for a while.
Because to quote Jake the Dog from Adventure Time:
"Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something."
Talk again soon,
Dr Genevieve Hayes.
