Are you a specialist or a generalist? The world needs both, so I’m not going to argue for one over the other.

The thing is, when you specialize in an area, you begin to look at everything in a certain way. You fall into patterns or routines. You know the saying ‘to a hammer, everything looks like a nail?”

But, there is a way for you to learn to think about things outside of your particular bias. Today, I’m going to talk about the practice of selecting an Area of Focus to help you improve your ability to solve problems.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why your area of specialty could be limiting your ability to solve problems
• How learning about other areas of business can help you become more creative when solving problems
• How to use Area of Focus to expand your horizons
• How I recently solved a problem because of an area of focus

 

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