"I can think of about 14 things I'm legitimately good at, and every time I try to pick one, it feels like I'm minimizing myself."

Every woman in the room knew exactly what she meant. Maybe you do too.

In Episode 4, I'm getting into what I call the Curse of the Gifted Generalist. The specific, maddening experience of being someone who has gone genuinely deep across multiple domains, can see exactly how it all connects, but cannot for the life of her figure out how to make that understandable to the outside world. The standard advice is to niche down. Pick a lane. Get specific. And if you've been cycling through that advice for years and keep coming up empty, this episode is going to explain exactly why, and it's not because you lack focus or clarity or commitment.

You've likely been using the wrong tool for the job. Niching is a marketing decision. What you have is an architecture problem. And those require very different solutions.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• What the Gifted Generalist actually is and why "jack / jill of all trades" completely misses the point (as does multi-potentialite)
• Why niche advice doesn't stick for women with genuine multi-domain expertise
• The difference between naming your expertise and naming your perspective and why only one of them can hold the full breadth of what you bring
• The three real reasons you haven't identified your authority yet (hint: none of them are confidence)
• How the Power Continuum™ explains exactly where the Gifted Generalist gets stuck and what the move to influence actually requires
• Why "what am I most expert in" is the wrong question, and what you should be asking yourself — and why one keeps you stuck while the other sets you free
• Three questions to start asking yourself that will surface your actual point of view

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Get Outta the Damn Jar is sponsored by NYSH Strategic. Original music by Omar Iqbal.

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