A few days ago, I was listening to a podcast with one of the best salsa dancers in Romania, a multiple world champion at around the age of 20.
Beyond the modesty that has always defined him, there was another idea I really liked: that it’s good to know a little bit from several dance styles. He, who has done performance-level salsa since he was little, learned ballet in school (and he does such perfect pirouettes), his instructors taught him a bit of standard dance, plus the other styles he dances in social dancing.
Beyond the modesty that has always defined him, there was another idea I really liked: that it’s good to know a little bit from several dance styles. He, who has done performance-level salsa since he was little, learned ballet in school (and he does such perfect pirouettes), his instructors taught him a bit of standard dance, plus the other styles he dances in social dancing.
Why is this idea so great? Because in a professional world that’s constantly changing, staying stuck in a single field can become a serious limitation.
I believe that one of the most valuable investments we can make in ourselves is to broaden our range of knowledge.
I believe that one of the most valuable investments we can make in ourselves is to broaden our range of knowledge.
This helps you to:
- Be more creative and innovative – truly good ideas often appear at the intersection of different fields
- Offer better solutions to complex problems – a diverse set of “tools” helps you look at situations from multiple angles
- Collaborate more effectively – when you have general knowledge from multiple fields, you communicate better with different specialists, understand their needs, and adapt more easily in multidisciplinary teams
What areas “outside your zone” have you started exploring recently?