Are you just learning one skill?

This is a story of resilience.A story in which a man who is known for something his entire career refused to do one fine day.

This is a story of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the baby-faced assassin and the greatest cricketer in the history of sport.

Okay, don’t dismiss this as a random ass LinkedIn influencer story where I use sports to convert a point.

But I’m exactly going to do the same and yes, I’m a so-called LinkedIn influencer. So suck it up 😂

But this is a story that you don’t wanna miss.

It was 2004 and Team India was playing Australia on their home turf and the Aussies were taunting Sachin with balls outside off stump to cover drive.

(here is a pic of what it means for your reference)

Anyway, Sachin is considered as the best player ever to play the cover drive, and it was actually not working against the Aussies in that particular series.

He got out a couple of times and Aussies were taunting him about it and poking him to play the cover drive.

But that day, Sachin woke up and chose violence.

That was an incredible batting display for over 400 balls, and not once he played the cover drive.

(this is the real wagon wheel actually)

He managed to score 241* in that match, and it was one of his best innings ever!

This is what you should take away from this, you can be a master of one single thing, but that isn’t always enough.

In this day, you can be a specialist and yet, you have to possess other skills as well, which will make you more valuable.

You can’t be a one-trick pony and expect to get away.

Don’t get me to the doctor analogy, saying I’m a specialist and I only do things for so-and-so.

Nada! It’s not how the real world works.And you are not a doctor.

Be ready to get your hands dirty. And don’t just rely on one single thing.

Learn complimentary skills.

Don’t be a dumb dumb and blindly listen to all these internet gurus.

Knowing more things will obviously more valuable.

You need to have two or three things that you are great at and a few complimentary things that can play the supporting cast.

And if you are someone who needs help with this, don’t hesitate to reach out.