1. What you can be the best in the world at (and, equally important, what you cannot be the best in the world at). This discerning standard goes far beyond core competence. Just because you possess a core competence doesn’t necessarily mean you can be the best in the world at it. Conversely, what you can be the best at might not even be something in which you are currently engaged.
Let’s see, I’m very good at reading things, picking up random information, putting trends together occasionally, I’m so much on the money that it scares me silly.
I know more things than most people – I’m an excellent generalist and know too many things across too many fields.
