Discovering your hidden talents
If you think back to the pre-technological days, most people had a huge variety of talents that they used every day — because they had to. People could do things that ranged from putting in stitches to building a fence to spinning wool. Now people specialize, and hire most other things out. (I don’t know too many people that can put in their own stitches, although I do know at least one who has removed them.)
Specialization can be good in theory, because it means that that person likely knows a LOT about whatever it is they do. But it got me thinking, what kinds of hidden talents do we all have that we could use if we needed or wanted to?
Here are some of the things that I know how to do that fall far outside of my typical line of work:
- Fell a tree & remove the stump safely
- Splint a broken arm
- Pour concrete
- Install tile
- Change a tire
- Change my car’s oil
- Dry fruit
- Paint a mural
- Groom and saddle up a horse
What are some of the hidden talents that you have? Could knowing how to do any of them save you money, even if you choose not to do them?
February 24th, 2008 at 8:58 am
That’s a nice list of talents. I still have not been able to find mine yet.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I can fix and build PCs from scratch, that saved me a lot of money when I built a new computer earlier this year.
I can paint and wallpaper reasonably well, too.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Wanna come paint our bathroom, Bas? :)
February 28th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Hmm, I know it’ll be a lot warmer there than it is here :)