Jacks of All Trades, Hiring, & Google Rankings
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Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2014
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
#QOTD: What's the greatest holiday gift you've every received? - India K. :)
With an organization of the size of VaynerMedia, of course you need a balance of employees that are highly skilled in particular focuses as well as those that are considered to be 'jacks of all trades.' So for me, of course both work, but truthfully, I'm a firm believer in the importance of being a 'jack of all trades.' So, for the purposes of drawing some lines in the sand, I don't agree that everyone should focus on one particular skill.
Many people would argue that if you try to know a little bit of everything, you'll never get to the point of mastering anything. My argument? Bullsh*t. I don't buy it. I think I'm perfectly capable and skilled at 19 different things and that's just the way I roll. Look, you need to be able to adapt and you need to be able to evolve your skill-sets depending on the particular situation. In my world, there's NO room for excuses. So when I hear people make the excuse that they can't do other things because they've gone so deep in one focus, it bothers me.
There's always room to get better in as many things as possible. You need to expand your arsenal because you'll never know when you'll need to tap into more than one skill. It's speaks to your agility and your ability to offer a number of benefits to a certain situation when the time calls for it. You can always get better. Start moving :)
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode I talk about hiring specialization and Indians in this episode. |
| 0:07.6 | Twice! |
| 0:08.4 | You ask questions and I answer them. |
| 0:14.4 | This is the Ask GaryVee Show. |
| 0:20.1 | Yeah, yeah, right. |
| 0:26.7 | Everybody, this is Gary Vay, NerdChuck, and welcome to episode 51 of the Ask GaryVee Show. |
| 0:33.6 | Before I get into the show, I want to talk about my coming out of basketball retirement morning |
| 0:38.6 | because D-Rock is here. |
| 0:40.3 | And so it's the fun. |
| 0:41.1 | They were two of the individuals at basketball this morning at 6.30. |
| 0:44.5 | One thing Vaynernation should know is that D-Rock is terrible at basketball, |
| 0:49.0 | but he is so terrible that I actually had to stop him earlier this morning |
| 0:54.0 | and tell him how proud I was of him because for a man to go on the court being that terrible |
| 0:59.7 | and willing to continue to try to get better, shows a lot about how much self-esteem he has |
| 1:06.8 | and he's also clearly not terrible at what he does. |
| 1:09.9 | And I'm just impressed with you, D-Rock, that people might be thinking I'm making a joke |
| 1:13.5 | and say, like, just to raz you, I'm not. |
| 1:15.7 | I appreciated your tenacity. |
| 1:18.4 | A couple of times you fouled me very hard and knocked me on the ground. |
| 1:21.0 | You were also very kind and asked me if I was okay and tried to help me up. |
| 1:24.5 | My intuition is that you're just a good guy, not because of the boss dynamics. |
| 1:28.4 | And I'm just a very big fan of yours, D-Rock. |
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