78 - Specific Knowledge

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I'd like to share a quote by Naval Ravikant, "Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true." Part of the process to do this is to find and build specific knowledge. Specific knowledge cannot be taught, but it can be learned. When he talks about specific knowledge, he means to figure out what you were doing as a kid or teenager, almost effortlessly. Something you didn't even consider a skill but people around you noticed. Your mother or your best friend growing up would know. Examples of what your specific knowledge could be: * Sales skills * Musicals talent: with the ability to pick up any instrument. * An obsessive personality: You dive into things and remember them quickly. * Love for science fiction. You were into reading sci-fi which means you absorbed a lot of knowledge very quickly. * Playing a lot of games. You understand game theory pretty well. * Gossiping digging into your friends network. That might make you into a very interesting journalist. The specific knowledge is sort of this weird combination of unique traits from your DNA, your unique upbringing and your response to it. It's almost baked into your personality and your identity. Then you can hone it. Remember "No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most." Thank you everyone for listening. Get full access to Weekly Audio Journal by Kevin Ly Social at kevinlysocial.substack.com/subscribe