We live in an age where someone is expected to pick one thing to focus on and develop it as much as we can. In other words to be the best. We tell somebody, "Hey, be the best football player ever," or, "Be the best advertising executive ever." We never say, "Be the best combination of popcorn maker, lawyer, and welder ever." Someone who is the best as this combination of things is probably no where near the best at any three of them. All of us are probably the best in the world at some unusual combination of abilities, even though for the most part we're not the best at specifically one thing.
Look at Eratosthenes. This guy did a lot of stuff, even though he probably wasn't the absolute best at any one thing he did. He even got made fun of for it.
So we should take pride in the combination of our abilities, even if we get no recognition for it.
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