Hedgehog's and Fox's

Isaiah Berlin wrote a philosophical essay in 1953 that basically divided the population of the world into two groups.  Those who are a hedgehog, and those who are a fox.  In fact the basic idea goes way back to the Greek poet Archilochus, but I first heard of this after reading Jim Collilns' book "Good to Great" where he relayed the story in a business perspective.  Archilochus writes, "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”  Collins put it this way, "Those who built the good-to-great companies were, to one degree or another, hedgehogs. They used their hedgehog nature to drive toward what we came to call a Hedgehog Concept for their companies. Those who led the comparison companies tended to be foxes, never gaining the clarifying advantage of a Hedgehog Concept, being instead scattered, diffused, and inconsistent."

In this weeks lesson the lessons we learned were bent towards becoming hedgehogs rather than being a fox.  It is much better to focus on one thing, and to become a true master of that thing, than being good at many things.  You can do this by finding what your calling in life is.  What were you born to do?  What truly makes you happy, and what is it that truly drives you?  If you can find this, and if you can find a way to get paid to do this, then it's likely you have found your calling.  When you have discovered what you were born to do then stick with it.  Practice, practice, and practice some more.  Enjoy the practice, not for the prize, but for the practice itself.  This is how one becomes a master of a subject, and quite possibly the best in the world at that one thing.