[AUDACIOUS TAKE] A Jack of All Trades is Better than a Master of One

In this episode, we cover: 

• “A jack of all trades is a master of none…” 
• Why the world wants to keep you small and in a box
• “... oftentimes better than a master of one”
• You step into your power and all who you were created to be when you embrace all of you
• 1 Step to take today to step outside of the box society wants you to think you should be in

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Chapters

• 0:07 Embracing Multi-Faceted Life
• 10:26 Embracing All Aspects of Yourself
• 14:50 "Inspiration to Embrace Self-Worth"

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:07

Can you believe they have the audacity? Welcome to the have the Audacity podcast. I'm your host, jacey Lawlin. I'm on a mission to empower women like you to live audaciously. What does it mean to live audaciously, you ask? Living audaciously means you're no longer available for living your life based on someone else's agenda, standards or boundaries. It's time to activate your power, use your voice and create the life you're meant to live. So the next time someone asks, can you believe she had the audacity, you can look at them and say, yeah, I did. Hello, audacious human.

Speaker 1: 0:43

I am so glad that you're here for today's episode, so we're going to dive right into it. I'm not going to be here long with you today, but there's something that has came up in my life that I have been realizing and navigating through lately, and I feel like it's something that is not talked about a lot and something that I need to share, because if you don't see what you think is missing in the world, if you realize that something is missing, then I believe that you're meant to be that and have these discussions. So I'm going to start it and I know I talk a lot about an online space, but really in anything, I've been really going through it, like being a multi-faceted, multi-passionate human as I know you are, as all humans are and trying to figure out, okay, what I want to do, like what's the one thing, because society sells us this narrative that there is one thing that you need to do and you stick to that one thing. In business they call it niching down. What's your one niche? Who's your one client? If you're talking to everybody, you're talking to no one. Okay, cool. And then you hear the phrase like a jack of all trades is a master of none. What are you going to be an expert in? You need to be an expert. You be the expert at one thing. Then you can kind of expand. But really, if you're the jack of all trades, you're the master of none of those things. You need to be an expert. What's your expertise? What's the one thing you want to commit your whole life to, to be an expert in? And honestly, to me that is suffocating, like truly suffocating.

Speaker 1: 2:24

And I have experiences and navigated this at different times in my life in different stages, in different seasons. I've talked about on this podcast before If you're new here, welcome. But I've talked in previous episodes about how I had this. I had this one track mind, that I was going to go to school to be a teacher, and that was it. That's what I want to do.

Speaker 1: 2:44

I turned, I got my first teaching job at 22, my second year teaching at 23. I looked around and was like I did the thing I accomplished, the thing I reached my goals. Has my life peaked? Is this? It Is this all I meant to do? Like my life has peaked at 23. It was a terrifying experience and it's been a journey of twists and turns along the way, trying to figure out what it is I could do. And okay, like cool, it's normalized in 2024 to have multiple streams of incomes, and that's normal. And multiple jobs and doing multiple things and diversifying your investment portfolio and yada, yada, all the things with that. We normalize it in that way. And yada, yada, all the things with that. We normalize it in that way.

Speaker 1: 3:28

But then I have found myself and I have friends in this online space, whether it's podcasting or businesses or influencer accounts, whatever where you're trying to figure out what's next. Everybody the quote unquote experts are telling you is to focus on one thing what's the one thing you can get behind, what's the one thing you can think about all day, talk about every day, all the time. One thing, one offer. If you're launching a business, what's the one offer you want to talk about non-stop, all the time? What's the one topic, what's the one thing you want to do? Does that not feel suffocating? It hit me. This is very much how I approached music.

Speaker 1: 4:11

If you don't know and I haven't talked about on this episode, on this podcast yet that I am a co-host I've been a guest co-host for a couple months now, but I'm a co-host from a podcast called From the Vault and it's a Taylor Swift podcast. We are currently if you're listening to this in real time diving into the Tortured Poets department, track by track, deep diving into all of the hidden meanings behind the lyrics, the connections, all the things. And does that have anything to do with have the Audacity podcast? No, but it's me. I am a Swifty and I love music and I love songwriting, so it's a no brainer for me to just spend time doing something that I enjoy talking about. And so, like I'm doing that and I'm going to start sharing it more on social media and sharing it with you. What's going on there? Because I want to bring you along for the ride and show you another side of me, besides to have the audacity side of me.

Speaker 1: 5:15

But when I was thinking about this, this has been true my whole life and why I brought up the From the Vault podcast, was like with music I love a little bit of everything. If I put my Apple Music library on shuffle, you don't know what you're going to get Could be Lil Wayne. The next song could be the Andrews Sisters. We're talking swing bands. You hit the next one. It's 90 swing bands. You hit the next one. It's 90s country. You hit the next one. It's Taylor Swift. You hit next again it's pop. You hit next again it's punk rock. You hit. Next again it's a rock song.

Speaker 1: 5:53

Like you, I listen to everything. It's such a wide variety and I always said like I don't want to be put in a box, I don't want to be put in a box. When I was in high school and I was in things I was in sports, I was loved musical theater, I was in choir, I showed animals I was like, don't put me in a box, I like to do all the things. And that's so true to all of us. So then, why, when we become adults, we lose this and we think we need to listen to the quote-unquote experts that tell us you need to do this this way Niche down, focus on one thing, get really good and become an expert at one thing and even if you're not starting a business, this is true in your life Like, become really good at one thing.

Speaker 1: 6:37

I can speak to teaching because I have experience in that and I know a lot of people in that field. When I have taught multiple grade levels and each one has helped inform the next. It would have been so easy for me to just stay in fourth grade math that I started in and I got really good at it and I know how to teach it. I know how to get kids from wherever starting point to where they need to be. Like I'm an expert in it. That's not hard for me. There's no challenge there. I'm an expert in that. But there's a limit there. If you stay so narrow focused and this is an unpopular opinion if you stay so narrow focused on one thing and being the expert on one thing, then you don't see the whole picture and you're missing out on a lot there. Then you don't see the whole picture and you're missing out on a lot there and I realized I've been struggling so much lately like full transparency, trying to figure out some clarity, and I've talked about it Like I took some time with the podcast because I just needed a moment to pause with everything going on in my life and just trying to gain some clarity.

Speaker 1: 7:35

What's the clear direction we're going? What's the? What direction are we headed? And I was like I could never land on something. It didn't feel good. I was trying to listen to the quote unquote experts in my mind.

Speaker 1: 7:48

I had a conversation where I was honestly in tears, having a moment about I don't know what to do, like I feel suffocated, I just don't know. I can't commit to one thing. I don't want to be put in a box, and I was like you know, but a jack of all trades is a master of none. And days passed and I was revisiting this conversation and I was like you know, I'm just going to show up as me. I'm going to talk about me. I'm going to talk about From the Vault podcast. I'm going to keep doing have that Dusty podcast. I'm going to talk about mindset. If I want to talk about teaching stuff, cool, that's a part of me, but I don't have to pick one thing.

Speaker 1: 8:29

And the question was posed to me Okay, well then, how do you feel about a jack of all trades is a master of none? And in that moment my intuition, like God, was like there's more to that. There's more to that saying. That's not the whole thing and this can get controversial on the internet, like what came first, what came not, but there's another line to that saying and so the saying, the full saying, is a jack of all trades is a master of none comma oftentimes better than a master of one. Like oftentimes a person who knows a lot of things is more words are escaping me is more valuable than a person who's an expert in one thing, like you could know a little bit.

Speaker 1: 9:19

Because, I mean, the saying like a jack of all trades is a master of none, is meant to keep you small. It's meant to keep you in a box, because how much of your power do you not know you have if you're only focused on one thing? I mean, I talk about mental health and mindset a lot on this podcast and you know, if you only focus on your thoughts and you leave out your sleep, like you can be an expert in reframing your thoughts awesome, but that's not going to help you if you also don't take care of your health holistically. Going to the gym and going every day and working hard on your fitness goals doesn't matter if you are not having the proper nutrition to support those goals. Being a master in one thing not taking away from people who are experts in their field but that doesn't necessarily mean they're more valuable than a person who sees the whole perspective and there's freedom in that and the world doesn't want you to know how powerful you are and the expansive freedom that comes when you stop trying to be what it says you need to be.

Speaker 1: 10:26

When you throw out the checklist, you throw out what you think you're supposed to do, you throw out all of the noise, you turn it all off and like what do I want to do? What do I like? What makes me me? And that's where I'm at. What makes me me and that's where I'm at. And I really want you to think about that. And so like one step today that you could take to, like step outside of the box of like what it is. It's like what are things that you're interested in Genuinely. Like we've lost the art of hobbies. It really is something that's been lost.

Speaker 1: 10:59

Like cool, you teach full-time, but you've always wanted to learn how to speak French. Cool, download an app, start learning a new language. You always wanted to. You know you teach a one grade level and you really want to learn how to do another one. So, like, ask it's a time of year when this comes down, it's May. Like people are switching in schools right now. Like positions talk about it. Like we're done with this ideology of a jack of all trades is a master of none. That having surface level knowledge on a lot of things is not. Now. I'm not saying no, a little bit about everything, because there's a point to that, but you can like pick four to five things that you're really into and do so. Right now I am working on certification.

Speaker 1: 11:49

Eft tapping has to do with anxiety and nervous system regulation, and I can't wait, as I learn more, to share more on this podcast with you. But like I'm just doing it because I've always wanted to learn more about it, why not? Why not share it? Why not talk about mindset and everything I've learned and share what I'm going through in real time and things that I'm learning? To help you skip steps, let me give you the information to help you jump steps ahead and move through things quicker than I did and show you the way to get through things and be like hey, I teach. I'm very passionate about people learning, adults learning, kids learning. I have things I like to talk about on that. So on my now I'm not really going to go into that a lot on this podcast, but if you follow me on social media I'm going to talk about a little bit of everything I'm going to share from the Volt podcast episodes and if you're into that and you care about my thoughts as a Swifty like, come check it out. I'll link it in the show notes.

Speaker 1: 12:50

But I want you to grasp onto the freedom in this and I really hope that it resonates with you that you don't have to put yourself in a box. You don't have to do the things that the quote-unquote experts tell you to do in whatever field it is in your you're in, because this is applicable in any, in any area, in any field. A jack-of-all-trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one. There's power in being a jack of all traits and I'm brave enough to tell you that, and this is have the Audacity podcast. So it's time that you, as an audacious human, have the audacity to step into all of who you're meant to be. And I'm not going to say that it's a joyful process. All the time it's uncomfortable. It's extremely uncomfortable, going against what everybody around you says you're supposed to do, what the world says you're supposed to do, what experts say you're supposed to do, what people with the best of attention say oh, you need to do this, what are you doing? They question you, they don't understand, but that voice in you that knows this is the next step, that knows this is what you need to focus on. That's who you listen to. I really hope that today's episode resonated with you and inspires you and empowers you and just really lights a fire within you to step into the thing that you're afraid of Be seen for all of who you are.

Speaker 1: 14:26

First, I want to say thank you so much for listening to today's episode. It truly means so much to me that you were here and that I got to be a small part of your day. I have three things to tell you before you go, though. First, please rate and review this podcast. It truly helps this podcast grow and get the message out and is such a simple thing that you could do to support this show. Thank you for doing that.

Speaker 1: 14:50

Second, share this episode with somebody right now that you know needs to hear it, or take a screenshot. Tag me on social media and let me know what you loved about this episode. I love getting to connect with you. And the third last thing I have is I cannot let you go without sending you off into the rest of your day with the reminder that I want you to always remember you are worthy, you have value, you get to take up space in this world simply because you exist. Don't let anyone, including yourself, convince you otherwise. And if that idea or vision for your life is in you, it is for you. Living with this phrase in mind in today's world is such a truly audacious thing for you to do so. Until the next time I talk to you, remember have the audacity.