pick a problem, not a tool.

Most of the things you've learned are just a tool for you to solve the problem that matters most to you. Being fanatic about one tool or two is like using a hammer to solve every problem you encounter. Sometimes it works but most of the time it makes things worse.

Don't just learn about how to do X. Find the problem that matters most to you and start from there, not another way around. The mindset that I see from most people and our education today is:

"First I want to learn about X. Then I can do X. Now I need a problem to solve using X".

In our modern society today, people learn things because they need to meet the demand in the industry. Capitalism wants us to specialize in a specific thing. But you are human, you are not machines that work only for a specific thing anytime is ready to be replaced. We often encounter that these people hate their job ↗. Most of us work just to survive. it's not wrong because many don't have the privilege to choose. But if you have the privilege It's a very limited way to live life. it sucks, don't settle.

Why don't we encourage & make people learn about the landscape of how the industry works first. Then start learning things that are needed to solve the problem in the industry.

If we have that kind of mindset, I believe we will begin to do whatever it takes to solve the problem without having to worry about the next things that we need to learn. When we have that kind of mindset I believe people will feel more fulfilled, more excited, and feeling alive to learn and do things without having to worry about what's coming next.

"Do not ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman

Pick a problem, not a tool.