There is copious amounts of snow this winter, and as a jack of all
trades, I shoveled with a bit of attitude but this time I thought, “what if you are a jack of all trades?” It was not until a few years ago I learned the full quote: ”Jack of all trades is a master of none but oftentimes better than master of one”. Sounds so much better doesn’t it?
Growing up, people would say “jack of all trades and master of none” in a condescending
manner about anyone who tried working at different things. For years myself and many others stopped the quote there. Vowing to have a job and keep it. However, I became a jack of all trades when I started my business so I could funnel my finances into more useful areas, like rent. I don’t know if this stifled my expansion in the hair business a bit but it paid the bills. I also do my own cleaning, do simple fixes and repairs, manage my plants (mostly) and so on.
When you start out in business, if you are one of those
that has an underlying need for power, you will fail because you feel certain jobs are beneath you. You may have the money but it is always disappearing from your hands. It is not all the times I resent shoveling the snow. Just sometimes when 40 cm lands. It is a form of exercise for me because in winter I like to hibernate.
If in the beginning you have to shovel snow, clean floors etc. It prepares you for leadership because you can use these skills in other areas of your work or lets you see where employees are falling short so you can guide them. The win is you learn to adapt to any environment so what if you are a jack of all trades?
By Paula Barker, Silkie Locks Hair Design
Books: “Talking Hair”, “Filling My Head” & “Dreadlocks – A Hairstylist’s Manifest”.
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