This Davinci Trait | Inside the mind of a "multitalented" person

When people come across individuals that possess gifts or skills in different areas or fields, they always marvel at their ability to hone all these skills with ease. They sometimes call them "multi talented" as a way of praising their ability to have multiple skills or talents.

Most of these people are fast learners. They have the ability to assimilate information at a quick rate, especially when they have so much interest in it.

An example of such is a guy who is well versed in the field of economics, a good knowledge of music, blessed with the ability to write codes and can also paint well. This seems to be too much for one man to possess but trust me, people like this exist and they are not too far from you.

Another classic example is Leonardo Davinci. He had enough skills to go round for  at least 5 people. A man who was ambidextrous; the ability to write with both hands. He could also do different things with both hands at the same time. Surely, he was blessed. Till today, his works in different areas are still referenced.

Every average person has at least 2 core skills. So, if you have the gift of drawing and coding, then it's normal.

However, when it comes to making a decision on career pursuit, many multi talented people tend to have problems focusing on a career path because of their ability to do almost everything.

 This becomes a major problem in the life of a woman or man with skills in different, unrelated areas.

Now imagine a lady that paints, sings, develops web apps, plays the violin, writes blog articles on any topic, does makeup art and knows how to make hair well. To everyone she's perfect or very talented but within her she feels a form of confusion most times. When the time comes for her to pick a career path, she may struggle for a while before deciding what to do.

Back in the university, I used to feel good about being able to sing, play the guitar, do very well in my academics, write codes, act, do voiceovers, write songs, play football, volleyball, practise taekwondo and do research on topics outside my field. Aside my natural talents, I'd always want to gather knowledge on things outside my scope of study In school.

People would see me and wish to have so much talents but little did they know it was giving me some troubles. As I drew close to my finals, I started thinking of the career path I'd like to follow for the rest of my life.

I thought of becoming a software developer but I didn't really derive joy in coding. At some point, I was one of the best programmers in my department. Later on, I realized that I only learned coding because I was competitive and not because I loved it.

I knew coding would take a huge part of my life and may restrict me from doing the things I loved doing, so, I slowed down on coding and stopped. Yes, it was a very big decision for me.
I then decided to take up a skill that would make me enough money like coding would and still do the things I love.


.... To be continued