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How interesting a thesis! When I attended university in the’60s, each discipline jealously guarded its boundaries from incursions by other fields of thought and practice. One elected a “major” field of study and some sort of useful or complementary “minor” field of interest. Ever curious about overlaps, I graduated with two majors and eight minors. I’m guessing I am not so unique in insisting upon “looking under the hood” of a bunch of career vehicles—and still driving one off the lot in a timely and responsible manner. Good job, Georgia!!!

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Declaring a "major" was big in the 60's and 70's. Current research shows that to be a product of the times and an education system that needed to tuck us in "grades" no matter what our capabilities. Since then cross training and a flurry of other options have invaded work spaces and companies in an effort to make adults more productive, more connected, and less in their own bubble.

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Well I am looking for a graduate program in neurodiversity that would cross so many boundaries between disciplines but I have not seen one yet! If you come across one, let me knlw!

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Wow. I switched majors one course short of graduating from psychology to chemistry and wound up one course short of a major in math. So, two courses short of a triple major.

However, I do not consider that my real education. My real education is self education on anything and everything that entices my curiosity and I’m a curious fellow.

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Those two near misses on a triple major only make you the more eager and interesting man you are today.

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I love this! My father was a Nebraska farmer, and he often said, "I'm Jack of trades, master of none!" and he was one of the wisest people I have ever known! Many of the principles which have been the guiding light for the company I founded, now called Productive Environment Institute, were based on lessons learned from following him around the farm!

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Thanks Barbara for pointing to the genius of Jack of all trades. I encourage you to write further on this just along the lines of "decluttering" in order to see all of your assets. I saw that concept when writing this and thought it would be more in your wheelhouse. The point is decluttering spaces, files, project folders, etc. is a necessary part of success as Renaissance thinker who connects thousands of ideas and thousands of people.

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I like to think of Jacks of all trades metaphorically as those attuned to more fields in quantum field theory.

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Thanks Jim. Questions drive interesting conversations. Was it a school system that asked us to declare a major or did we find the courses that suited what we were interested in, anyway? The brain never declares a major because it loves to consider everything all of the time and constantly. Did we start out simple and get more complicated? Instead, were we a bundle of constant curiosity about everything and had to figure a way to buy food, housing, and clothes?

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Hi Georgia! Beautifully written. I discovered I was gifted 5 years ago at 43 and I have gone through lineration, then doubt, and maybe liberation is once again around the corner. I have a curse and a blessing, a gift and a handicap that is like pressing on the accelerator and the brakes at once, resulting in a lot of neutralness and non doing. I am questing for effortless doing. I do feel like I am on the brink of something big and maybe it would be great to have a conversation with you. ✨

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