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Everyone tells you to "find your one thing" and get great at it.

But some of the most valuable, hard-to-replace people aren't the best in the world at one skill, they're pretty good at a few skills that combine into something rare. That combination is called skill stacking, and your early twenties are the perfect time to build it.

Why the "be the best at one thing" advice is flawed

Being the single best in the world at one skill is nearly impossible, there's always someone smarter or more experienced. But being in the top 25% at two or three skills that rarely go together? Very doable, and often more valuable.

The magic isn't in one elite skill. It's in a combination almost nobody else has.

Rare combinations beat rare talent

A marketer is common. A marketer who can also read data is rarer and worth more. A marketer who can read data and write code is rare enough to basically write their own ticket.

Each skill on its own is ordinary. Stacked together, they make you the person a team can't easily replace. That's where career leverage comes from.

Why young is the perfect time to stack

Right now you have two things you won't always have as much of: time and freedom to experiment. Fewer obligations, more room to try things, and a long runway for those skills to compound.

Skills stack like interest. The ones you build at 20 have decades to combine and pay off. Starting early is a genuine advantage you can't get back later.

Pair a "hard" skill with a "soft" one

The most powerful stacks often mix technical and human skills:

The person who has the technical chops AND can work with people is worth far more than someone with just one side.

How to actually build your stack

You don't need a plan for the next decade. Just:

Follow genuine curiosity. The skills you're drawn to are the ones you'll actually stick with long enough to get good.

Your first job is a stacking opportunity

Don't just do your job, absorb everything around it. In marketing? Learn a bit of the analytics. In finance? Pick up the modeling tools. Every role is a free chance to add a skill to your stack while getting paid.

The big idea

You don't have to be the best at one thing. Get genuinely good at a few things that combine into something rare, and start now while time is on your side. The most valuable people in any field are usually the ones with a stack nobody else has.

Do this today: Name the one main skill you're building. Then pick one complementary skill to start stacking on top of it, something curiosity-driven. Spend 20 minutes on a free tutorial for it. That's your stack beginning.

You got this!
-Ford from Runway

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