Recently, I’ve been seeing this commercial (I can’t remember for what) that starts out, “I can’t get a job because I don’t have any skills.” Or something to that extent.
This commercial got me thinking, though: how important is it for us, as individuals, to be good at something? Better yet, to be an expert. In his book, Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell claims that to be an expert at something you must spend 10,000 hours working at or practicing it.* What right do we have to declare ourselves as experts at something? I have no idea but I would love to have this discussion with somebody – my contact information is somewhere on this blog.
I do not feel comfortable declaring myself an expert at anything (this is because of my age and experience among other variables). However, make damn good bacon and what follows is my recipe.
Note: This method of making dank bacon is best if you like your bacon crispy but still somewhat chewy. [CONTINUE READING]
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