Marc Brooker

I tend to do about, let's say 75, 25, kind of practitioner versus teaching and communicating, maybe 80, 20 at times.

I found that's about what feels right for me.

I would say that, you know, they're great people I work with, you know, from sort of 90, 10 on that scale up to about 50, 50 on that scale.

I think, you know, outside of those, you know, folks tend to, you know, tend to get into trouble as practitioners, right?

Like, you know, there are people whose job it is to be, you know, communicators and that's great as long as they have the curiosity and are clear about what they, you know, know and don't know, right?

But, you know, I found that sweet spot at that sort of 75-25 point in my career.

And that's what's worked for me.

I think in this moment where things are changing so fast, there's so much to learn.

You know, swinging a little bit more towards the practitioner side, I think generally will help people.

But again, you don't want to go too far that way because then you lose the, you know, what's important for you that comes with interacting with the outside world.

I think long-term, you know, if you're, if you're using that terminology, it's probably better to be underrated.

I think, you know, being, being overrated can feel great in the moment, um, but it's rarely sustainable, uh, and, and, and really sort of gets you where to where you, you, you need to be.

I really enjoy, you know, uh,

Things like sports and these sort of creative hobbies and crafts because it does turn that, let's say, perception and reality knob to very much reality, right?

Like as a sports person, you can't fool the world for very long.

It very quickly becomes very obvious who can and who can't.

I think as a craftsperson, the same, right?

It very quickly becomes obvious who can and who can't.

And I think it takes a little bit longer in a field like ours where there is so much kind of qualitative stuff that goes on.

But I think long-term when I look at careers that I really admire and people I really admire,