Above Average
Over the years having interacted with many people, there are very few things that I think I am above average at. I am not the best at them or top of class. But I am above average among the people who do them.
- Running
- Climbing
- Chess
- Cooking (more than half the world cooks, so this might seem like a bold claim, but I am a pretty good cook and if you random sample 100 people who cook, I will be better than 50 of them)
- Coding/Logic
- Memory (I can remember things/numbers from long ago and recall them with surprising accuracy)
- Data Interpretation and analysis and finding the story in the data and simplifying them.
- Exploring new things, learning new things and taking risks. I have huge risk appetite.
That is pretty much it. In everything else I am average or below average. The last 4 are the ones that has helped me in my career. And the first 4 are the ones that has helped me settle anywhere in life.