Golden Rule #10
Keep small, specialized, lean and flexible so you can change rapidly whenever opportunity strikes.
Well in the world of business perhaps, but in human terms over-specialization is a little hazardous. Especially with the world changing as quickly as it does now. A ready example is our young people who are heralded into specialties as early as 4th form and continue to get even more specialized as the school years pass.
Most important takeaway from this rule is to keep oneself prepared for change. This really means reading around your subject and reading outside your subject so that as the world changes you are cognizant of those changes and ready to take advantage of them.
