Diversity Allows for Adaptivity

One of the things that you learn early on in playing RPG's is that a character that is to one-sided is useless. If your character is strong, but slow, then he'll never be able to hit anything. If your character is highly cunning, but has no stamina, then he'll be the smartest dead man ever.

You see, putting all of your eggs in one basket, whether in life or in a video game, is almost always a bad decision. If you go to a casino, and you bet all of the money that you have on one number, then you're very foolish. The odds are against you winning, but, if you do win, you are just a rich fool. Of course, that example is obvious to most of us, but, for some reason, when we are thinking about situations outside of the casino, we are unable to put two and two together like we should. It happens in the real estate markets, the stock markets, and even in small start-ups.

It's not that any of these are bad things to get into, but you need to diversify, otherwise, if something goes under, you could lose everything that you have.

You see, this applies to more than just finances. It applies to individuals as well. If you focus all of your energies in athletics while you are in high school, and neglect the scholastic aspects of your education, because you're going to be in the Major Leagues, well, that is a very competitive market to enter. If you think that you could be the next athletic superstar, then, by all means, work hard at it, but don't neglect your studies. Otherwise you could end up working a menial job because you didn't make the big leagues, and you don't have the knowledge to do much of anything else. To all of my fellow geeks nodding your heads smugly, the same applies to you. To neglect your physical conditioning so that you can play more games, read more books, and learn more is not the most intelligent decision that you can make. You don't want to know everything that there is to know about everything, but be unable to bend over and tie your shoelaces while breathing, do you?

The important thing to remember is that you must have balance. Just like a balanced character on a RPG will be able to perform better in a battle, being a balanced individual will allow you to adapt to any situation that may come your way with ease. There's a lot of stuff to do out there. Try them out.