You don’t become indispensable merely because you are different. But the only way to be indispensable is to be different. That’s because if you’re the same, so are plenty of other people. The only way to get what you’re worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and

Figure out what makes you different and unique. How can you differentiate yourself from everybody else?

Arm yourself with specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage.

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Specific knowledge is knowledge you cannot be trained for. If society can train you, it can train someone else and replace you.

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Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now.

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Building specific knowledge will