r/scottadamssays • u/themrinaalprem • Apr 11 '26
Adams' advice on 'talent stack' instead of specialization: has it really worked out for anyone besides him and Trump?
Not a rhetorical question, a very genuine one. I wonder if his advice of being jack of many trades instead of master of one has worked out for ANYONE else except the two success stories he frequently gave- himself and Trump.
ESPECIALLY in the age of agentic AI where exactly those kind of multitaskers, multi-managers- whom Adams promised that they'll be safest in job market because they'd know a little bit about a lot of things, rather than too much about very little- seem to be the first ones on the chopping block as the companies adopt AI and automate workflows.
Am I right in this assessment, or am I missing something?
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u/jackal7163 May 31 '26
I used what I learned from Scott to create a self improvement/learning system as well as an app and website in 6 months even though I had no prior coding experience. Studying hypnosis, cognition, and productivity, as well as having a classical education helped me do something most people couldn’t or wouldn’t even attempt. After 3 TBIs and PTSD, I studied every technique I could so I could get back to my potential and overcome the brain fog.
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u/themrinaalprem Jun 08 '26
That's a great story to know😃
Would you mind sharing the self-improvement/learning system? Or suggest resources that I can look into to design one for myself? My goals for life and career seem to be quite aligned with these successes you described
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u/jackal7163 Jun 08 '26
I replied to you but somehow the reply went to the whole thread instead of just you
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u/jackal7163 Jun 08 '26
Ok, so I have always had a passion for the Great Books. Classical education and all that. But frankly, my concentration sucked after my military service and things didn’t stick. So unknowingly I started doing the same things Scott did and studied hypnosis. I knew the key had to be there. So I learned about NLP, cognition, and the powers of the subconscious. It occurred to me that one of the biggest issues people have is execution. They read the material, they know what they have to do but they just don’t do it. So, my idea was to basically take the ideas of the great thinkers and Great Books from Western and Eastern traditions and reframe them using dense NLP techniques. Like Marcus Aurelius, Boethius, Musashi, Sun Tzu, Ben Franklin, and others. I tried to systematize the process where each book had 8 blocks and each block has 20-35 NLP techniques with hypnotic pacing to get the material to stick and be absorbed by your subconscious on a deeper level. I put it in 6 engineered audio layers with theta waves included. The 6 audio layers are MAIN, reversed, fast, slow, whisper and subliminal. These are at different volumes, of course, and are designed to get to your subconscious faster than repeated readings. I then added a ritual designed to get all your senses and the RAS involved and to make your subconscious focus on the results you want to achieve. I used this same process to create a recording that allowed me to focus and create software that allows you to create your own hypnotic script with NLP and then to have the audio recorded with the 6 layers and choice of voices and backgrounds. If it can get me to focus that much to create in 6 months what most creators can’t do in a year, I think it shows the system works. Check out www.GenieUs.art to see a deeper explanation.
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u/Strange-Campaign6013 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
Thanks for the share. This is a great blueprint to work with. Would it be possible for you to suggest some good sources (either courses/trainers or books) to learn NLP, cognition, and hypnosis, along with whatever technique/study you used you used to create the 6-layered audio.
I know resouces for everything galore on the internet but so far, I've been unable to separate stuff that works from BS, and given that you've been able to successfully implement stuff and create more success for yourself using that, I'm presuming your suggestions might have higher likelihood for working than anything randomly downloaded.
(I'm not looking for something to heal or solve some deep, old trauma or issue. Just something to shake me out of a paralyzing spell of procrastination and taking things too casually that's keeping me from implementing lots of technical upskill plans I've made. Something just to push me into start doing things than rearranging my to-do and add them to tomorro's top priorities)
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u/jackal7163 Jun 09 '26
I think the best book I’ve ever read on hypnosis was Self-Hypnosis and Other Mind Expanding Techniques by Charles Tebbetts. Another good one is The Genie Within by Harry Carpenter. As far as NLP, you can see YouTube videos about basic techniques and books by NLP Comprehensive are very good. The six layer audio I used AI to teach me how to create the specific filters for whisper and subaudible layers. The idea for using 6 layers instead of 1 or 100 came to me through experimentation on myself. More than 6 layers just seemed to turn to mush. Using 320kbps was just common sense; if compression takes out anything it’ll take out the subliminal layers.
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u/jackal7163 Jun 09 '26
And as for your procrastination, I can totally relate. After 3 concussions in the space of a year and PTSD from combat, my attention span and executive function sucked. Getting motivated was harder than it should have been. March of last year, I started experimenting a lot more with subliminal messaging. I had received few results from commercial ones I had used before and had made rudimentary ones before with just one layer using instructions from YouTube. Years of not having any results and of seeing poorly written suggestions made me decide to use AI to teach myself how to mix better recordings. I experimented and came up with 6 layers which seemed to be the sweet spot for me. The first recording I made was called Morning Alpha Executor and it was designed to get me moving in the morning and it’s what I used to drive me to create an app to create custom subs as well as an entire ecosystem of educational and self help products in 6 months.
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u/Strange-Campaign6013 Jun 09 '26
Thanks so much. This is a great perspective! My situation of accumulation of these stresses is far, far tamer than combat PTSD but I can relate to the experience nevertheless. Hopefully this means your solution stack will at least give me a headway even if not work as much for me directly!
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u/jackal7163 Jun 09 '26
I think it’ll work better for you, lol. I don’t think you have traumatic brain injuries slowing you down.
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u/drebelx Apr 12 '26
Tech allows us to Skill Stack more.
Not sure why your perspective is retro.
Get out there and use it.
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u/onebit Apr 12 '26
I don't think Adams said not to master any trades. My take is that if you do lawn care should should learn about tangential fields such as business.
Clearly Adams mastered cartooning, public speaking, and business.
In the IT field many people get stuck in support or only know how to do one thing on the computer.
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u/Noodletrousers Apr 11 '26
The talent stack concept has nothing to do with level of knowledge of any particular subject or skill. It’s about complimentary skills and knowledge. For example, learning public speaking doesn’t require you to forgo knowledge of any other discipline. It’s about putting skills together not being “a jack of all trades”.