For efficiency’s sake, I shouldn’t do what I’m best at, but what I’m better than most people. Let’s assume you have 3 people, A, B, C and they have duties 1, 2, 3 each with a point value and only one person can do each task. The goal is to have the total net amount of points.

It we assigned them according to maximum points in a greedy way, A would do task 1, C would do task 3 and B would do task 2 for a total of 110 points. If instead we made A do task 2 even though it is not A’s best task, then B would do task 1 and C would still do task 3 for a total of 140 points. We should all do things that we excel at compared to other people and not in the absolute sense. To make the largest impact, you need to do something that only you can do well and no one else can.

The question now is what in the world should I be spending my time on. Now can I as one person hope to make a difference in this vast world of ours. To better answer this, I should add a dash of selfishness and provide an additional restriction of making myself happy. You need to have fun living your life.