This describes your ability to become an expert in any tiny niche in a very short time. A few years a woman dazzled guests at a dinner party with her knowledge about Zulus it turned out that she had simply read an article in the Readers Digest the night before.

Rather than mock this somebody who was listening realised that in today’s fast moving world it was an asset and a virtue to be able to become an instant expert. He was Jim Slater and he went on to apply this to choosing investments by specialising in particular types of shares and situations. In essence it is about finding a niche and then attempting to dominate it.

Many people have become wealthy on the Internet by searching out a lucrative niche and then specializing in it, often in areas they knew nothing about previously a health cure, pet care, a sport, a hobby, a skill, entertainment, a political blog. Today people are looking for micro niches, niches within niches. Although you might start off knowing little the Internet is such a marvellous learning tool you can quickly change that. More over with effort and passion you actually become a genuine expert in your chosen field.

More and more people are aquiring knowledge and skills by drilling down to the precise information they need or in the case of a skill perhaps a YouTube video rather than blanket learning an entire subject. This ability to niche and drill-down is and will be the most sought after skill.