Connecting Old Skills

A golf swing isn’t the same as a baseball swing.

Different ball. Different stance. Different goal. But master one and the other comes easier. Because beneath the surface, they’re not so different after all. Same rotational movement. Same muscles. Same need for timing, rhythm, balance, and patience.

Your skills work the same way.

I trace my copywriting back to law school. Not the contracts or the cases, but the discipline underneath. Think clearly. Write tightly. Kill ambiguity. Persuade without ornament.

When I switched careers, that training didn't disappear. It evolved.

Watch an actor pivot to sales. They already know presence. They understand timing. They read the room and adjust mid-sentence.

A teacher stepping into management? They've spent years explaining complex ideas simply. They know when someone's following and when they've lost the thread.

But we don’t always see it that way. We treat new careers like new worlds. We assume we’re starting from scratch. Wrong. We’re applying familiar muscles to new movements.

This matters more than ever. Because prompting AI isn't typing magic words into a box. It's asking better questions. Iterating until clarity emerges. Thinking in systems, not just sentences.

It's every skill you've been building for years. In meeting rooms, hallway conversations, deleted powerpoint slides, and late-night drafts that never saw the light of day.

So if you’re stepping into something new, don’t write yourself off. 

You’re not unqualified. You’re just repurposing. 

Skills don't retire. They transfer.