Very thoughtful piece!
From an investment perspective, if you are doing what everyone else is doing, there won't be much gain.
Resonated with this statement and I think it became more apparent over the past few years. It pays to be contrarian in the markets but it also takes a lot of guts and conviction.
It is the same for skills. If skills are easy to get and many have them, there is little value in the market place for them. Rare talent however gets paid for.