I follow John P. Weiss on Medium and I don't wish to offend him or his other followers. But I think (ironically)

his choice of title for this piece is mistaken. "Why Finding a Niche and Simplifying Is Better Than Being a Generalist." This misses the fact that real generalists will be offended by this assertion.

While Mr. Wiess cites a famous science fiction author (George R.R. Martin) as an example of success through specialization, another even more famous SciFi writer (Robert H. Heinlein) put it this way through the mouth of one of his most popular characters: "Specialization is for insects." Why divide your audience? As highly revered comedian Bob Newhart answered when asked why he never used political humor, "I knew that if I used political humor, I would lose half my audience."

Having established my point, I still cannot resist adding that Mr. Weiss (a real favorite of mine) goes on to cite photographer Ansel Adams as another "specialist" but only partially covers the fact that Adams merely preferred using black & white photography over color photography. There is no question that John is correct but in the end it's just personal preference which happened to be the right choice for the desired result.

What works for some does not work for all. Be satisfied your choice led to your success. Others choose generalizatoin and find also find great succcess.

But most of all: pay closer attention to choosing titles for your written works.