certainly, in an era where a single stream of income does no longer help one get full grasp of his ability to be completely self sustainable, you just have make it a necessity to balance things up so you are not found wanting in areas where opportunities might come out unaware. the way it should work is to get a focuses and build yourself in such a manner that any other opportunities that comes around you becomes what you can easily manage and earn from. it is the jack of all trade and master of all kind of mentality that helps in todays era with an added social lifestyle that helps you gain mastery at a lot of things and opens you up to opportunities that might not come from being focused at just a single thing.

an issue with not balancing things up is that sometimes, you might find out that you are following just education and paper certificate at the expense of getting hands on skills and then later discover that where opportunities might easily come up are places that requires hands on skill. some even forget about starting up a family in pursuit of wealth. while that might not be completely bad, the issue with that is that when you have finally decided to settle down, you discover that you have to struggle to build yourself into becoming a good husband because you have probably neglected that part of your life for so long.