Why Some of us Don't Have One True Calling | Emilie Wapnick | TEDxBend 

YES.

Same here!

hey! yes!! :D

hi5!

Hey! Hi5!!

I feel 100% the exact same way.

+April Dahlgren nothing wrong with us. We are all beautiful and special! We can't all be good at the same things. And that's an advantage. High five 👋🏻

High Five! 👋🏻

Hey! I just turned 33 and this video blew my mind :)

Yeah, 28 years old here and it's the same. I've studied engendering but the job was too boring. Always doing the same stuff. I changed sport every year, I tryed many different things on my free time from music to motorcycle mechanic. Now i have been jobless for the last 2 years. I've travelled a lot to discover different culture and people but even that get me bored. Now I'm waiting to jump to something totally new. However nobody can understand our way of working. Family, friends, society and even myself are judging me. Telling I have no fixed goal, I don't know what I want, I'll never archive a long terme goal .... Well, we have to find an other way to embrace and develop our potential. Happy to see that I'm not alone :D Peace !

same here

same here

I feel same rightnow

+Buhlebenkosi Chinhara - I totally know what you mean. I always had this voice in my head: "Just concentrate on one thing, just do it if you're fully convinced that this is the thing you want to do, don't invest much money if it's just a mood.... and so on." That's why I even didn't start with many things I actually liked to do like playing Cello for example. Really sad. Checked out for lessons and an instrument to rent, today.

+John Titor hey, I recently joined. Why?

Gosh you are just like me ! love you

Buhlebenkosi Chinhara same with me. I'm gonna focus on fields which actually relate to my career.

It's a relief for people with so many interests to hear that there's nothing wrong about that. But from my experience, I still think that there's some need to focus, like she says at some point, to dive deep into one or two of these passions, taking it seriously for a while, with a good sense of discipline. Otherwise you just jump from one thing to another, becouse nowadays there are so many things to do and learn that you would never end just trying them, and you would keep being a beginner in all you tried.

Hey, I like a lot of those things too! Haha! :)

That's the spirit!

I love this! Never too late ❤️❤️

Dee I’m 33 and I feel like you! My friends think I’m insane because I find a new hobby every few months, dive in so deep I’m basically drowning, and come back up for air only to find a new hobby. I collect things, I do many different things but can never quite find my passion. I want to do it ALL, and don’t like being told I have to limit myself. Right now I’m into watercolor painting, and I happen to be good at it, I also love reading, I’ve tried writing, I love makeup and skincare, I love animals, reading, forex trading, video games, conspiracy theories, science, English, religious studies, crystals, stargazing, astrology, and so many other things. Some things I like seem to contradict others but in my head they’re all connected. I’m glad I’m not alone!

@@roxanatorres5235 I'm quite like you as well. I think it's one of the MBTI personality types. Look up ENTP and you might find what you're looking for.

Yep! If people look at you like you're crazy, it's because they can't imagine how you do it all! But you do! Your various talents all work together (except maybe the roller derby playing), so you are building on your successes across your personal interests. Even the roller derby playing helps, because it connects you to a fast-paced world, and you can identify with that when you do photography, digital media, or whatever else...

I am 40 and had over 50 jobs from gas station attendant, managing 150 people to writing newspaper articles, etc, etc. Welcome to the club! Our flexibility/adaptability is what keeps up employed in this changing world. I used to marvel at people that found their 'true' calling in life but this narrative has to change as we now know there is such a thing as a multipotentialite! :) Thanks Emilie! Great talk!

you shoukd watch the anime "golden boy" my man!

+GeoAl09 Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

+Deana Rock Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

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+Yuvraj Bajaj Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

same here

Yup, just happened. :-)

+Kenneth Lasyone Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

+Phil Marek Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

+Yuvraj Bajaj Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

I lost my anxiety pills due to this

Natalia, the same thought screamed through my head! Does she have a script of my brain?!?!?!

You don't, you get a job to fund what you want to do.

Min, you get a job like everybody else. The good news is that employers WANT multipotentialites! Us multipotentialites are seen as abnormal in school, but bosses love us! We do what they call "multidisciplinary thinking". As with any job seeker, you start by writing out your strong points and your personal interests, then build your resume around that. You need to focus for the employer that you're sending your resume, but you always have to do that. By the way, the days of sending the same resume to 100 places is gone. Do your research and try to send 10 custom letters and resumes a week. If you can't do 10, do as many as you can, but the key is to do research and make it personal. List how you are "perfect" for the job. As a multipotentialite, you have more items on your list than most people, so pull from the list. I find it crazy the way that people say that you can't get a job if you're a philosophy or English major. Anyone can connect their interests to the real world. Philosophy majors understand the history of human thinking and can talk about how to market to the public based on where society is now, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. English majors know what's involved in telling a good story. Every marketing department in the nation would like a marketing employee that's good at writing compelling stories to sell their products. Choose the types of companies that interest you, then sell yourself, using your long list of interests and talents. Does this help you? Let me know if you have any follow-on questions.

combine, application

I suggest taking ideas from ur many interests and trying to combine them in a new way that has never been done before. Many highly creative ppl don't specialize, they use their many interests as fuel for their creativity and are able to approach things from different perspectives because of this. There's a documentary on netflix that I believe is called "the creative brain" and it highlights this along with other aspects of creativity. So I say try to look at one field ur interested in through the lens of another field, and see if there's a new way to do something, or try combining aspects of many fields to do something wholly unique. This is how a lot of invention and innovation happens.

We can't find jobs that makes full use of our potential and that leaves us unsatisfied. I can only think of a few jobs like bureaucrats, urban planners, film editors, authors, top marketers and some project managers. A common theme here is a working understanding of the socio-politico-economic scenario as well as the human psychology, arts and technology. Now, if you're aware of the MBTI personality types, NT types (4/16 types) only account for around 12% of the population. They include ENTJ (leaders like politicians), INTJ (masterminds like bureaucrats), ENTP (entrepreneurs), INTP (architects, researcher, economist, scientists, lawyers, author etc). Now, the thing is, those with J such as ENTJ and INTJ are more disciplined when it comes to work. And thus more successful and on the top of the food chain (as you might have noticed from the positions). ENTP & INTP have the most difficulty juggling our interests. But at least when an ENTP is successful in his venture, he's able to rise very quickly. But a programmer or a scientist, sitting in his corner desk, still has to follow orders from the rest of the NT types. Which is a difficult thing to do, given our curiosity for newer topics. (I had replied this to a previous comment but I feel this could help you as well.)

+Blockhead nobody after aged 5, has the habit of trying new things, seeing them as - things which might be exciting to learn!

+Blockhead Thanks for this insight, this really a big point I deal with since I saw this concept. I think the Talk is great, but can confort lot of people (me?) who are definitively dabblers in many fields that they are so special. What is sure is the therapeutic effect of the message is a great thing for anyone concerned.

Yuvraj Bajaj I agree that many people don't try new things after a certain age, this is probably something to do with our education and methods of teaching. However, I certainly try new things all the time and I dedicate myself to surpassing the challenge of getting good at them. I honestly think that's the only real way to be happy - to keep learning and growing through challenges. :)

Laurent Memmi No problem! Agreed that it's a good thing to feel relieved hearing that we're not the only person who dabbles, and to feel like someone accepts us for how we are. :)

​@@LaurentMemmi Don't give your gift up. Rather, streamline. You can still have your hobbies and passions but pay more attention to those which you think you can monetize. Think realistically. Do you think you can make it as a musician, author, actor or a pro athlete? Not to be discouraging, but the chances of that happening is extremely low. In a population of 6-7 billion, maybe only 100,000 can make a decent living out of it. That's like 0.001% of the population. One has to be the cream of the crop. But as a jack of all trades, we probably aren't that. But if you're a painter, there are higher chances you understand art well. And can work as graphic designer if you can't sell your paintings. Design apps, logos, websites and what not. If you're a programmer, you can learn new languages. Design APIs, websites, etc etc

Geography. That´s it. The best career ever for multi-talented people. It has a little bit of everything, general culture, basic knowledge of a variety of fields and a trend to technologies. The carrer of the future. I am myself a multi-talented or a person "without a true calling" and study Geography as a carrer was defnitely the best decision of my life.

Hello Jelena. Studying Geography as career is basically study diferent aspects of human life and natural scenaries on Earth. You should combine both human and physical factors and how they relate with each other in space. Link of my college faculty if you want to know more: geografia.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/

If you are fascinated about other cultures and how they move and interact and what makes them tick, I would highly recommend Social Anthropology (and reading some Joseph Campbell can't hurt). That's always been fascinating to me, as opposed to geography, which is a broader subject field, or Sociology which deals with smaller groups, or psychology for within the individual for that matter. Those are all academic fields, and the only one that really has potential for a lucrative and stable career is psychology. But you have to get a ton of degrees first if you want to be any kind of therapist or counselor or more. Outside of academia? Anything that will expose you to the maximum number of people with different ethnicities, different ideas, different ages, different cultures, different genders, different classes, etc., not just the ones within your comfort zone. From this foundation you can really be exposed to anything and get inspired and develop networks within whatever your field of interest is now. Living in a big city sure helps, and decent colleges also is a great place for that to happen. If you love to learn, why not teach? I think it's a two-way street as a Multipotentialite teacher, you'd learn just as much as your students! And along that train of thought, if you really want to immerse yourself in another culture, why not teach English overseas?

Thanks for the recomended literature and advices Villemar, I will surely check out Joseph Campbell and Social Anthropology for sure!. Thank you again for taking the time to write. Take care.

Psychology is a good place to start but takes Discipline and Dedication!

+Nadim Hamade As a musician, radio board operator, meme creator, movie fanatic, architectural painter, hobby historian who can only find part time work in a field outside of burger flipping or retail, I'd like to ask the same question of these people.

Right there with you guys - scientist, musician, and writer with an M.S. but a restaurant job and no idea where to go next.

And there is the fallacy of this. I myself am a multipotentalite and really wish I could push myself further. Unfortunately success for us means that we must be the top 1%. Most multipotentalites will not find satisfying jobs due to the fact that our society does not cater well to us. Only the very best polymaths can truly find success and happiness.

Well, yes, you have to be really good at one or two things that the market demands for you to have a successful career. Otherwise you won't get the highly-paid, highly-coveted jobs. So specialization in ONE thing is key. And you have to be in a place where there are a lot of jobs for multipotentialites, like the really big cities of NYC, LA, Chicago, etc. Otherwise this short TED talk will not work out as well as you think.

Nadim Hamade try being a multipotentiolite with a parent nagging you to work in something that doesn't even come close to fitting any of your multiple interests. Lol

Indo multipotentalite here too, living in the States!

I'm also a member on Emilie's Puttytribe forum where multipods mingle. :)

+Niki Wonoto Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

+Nancee Marin Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

Yuvraj Bajaj I didn't know about that, so thanks for letting me know!

Your interest are just like me let's do together good luck

I'm on a similar path. Happy to see you doing good.

great comment

+Adela-Adriana Moscu Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

+Luis Miguel Sanchez Torres Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.

Creating an Instagram account is free. If you post our work, you can have a good idea if people like it.

This is how new things/inventions come into this world, by combining different things we love together in ways never done before. . .

+Mazza Woolfson Watch this flick, Divergent (2014) having shailene woodley. It talks about same thing. :D And therefore I realise, why that film comforted me so much when I saw it on BIG Screen. And why it remains so close to my heart, why I get so moved every time I watch it.