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How To Be Everything

By Emilie Wapnick

How To Be Everything
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What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a familiar question we’re all asked as kids. While seemingly harmless, the question has unintended consequences. It can make you feel like you need to choose one job, one passion, one thing to be about. Guess what? You don’t.

Having a lot of different interests, projects and curiosities doesn’t make you a “jack-of-all-trades, master of none.” Your endless curiosity doesn’t mean you are broken or flaky. What you are is a multipotentialite: someone with many interests and creative pursuits. And that is actually your biggest strength.

How to Be Everything helps you channel your diverse passions and skills to work for you. Based on her popular TED talk, “Why some of us don’t have one true calling”, Emilie Wapnick flips the script on conventional career advice. Instead of suggesting that you specialize, choose a niche or accumulate 10,000 hours of practice in a single area, Wapnick provides a practical framework for building a sustainable life around ALL of your passions.

You’ll discover:

•  Why your multipotentiality is your biggest strength, especially in today’s uncertain job market.
•  How to make a living and structure your work if you have many skills and interests.
•  How to focus on multiple projects and make progress on all of them.
•  How to handle common insecurities such as the fear of not being the best, the guilt associated with losing interest in something you used to love and the challenge of explaining “what you do” to others.
 
Not fitting neatly into a box can be a beautiful thing. How to Be Everything teaches you how to design a life, at any age and stage of your career, that allows you to be fully you, and find the kind of work you’ll love.


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Ever since I took up Kung Fu 3 months ago, I’ve Ever since I took up Kung Fu 3 months ago, I’ve traded my butter knife for a sword and bo staff as my weapons of choice first thing in the morning. Taking up martial arts at 40 is such a multipotentialite move but if you think it also sounds a bit “midlife crisisish”... well, you would be absolutely 100% bang on the money. This time last year I was in total crisis mode, struggling with severe pelvic pain and unable to function. The only exercise I could manage without triggering a flare up was walking. Now a year later I’m training at the Kung Fu Academy 5 hours a week and I find myself jumping out of bed in the morning to go swing my Taiji sword in the persimmon fields just for fun. So if this is what a midlife crisis feels like then bring it on, I say... 🌿⚔️ #WeaponsForBreakfast #KungFu #TaiChi #LifeCrisisInAction
#taiji #martialarts #fitnessgoals #40andfabulous #multipotentialite #themagicofeverything #lifegoals #multipassionate #scanner #renaissancesoul #multipotentialites
🚌 And just like that we’re back in Maurice th 🚌 And just like that we’re back in Maurice the House Bus... parked on a beautiful persimmon orchard... doing the lazy Sunday thing we do so well... 🚌 #goodtobehome #pepperminttea #darkchocolate #travelmemoir #journalling #christmaspresentsinaction #buslife #lazysundays #closetonature #lifeisgood #2021 #sofarsogood #vanlife #nomadlifestyle #themagicofeverything #multipotentialite
✨ I snapped this pic while paying for my shoppin ✨ I snapped this pic while paying for my shopping at an unusual grocery store...✨ In August and September we spent a month housesitting in a rural area of the Central Coast where the nearest supermarket was 22kms away. The closest place to buy food was a 6kms drive where a woman affectionately referred to as “the rainbow lady” sold mostly locally grown fruit and veg at a roadside stall. Either you could swap things with your own produce or you could leave money in the letter box. It all worked on an honesty system. And if you didn’t have cash, you had to go down to the horse paddock and stand in the only square metre that had enough mobile phone reception to transfer money via internet banking while Joey the Cashier Horse watched on…#InDecemberIRemember #DecemberReflections2020 #HindsightIs2020 #Housesitting #RuralLife #CountryLife #HorsesOfInstagram #OnlineShopping #LocalSupermarket #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite #horses #horsepower #roadsidestall
✨SOMETHING THAT MADE ME SMILE IN 2020✨ My once ✨SOMETHING THAT MADE ME SMILE IN 2020✨ My once daily dose of kiddy cuteness on @livefromsnacktime (swipe left for my recent faves) ✨#InDecemberIRemember #DecemberReflections2020 #HindsightIs2020 #Fun #Funny #kidssaythedarndestthings #reasonstosmile #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite #kidsofinstagram
✨SOMETHING THAT MOVED ME IN 2020✨@humansofny ✨SOMETHING THAT MOVED ME IN 2020✨@humansofny and the Facebook group the Kindness Pandemic have been my favourite digital comfort food in 2020… But the first thing I thought of when I saw this reflection prompt is images of our Pacific neighbours pushing wheelbarrows through the streets of their villages collecting money for Australian bushfire relief (photo credit @abcnews_au )In Papua New Guinea, where the minimum hourly wage is just over $1, the local people raised thousands of dollars to help communities affected by the fires. Unbelievable generosity... In an interview with the ABC one woman explained the wheelbarrow campaign was all about sending love, support and gratitude to a much-loved neighbour."We say Australia is our 'Momma Country', the country that helped us to be where we are right now. Most of us benefit from Australian aid which builds health centres and hospitals, that's why we took this initiative so that we could at least do something at the community level, that's why we did this."This is how I want to remember 2020 ✨#InDecemberIRemember #DecemberReflections2020 #HindsightIs2020 #GiveHope #TheKindnessPandemic #HumansOfNewYork #PapuaNewGuinea #Vanuatu #GoodNeighbours #GivingBack #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite
✨ SILVER ✨ Today’s 2020 reflection prompt ta ✨ SILVER ✨ Today’s 2020 reflection prompt takes me back to a toilet block on a beach where we were staying with Maurice the House Bus 🚌 One morning after a sunrise walk I found this little frog waiting patiently for someone to turn the tap on... 🐸 #Silver #FrogsOfInstagram  #DecemberReflections2020 #HindsightIs2020 #BusLife #TinyHouseOnWheels #VanLife #Camping #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite #Frogs #WaterTap
✨ MY FAVOURITE PHOTO OF 2020 ✨Our 68 year ol ✨ MY FAVOURITE PHOTO OF 2020 ✨Our 68 year old Nepali mum video called us from the Himalayas for the first time ever in March, telling us to “Stay home. Stay safe. There’s a virus going around.”When we first arrived in Ama’s village in 2009 there was no electricity, no internet and we lived without mobile phones. Now she’s video calling us from her mud-brick home on a smartphone. It just blew our minds mind so David took a screenshot. This is my favourite photo of 2020 #LoveTechnology#InDecemberIRemember #DecemberReflections2020 #Framily #CulturalExchange #Nepal #Ama #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite #VanLife #BusLife #TinyHouseOnWheels #CovidSilverLinings #Covid
✨ A SURPRISE OR “A-HA” MOMENT in 2020 ✨F ✨ A SURPRISE OR “A-HA” MOMENT in 2020 ✨For my 40th birthday, my in-house superhero, David, put together a book written by my friends and family. It was full of their favourite memories about me as well as lots of thoughts and words about how they see me, songs and poems composed for me and lots of beautiful, hilarious and sometimes cringe-worthy photos.Best. Present. Ever.Reading it was kind of like being a fly on the wall at my own funeral. But in a really happy, heart-warming, didn’t-have-to-die kind of way…#InDecemberIRemember #DecemberReflections2020 #HindsightIs2020 #BirthdayGift #Surprise #BestPresentEver #AhaMoment #Memories #Nostalgia #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite
✨ A WAY THAT I CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD AROUND M ✨ A WAY THAT I CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD AROUND ME ✨
When I first read today’s reflection prompt, I immediately scanned my brain for the causes I donated to or volunteered for this year. But actually I think the most important contribution I made in 2020 was helping to homeschool my niece during Australia’s lockdown via Skype. Every morning we worked through the poetry, music, reading and writing tasks set by her teacher.... and to spice things up I regularly changed my background to an image in a different city so we could chat about that country and culture and learn a bit of the language together. This photo was taken during our virtual adventure to Iran where we wrote poetry about the colour turquoise and learnt about Latin American butterflies 🦋🦋🦋 I wasn’t saving the world but I think I made it a brighter place for my niece who was missing her friends. And for my sister and her husband who were inundated with work and grateful for the help. Definitely not always easy to teach a 9 year old via web cam but these were beautiful, precious moments I spent with my niece and one of 2020’s many silver linings 🦋🦋🦋
#HindsightIs2020 #InDecemberIRemember #DecemberReflections2020 #Homeschooling #CovidSilverLinings #CulturalExchange #LearningLanguages #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite #Butterfly
✨ MY BIGGEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN 2020 ✨I ✨ MY BIGGEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN 2020 ✨I’m pretty stoked that when I looked at this reflection prompt as part of #InDecemberIRemember I thought to myself “Fark, how do I choose one?”Six months ago I was about to undergo major surgery because I couldn’t get out of bed for days at a time, the pain was so bad. But today, I’m honestly in the best health of my life (at 40!) Since May, I’ve completely overhauled my diet and lifestyle, gave up alcohol for several months and I’ve exercised regularly for the first time since my Les Mills love affair ended 15 years ago…
I learnt to cook, cured myself of an autoimmune condition using nothing but food and helped heal several other issues with my health in the process… I’ve also developed a regular meditation practice, eliminated my reliance on prescription medication and was able to cancel the surgery because I don’t feel like I need it anymore.
And the biggest achievement is I did it without any intervention - no pills, specialists, surgery, alternative treatments, expensive supplements, oils or fancy exercise equipment. Just me, my body, my mind and food...
Which is unbelievable for me because I’d lost so much hope earlier this year. I didn’t think any of this was possible and it honestly feels like magic. Best gift I’ve ever given myself... ✨🔮
#DecemberReflections2020 #HindsightIs2020 #BusLife #TheMagicOfEverything #Multipotentialite #aipdiet #healthylifestyle #hyperthyroidism #magichappens #2020reflections
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