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3 Things I Didn’t Have Time to Say in My TED Talk
- I see career, productivity, and confidence, as the three largest multipotentialite challenges. These are areas we each need to address and find workable solutions to.
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- In order to flourish, multipotentialites need three ingredients in their lives: variety, meaning, and money
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- Money and meaning aren’t requirements that are unique to multipotentialites. Specialists need them too. But variety? That one’s pretty multipod-specific, and we’re lacking resources. There aren’t many career counsellors or guides that can help you design a career that contains variety. Usually they help you narrow your choices, not broaden them.
from 3 Things I Didn’t Have Time to Say in My TED Talk by Emilie Wapnick
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- Work Model #1. The Group Hug Approach: one multifaceted job or business. This might mean working at a startup or organization that is forward-thinking and wants you to be involved with several facets of the business.
from 3 Things I Didn’t Have Time to Say in My TED Talk by Emilie Wapnick
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- There is no one ideal career for a multipotentialite, but there are four work models that are commonly used to get variety into ones life
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- People usually feel a profound sense of relief when they realize that there is nothing wrong with them, that they aren’t flaky or indecisive, they’re a multipod.
from 3 Things I Didn’t Have Time to Say in My TED Talk by Emilie Wapnick
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- Work Model #4. The Sequential Approach: diving into one field for several years and eventually switching gears to begin a new career in a different field.
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- Work Model #3. The Einstein Approach: one day job or business that you enjoy and that provides you with stability as well as time and creative energy to explore your interests on the side (Barbara Sher refers to this as the Good Enough job).
from 3 Things I Didn’t Have Time to Say in My TED Talk by Emilie Wapnick
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- Work Model #2. The Slash Approach: several distinct jobs, businesses, or revenue streams. The slash approach works best for people who like switching between radically different subjects on a frequent basis.
from 3 Things I Didn’t Have Time to Say in My TED Talk by Emilie Wapnick
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