How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up
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How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up

Contrary to popular belief, multipotentialites don’t quit when something becomes too difficult; we usually quit because something has become too easy.
Building a multifaceted life takes introspection and experimentation.
Key Points About Variety • Career advice doesn’t typically recognize the need for variety, although it is an absolute requirement for multipotentialites. • Having enough variety means switching between different skills and projects at a frequency that feels right. • The amount of variety we require is different for everyone and fluctuates over the
... See moreFor a job or business to be good enough, it must provide: (1) enjoyment, (2) sufficient income, and (3) free time.
We are excellent synthesizers. Combining two or more concepts and creating something new at the intersection is totally our jam.
When it comes to professional success, the biggest thing that gets in our way isn’t flakiness; it’s a lack of resources.
“[t]he more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.”
When the work itself is difficult, we rely on a deeper sense that we’re doing something important to carry us through.