Multitalented - Too Many Interests To Choose Just One

Do you have multiple passions and talents? Emilie Wapnick has commented: “My resume reads like it belongs to ten different people.”

Creative people are complex and multitalented. Along with the benefits of many abilities and passions, there are challenges in realizing so many interests.

In her TED Talk below, writer and entrepreneur Emilie Wapnick asks:

“Raise your hand if you’ve ever been asked the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’

“Now if you had to guess, how old would you say you were when you were first asked this question? You can just hold up fingers. Three. Five. Three. Five. Five.

“OK. Now, raise your hand if the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ has ever caused you any anxiety. Any anxiety at all. (Laughter from audience.)

“I’m someone who’s never been able to answer the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ See, the problem wasn’t that I didn’t have any interests — it’s that I had too many.”

One of her programs: Renaissance Business - "Turn All of Your Interests into One Business"

Emilie Wapnick writes: "Imagine having a business that allows you to focus on many of your interests and use all of your skills on a regular basis."

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