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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| Rating | : | 4.42 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01JFYVWLW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, the Financial Times, Huffington Post, and Lifehacker; and her TEDx talk, "Why Some of Us Don't Have One True Calling," has been viewed three million times in thirty-four languages worldwide. She has been a workshop facilitator and a guest speaker at universities, high schools, and organizations across t
sensitive and real approach to navigating your multipotential life As a Career Development professional, I can say that Emilie nails it with this book. The discussion of multipotentiality is one that has been largely non-existent when thinking about and planning your life and career, and Emilie lays out a clear, step by step path for every kind of mulitpotential in a way that is warm, engaging, sensitive and real -- exactly like the lovely person you see on her videos, blog and talks! I will be including her book as a must read in everything . Leveraging your many talents Writer I first became acquainted with Emily Wapnick through her TED talk about people with multiple avocations and interests and avocations and her naming of them as multipotentialites. I found myself nodding in agreement as she spoke, recognizing myself in certain of the characteristics she outlined. I knew I had trouble committing to one particular area of interest and found myself moving from one thing to another but not before at least giving it my full attention and accomplishin. Loved it - Very Unique This book is awesome! It presents the idea that you don't have to choose a single, linear career path and provides ideas to make a varied, personalized career a reality. It is simple, direct, honest, and the advice can be applied to just about anyone, no matter where you fall on the multipotentialite-specialist spectrum. You will not find these ideas in any other career book (that I have read at least), and as a "multipotentialite" college student I found it immensely useful.
It can make you feel like you need to choose one job, one passion, one thing to be about. 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. While seemingly harmless, the question has unintended consequences. 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.. 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. Instead of suggesting that you specialize, choose
“We are all unique, so why does there only seem to be one path towards success? How to Be Everything throws out this one-size-fits-all approach and explains how to make our diverse skills sets work for us. (Todd Rose, Harvard University scientist, co-founder and president of the Center for Individual Opportunity, and author of The End of Average)“Emilie brings hope, tools, inspiration and affirmation to the most misunderstood and undervalued segment of our society: multipotentialites. ” (Forbes) . This book is chock full of great exercises and practical advice and we highly recommend picking up a copy. You’re no longer alone—Emilie’s HOW TO BE EVERYTHING is a beautiful guide with practical tools to help you find yo