Emilie Wapnick: Why some of us don't have one true calling
Emilie Wapnick: Por qué algunos no tenemos una verdadera vocación
Career coach Emilie Wapnick celebrates the "multipotentialite" -- those of us with many interests, many jobs over a lifetime, and many interlocking potentials. Full bio
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been asked the question
les han preguntado
when you were first asked this question?
preguntaron por primera vez esto?
responder a la pregunta
been able to answer the question
that I didn't have any interests --
tuviera ningún interés,
and math and art and I built websites
mates y el arte y desarrollaba sitios web.
called Frustrated Telephone Operator.
punk llamada Telefonista Frustrada.
to notice this pattern in myself
notar este patrón propio
y dejarme absorber,
at whatever it was,
en lo que fuera,
where I'd start to get bored.
donde empezaba a aburrirme.
and persist anyway,
y persistir de todos modos,
so much time and energy
de aburrimiento,
this isn't challenging anymore --
esto ya no es un reto,
in something else,
por otra cosa,
and I would dive into that,
y me sumerjo en ello,
and I'd be like, "Yes! I found my thing,"
"¡Sí! He encontrado lo mío",
where I'd start to get bored.
donde empiezo a aburrirme.
something new and totally different,
algo nuevo y diferente,
any of this into a career.
en una carrera.
have to pick one thing,
so much anxiety
tanta ansiedad
was something wrong with this,
hubiera algo malo en esto,
for being unable to stick with anything.
definirme por nada.
tener miedo al compromiso,
or that I was self-sabotaging,
o a autoboicotearme
and to these feelings,
y estos sentimientos,
entonces.
the meaning of wrong or abnormal
aprendieron a asignar el significado
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"¿Qué quieres ser de mayor?"
what you say when you're that age.
lo que contestas a esa edad.
to elicit cute replies,
en los niños
or "I want to be a ballerina,"
o "ser bailarina"
again and again as we get older
otra vez mientras crecemos
high school students might get asked
de secundaria se les pregunta
to pick in college.
the cute exercise it once was
to dream about what they could be,
a soñar con lo que podrían ser,
about all that they could be.
con todo lo que podrían ser.
what you want to be,
te pregunta qué quieres ser,
con 20 cosas diferentes,
will likely chuckle and be like,
quizá se rían y digan:
artesano de violines y psicólogo.
a violin maker and a psychologist.
y psicoterapeuta.
turned illustrator, entrepreneur,
convertida en ilustradora, empresaria,
no oyen hablar de gente como esta.
about people like this.
or the one true calling,
o la verdadera vocación,
de nosotros tiene algo
during our time on this earth,
su tiempo en esta tierra,
what that thing is
qué es esa cosa
who isn't wired this way?
está conectado de esta manera?
subjects that you're curious about,
diferentes que despiertan su curiosidad
que quiere hacer?
like you in this framework.
como uno en ese marco.
have a purpose.
there's something wrong with you.
with many interests and creative pursuits.
muchos intereses y actividades creativas.
into three parts:
that connote the same idea,
que connotan la misma idea,
to be well-versed in multiple disciplines.
bien versado en múltiples disciplinas.
a nosotros como "escáneres".
or invent your own.
que les guste o inventen uno propio.
that as a community,
a una comunidad,
con una sola identidad.
that you need to overcome.
que uno debe vencer.
through speaking with people
hablando con la gente
ideas on my website,
en mi sitio web,
strengths to being this way.
al ser de esta manera.
de dos o más campos
at the intersection.
en la intersección.
from their shared interests
expresaron sus intereses compartidos
travel, mathematics and design,
viajes, matemáticas y diseño,
custom geographically-inspired jewelry.
que crea joyas inspiradas geográficamente.
with this unique idea
esta idea única
mix of skills and experiences.
de habilidades y experiencias.
en las intersecciones.
with all of their backgrounds,
con todos sus antecedentes,
points of intersection.
de estos puntos de intersección.
become interested in something,
nos interesamos por algo,
we can get our hands on.
tener en nuestras manos.
a ser principiantes,
so many times in the past,
muchas veces en el pasado,
of trying new things
de probar cosas nuevas
are transferable across disciplines,
son transferibles a otras disciplinas,
to every new area we pursue,
a cada nueva zona que perseguimos,
completo y escritora independiente.
and freelance writer.
she honed an incredible ability
una capacidad increíble
más rápida conocida.
Nora era planificadora financiera.
Nora was a financial planner.
la mecánica de ventas más fina
the finer mechanics of sales
y esta habilidad
write compelling pitches to editors.
convincentes para los editores.
to pursue something you're drawn to,
dedicarse a lo que a uno le atrae,
in a different field entirely,
en un campo totalmente diferente,
have anticipated.
no podría haber previsto.
into whatever you need to be
en cualquier cosa que se necesite
sometimes a web designer,
videos, otras, diseñador de páginas web,
sometimes a teacher,
a veces maestro,
because he can take on various roles,
porque puede asumir diversos roles,
las necesidades de sus clientes.
identified adaptability
define adaptabilidad
to develop in order to thrive
para el desarrollo,
en el siglo XXI.
so quickly and unpredictably
tan rápidamente e impredeciblemente
and organizations that can pivot
y organizaciones que puedan pivotar
that are really going to thrive.
mercado, los que realmente prosperarán.
and adaptability:
y adaptabilidad:
are very adept at,
los multipotenciales son muy hábiles,
if pressured to narrow their focus.
para reducir sus objetivos.
in encouraging multipotentialites
en fomentar a los multipotenciales
multidimensionales ahora mismo,
problems in the world right now,
out-of-the-box thinkers to tackle them.
convencionales para hacer frente a ellos.
in your heart, a specialist.
en su corazón, especialistas.
you wanted to be a pediatric neurosurgeon.
querían ser neurocirujanos pediátricos.
wrong with you, either.
no hay nada malo en Ud. tampoco.
are comprised of a specialist
se componen de un especialista
profundidad y poner en práctica ideas,
and implement ideas,
a breadth of knowledge to the project.
de conocimientos al proyecto.
lives and careers
diseñar vidas y carreras
cómo estamos conectados.
are largely being encouraged
en gran parte se les alienta
like their specialist peers.
más como sus compañeros especializados.
you take away from this talk,
se lleven de esta charla,
whatever that may be.
el cableado interno, sea lo que sea.
por todos los medios.
en la sala,
who may have just realized
que se acaban de dar cuenta
en los últimos 12 minutos,
con sus muchas pasiones.
down those rabbit holes.
por esas madrigueras de conejo.
to a happier, more authentic life.
lleva a una vida más auténtica y feliz.
el mundo nos necesita!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Emilie Wapnick - Writer, coach, artist ...Career coach Emilie Wapnick celebrates the "multipotentialite" -- those of us with many interests, many jobs over a lifetime, and many interlocking potentials.
Why you should listen
Emilie Wapnick has been a musician/songwriter, a web designer, filmmaker, writer, law student and entrepreneur. "This is how I’ve always lived," she writes, "moving from interest to interest, building on my skills in different areas, and synthesizing the knowledge I acquire along the way."
As a career and life coach, she helps other people with wide and varied interests understand and appreciate who they are, in a society that asks us to pick a lane and stay in it. Her work with "multipotentialites" has resulted in the book Renaissance Business and the interesting website Puttylike.
Wapnick's new book, How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up, is due out in May 2017.
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