Emilie Wapnick: Why some of us don't have one true calling
Emilie Wapnick: Zašto neki od nas nemaju jedan pravi poziv
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
pitanje
when you were first asked this question?
kad su vas prvi puta to pitali?
been able to answer the question
odgovoriti na pitanje
that I didn't have any interests --
nikakvih interesa --
and math and art and I built websites
i matematiku i umjetnost i radila sam web stranice
called Frustrated Telephone Operator.
Frustrirani telefonski operater.
to notice this pattern in myself
primjećivati obrasce kod sebe
at whatever it was,
u bilo čemu,
where I'd start to get bored.
je postalo dosadno.
and persist anyway,
ustrajati,
so much time and energy
i energije
this isn't challenging anymore --
ovo više nije izazov --
in something else,
and I would dive into that,
i bacila bih se na to.
and I'd be like, "Yes! I found my thing,"
i bilo bi, "To! Našla sam svoju stvar!"
where I'd start to get bored.
gdje počinje dosada,
something new and totally different,
i potpuno drukčije,
any of this into a career.
karijeru.
have to pick one thing,
izabrati jednu stvar,
so much anxiety
toliku tjeskobu
was something wrong with this,
sa tim,
for being unable to stick with anything.
zato što se ne mogu posvetiti ničemu,
or that I was self-sabotaging,
ili da samu sebe sabotiram,
and to these feelings,
i ovim osjećajima,
the meaning of wrong or abnormal
značenje pogrešno ili nenormalno
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Što želiš biti kad odrasteš?"
what you say when you're that age.
što ćete reći u toj dobi.
to elicit cute replies,
slatke odgovore,
or "I want to be a ballerina,"
ili "Želim biti balerina,"
again and again as we get older
iznova kako odrastamo
high school students might get asked
učenika srednje škole će pitati
to pick in college.
na fakultetu.
the cute exercise it once was
to dream about what they could be,
djecu da sanjaju što žele biti,
about all that they could be.
svemu što mogu biti.
what you want to be,
želite biti,
načina,
will likely chuckle and be like,
vjerojatno nasmijati i reći,
a violin maker and a psychologist.
violine i biti psiholog.
turned illustrator, entrepreneur,
koja je postala ilustratorica, poduzetnica,
about people like this.
za ovakve ljude.
or the one true calling,
jednog istinskog poziva,
during our time on this earth,
tijekom života na zemlji,
what that thing is
who isn't wired this way?
funkcionira na taj način?
subjects that you're curious about,
tema koje vas zanimaju,
like you in this framework.
poput vas.
have a purpose.
there's something wrong with you.
with many interests and creative pursuits.
interesa i kreativnih težnji.
into three parts:
that connote the same idea,
koji označavaju istu ideju,
to be well-versed in multiple disciplines.
upućen u mnoštvo disciplina.
or invent your own.
ili izmislite svoj vlastiti.
that as a community,
što se kao zajednica,
that you need to overcome.
je potrebno prebroditi.
through speaking with people
s ljudima
ideas on my website,
web stranici,
strengths to being this way.
u ovome.
at the intersection.
presjeku.
from their shared interests
iz svojih zajedničkih interesa
travel, mathematics and design,
putovanja, matematiku i dizajn,
custom geographically-inspired jewelry.
geografski nadahnut nakit.
with this unique idea
jedinstvenu ideju
mix of skills and experiences.
mješavine vještina i iskustava.
with all of their backgrounds,
sa svim svojim pozadinama,
points of intersection.
točaka presjeka.
become interested in something,
za nešto,
we can get our hands on.
dočepati.
so many times in the past,
bili početnici,
of trying new things
nove stvari
are transferable across disciplines,
prenijeti na druge discipline,
to every new area we pursue,
naučili u svako novo područje,
and freelance writer.
i honorarni pisac.
she honed an incredible ability
izbrusila je nevjerojatnu sposobnost
Nora was a financial planner.
Nora je bila financijski planer.
the finer mechanics of sales
finu mehaniku prodaje
write compelling pitches to editors.
uvjerljivo ubjedi urednike.
to pursue something you're drawn to,
slijediti nešto što vas privlači,
in a different field entirely,
u potpuno drukčijem području,
have anticipated.
into whatever you need to be
u ono što trebate biti
sometimes a web designer,
ponekad web dizajner,
sometimes a teacher,
ponekad učitelj,
because he can take on various roles,
poprimiti različite uloge,
identified adaptability
označio prilagodljivost
to develop in order to thrive
razviti za napredak
so quickly and unpredictably
brzo i nepredvidivo
and organizations that can pivot
koje se mogu okretati
that are really going to thrive.
and adaptability:
i prilagodljivost:
are very adept at,
vrlo vični,
if pressured to narrow their focus.
sužavanjem fokusa zbog pritiska.
in encouraging multipotentialites
u poticanju multipotencijalita
problems in the world right now,
problema na svijetu trenutno,
out-of-the-box thinkers to tackle them.
mislioci izvan-kutije.
in your heart, a specialist.
u duši, specijalist.
you wanted to be a pediatric neurosurgeon.
želite biti pedijatrijski neurokirurg.
wrong with you, either.
sve u redu.
are comprised of a specialist
sazdani od specijalista
and implement ideas,
provesti ideje,
a breadth of knowledge to the project.
dašak znanja u projekt.
lives and careers
živote i karijere
funkcioniramo.
are largely being encouraged
se većinom ohrabruju
like their specialist peers.
njihovi kolege specijalisti.
you take away from this talk,
možete zapamtiti iz ovog govora,
whatever that may be.
kakav god on bio.
who may have just realized
to upravo
down those rabbit holes.
u te zečje rupe.
to a happier, more authentic life.
sretnijeg, autentičnijeg života.
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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