How To Be Everything w/ Emilie Wapnick

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you weren’t locked into a single career path? Then you might just be a multipotentialite. Today I am joined by writer, artist, community leader, and my dear friend Emilie Wapnick to discuss just how embracing your passions can help you reimagine work. Emilie is a fine example of the many things a person can accomplish when you simply embrace your uniqueness. Her TED Talk and book, How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don’t Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up, empowers others to embrace the multipotentiality in their lives. If you want to learn how to integrate your interests to create a dynamic, fulfilling, and fruitful career and lifestyle, then you don’t want to miss this episode. [Note: This is an episode from the archives that we felt needed to be heard again!] Which passions do you most want to follow? I'd love to hear more about them and hope you will share by sending me an audio message. Premium Passport: Want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a bonus episode every month (decided on by YOU), exclusive content, direct access to me to answer your questions, and more? Click Here To Try Premium Passport For Only $1 Tune In To Learn: What it means to be a multipotentialite How to surmount the obstacles of societal expectations Common misconceptions about multipotentialites 4 models to successfully combine multiple interests The best multipotentialite model for travelers How to define success when following your passions Why it's important to use intuition to guide exploration The best way to get support from friends and family How to understand your own multi-pod The best ways to find and embrace the multipotentialite way of life Why it's important to embrace your uniqueness And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport Visit Emilie’s website Puttylike Watch Emilie’s Ted Talk Get a copy of the book Get inspired to have your own micro-adventure Location Indie Want More? How To Combine Your Passions Into A Business When You’re A Multipotentialite Romance on The Road 7 Powerful Life Lessons For Travelers + Thinking Big With 7in7 Co-Founder Kyrie Melnyck

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0:00.0	There's something also very freeing about not defining yourself by your job or by your medium,
0:05.9	because you aren't just that thing.
0:09.1	You know, you're a lot bigger than that.
0:11.6	And we're really encouraged to define ourselves by what we do for money in this culture.
0:17.1	That is a clip from my good friend and guest today, Emily Wapnick, who invented the term
0:23.1	multi-potentialite.
0:24.7	You may have heard it before.
0:26.2	If you haven't, it is someone with many interests and creative pursuits.
0:30.9	And she talks about why that is not a weakness.
0:34.3	That is actually your biggest strength.
0:37.2	And as somebody who loves travel, maybe this is
0:41.3	you or part of you. You're very curious. You have a lot of interest. How can you combine them?
0:46.7	How can you use that to your advantage to create a fulfilling life? And Emily shares specific
0:53.3	models for living in this interview today, actually four
0:57.3	models of combining your multiple interests. She talks about why it's helpful to solve your own
1:01.9	problems before helping others, why it's critical to give yourself permission to explore your
1:07.4	multiple interests, different ways you can embrace your weirdness, or we'll say your
1:11.2	uniqueness. And so much more, Emily has done a popular TED talk called Why Some of Us Don't Have One
1:18.7	True Calling, has over 8 million views at the time of this recording, and the advice in this
1:24.7	interview is actionable, practical, and powerful.
1:28.2	I know you're going to love it.
1:29.4	Plus, I want to give you an easy-to-follow plan for having one year of adventures
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