I’m a Multipotentialite, Now What?

You’ve spent your whole life flitting from interest to interest, maybe pursuing a handful of projects at any one time. You’ve owned a catering business, worked at a medical clinic, trained dogs, taught yoga, played cello in a chamber group. You know about the oddest of topics because you were once obsessed with each of [...]

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How To Approach a Passion that has No Obvious Practical Application (At Least Not One that You Want to Pursue)

Last week I sent out an email about feeling drawn toward a passion that “makes no sense.” The email spawned a great discussion on Facebook. So many of you had the experience of becoming interested in fields that were radically different from anything you’ve done before. When this happens, it’s normal to feel uncomfortable, maybe [...]

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“I don’t believe that you can do all the things you say.”

Occasionally, I receive a comment or email that I feel is a beautiful expression of what it means to be a multipotentialite and needs to be shared. Today I am reprinting a comment that was left by Phil on last week’s blog post. *** Your question reminds of the last time I ever went to [...]

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Losing Interest in Something You are “Gifted” at

I forgot how much fun it is to mix a song. Music used to be my refuge. I went through a particularly rough period when I was 18-19. An important friendship had just ended, I was at a new school that was big and anonymous and my band of four years had disintegrated– My band, [...]

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The Dogged Defense of Mastery, and the Fear Lurking Behind it

Some people get really angry when they hear my ideas. Now, I have no interest in forcing specialists to lead multidisciplinary lives. Specialists should indeed specialize because it’s who they are. Multipotentialites, on the other hand, should not. We should all design our lives in a way that meshes with who we are, and not [...]

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