Delivering Bread During a Pandemic: A Small Story

These days I find myself craving small stories. I want to hear personal stories about regular people’s everyday quarantine lives. I want to know what conversations people are having in their homes with their loved ones. I want to know about the small gestures of kindness and the personal or emotional revelations people are having. […]

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We Asked You to Share Your #BrightThings. Here They Are.

Hey, multipotentialites. How has your April been? I imagine any number of wild answers might fit right now… one word that comes to mind for me personally is “topsy-turvy”! On Puttylike, we’ve been sharing #BrightThings to help get you (and us) through this very weird time. It’s been really lovely to have this communal conversation […]

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Mapping the Mind of a Teen Multipotentialite

When you first start watching the TED talk by teenager Bo Grove, you might think, “Cool, a smart coder kid, interesting story.” But pretty quickly you learn he’s not just a coder. He’s a multipotentialite—and he talks in a really unique way about how he learns and why. Emilie and I knew right away we […]

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How to Overcome Idea Paralysis, Maintain Momentum and Follow Through on Your (Many) Projects

Hi multipotentialites! WHOA, okay. So, you guys have a LOT of questions about doing/being/exploring all the things! Thanks so much for sending in your questions. It gave me a good sense of the sort of topics that would be most helpful to cover in these webinars. So, here’s the plan: over the coming months, I […]

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“Help! My Multipotentialite Partner is Stressing Me Out!”

Dear Puttylike, I wouldn’t describe myself as a multipotentialite–but I’m married to one! My husband is constantly looking for different career paths and opportunities. He has had an assortment of jobs, professions, and degrees. Sometimes he loses interest and moves onto the next thing pretty quickly. For me, someone who would describe myself as a […]

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Ask Emilie Wapnick Your Burning Multipotentialite Questions!

Hey friends! It’s Emilie. Today I have a question for you: As a multipotentialite, what have you been wondering about or struggling with? I’m thinking about trying something new over the coming months: a series of free, live webinars where I tackle some of your biggest issues, fears, and challenges. I’m not sure exactly what […]

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A Multipotentialite Response to Climate Change?

In recent articles on Puttylike, we’ve talked about some difficult, painful problems. Some of these problems even have no solution. After all that, it’s time for a nice, relaxing break to talk about something easy. Like climate change. AAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Sorry. My normal reaction whenever I face up to the reality of our current situation is […]

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How to Start Your Own Multipotentialite Mastermind Group

“Hey, what do you think of this email?” I ask someone in a Slack chat. I copy and paste the reply I want to send to a potential new client. Is it too pushy or not pushy enough, I wonder, and is the rate reasonable?  Within seconds, I get feedback from three other creative professionals […]

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