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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.17,0:00:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raise your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.17,0:00:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have ever been asked\Nthe question,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.12,0:00:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you want to be\Nwhen you grow up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.24,0:00:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.28,0:00:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if you had to guess,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.96,0:00:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how old would you say you were\Nwhen you were first asked this question?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.37,0:00:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can just hold up fingers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.26,0:00:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three, five, three, five, five; OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.35,0:00:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, raise your hand if the question
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.94,0:00:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you want to be when you grow up?"\Nhas ever caused you any anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.18,0:00:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.97,0:00:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any anxiety at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.09,0:00:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm someone who's never been able\Nto answer the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.17,0:01:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you want to be\Nwhen you grow up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.18,0:01:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, the problem wasn't\Nthat I didn't have any interests
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.64,0:01:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that I had too many.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.13,0:01:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In high school I liked English,\Nand Math, and Arts, and I built websites,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.50,0:01:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I played guitar in a punk band\Ncalled Frustrated Telephone Operator.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.86,0:01:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.10,0:01:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you've heard of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.79,0:01:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.48,0:01:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This continued after high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.61,0:01:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at a certain point,\NI began to notice this pattern in myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.48,0:01:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I would become interested in an area
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.97,0:01:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would dive in,\Nand become all consumed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.33,0:01:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd get to be pretty good\Nat whatever it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.64,0:01:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I would hit this point\Nwhere I'd start to get bored.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.26,0:01:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And usually, I would try\Nand persist anyway
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.73,0:01:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'd already devoted\Nso much time and energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.94,0:01:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes money into this field.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.21,0:01:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But eventually, this sense of boredom,\Nthis feeling of, "Yeah, I've got this!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.25,0:01:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't challenging anymore,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.54,0:01:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would get to be too much,\Nand I would have to let it go.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.98,0:02:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, I would become\Ninterested in something else,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.69,0:02:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something totally unrelated,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.42,0:02:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would dive into that\Nand become all consumed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.51,0:02:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would feel like,\N"Yes, I found my thing!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.25,0:02:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would hit this point again
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.89,0:02:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'd start to get bored\Nand eventually I would let it go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.94,0:02:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I would discover\Nsomething new and totally different,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.93,0:02:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would dive into that...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.12,0:02:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This pattern caused me\Na lot of anxiety for two reasons:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.46,0:02:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first was that I wasn't sure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.29,0:02:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how I was going to turn\Nany of this into a career.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.04,0:02:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that I would eventually\Nhave to pick one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.00,0:02:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deny all my other passions\Nand just resign myself to being bored.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.17,0:02:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other reason\Nit caused me so much anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.88,0:02:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a little bit more personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.21,0:02:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worried that there was\Nsomething wrong with this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.57,0:02:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something wrong with me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.42,0:02:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being unable to stick with anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.75,0:03:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worried that I was afraid of commitment,\Nor that I was scattered,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.38,0:03:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that I was self sabotaging,\Nafraid of my own success.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.25,0:03:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can relate to my story\Nand to these feelings,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to ask yourself a question\Nthat I wish I had asked myself back then.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.79,0:03:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask yourself where you learned
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.51,0:03:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assign the meaning of wrong\Nor abnormal to doing many things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.46,0:03:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you where you learnt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.42,0:03:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You learnt it from the culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.87,0:03:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you were first asked the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.79,0:03:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.19,0:03:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were about five years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.86,0:03:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the truth is that no one really cares\Nwhat you say when you are that age.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.71,0:03:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.95,0:03:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's considered an innocuous question
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.82,0:03:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,posed to little kids\Nto elicit cute replies.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.41,0:03:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "I want to be an astronaut,"\Nor "I want to be a ballerina,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.99,0:03:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "I want to be a pirate,"\N- insert Halloween costume here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.70,0:03:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.30,0:03:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this question is asked of us\Nagain and again
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.15,0:04:01.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we get older in various forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high school students might get asked
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.79,0:04:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what major they are going to pick\Nin college.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.12,0:04:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at some point,\Nwhat do you want to be when you grow up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.86,0:04:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes from being\Nthe cute exercise it once was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.83,0:04:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the thing that keeps us up at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.94,0:04:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.88,0:04:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, while this question inspires kids\Nto dream about what they could be,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.54,0:04:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it does not inspire them to dream\Nabout all that they could be.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.92,0:04:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it does just the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.34,0:04:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when someone asks you\Nwhat you want to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.63,0:04:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't reply with 20 different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.10,0:04:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The well meaning adult\Nwill likely chuckle and be like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.12,0:04:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, how cute, but you can't be\Na violin maker and a psychologist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.67,0:04:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to choose."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.79,0:04:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Doctor Bob Childs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.83,0:04:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.12,0:04:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's a luthier and a psychotherapist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.14,0:04:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is Amy Ng, a magazine editor,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.74,0:05:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned illustrator, entrepreneur,\Nteacher, and creative director.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.51,0:05:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most kids don't hear\Nabout people like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.17,0:05:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All they hear is\Nthat they are going to have to choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.21,0:05:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.38,0:05:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The notion of the narrowly focused life\Nis highly romanticized in our culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.78,0:05:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this idea of destiny\Nor the one true calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.54,0:05:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that we each have one great thing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.36,0:05:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are meant to do\Nduring our time on this Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.88,0:05:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you need to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.46,0:05:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what that thing is\Nand devote your life to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.43,0:05:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, what if you are someone\Nwho isn't wired this way?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.96,0:05:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if there are a lot\Nof different subjects
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.11,0:05:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're curious about?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.51,0:05:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many different things you want to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.29,0:05:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there is no room\Nfor someone like you in this framework.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.71,0:05:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you might feel alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.17,0:05:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might feel like\Nyou don't have a purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.17,0:05:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might feel like\Nthere is something wrong with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.93,0:06:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing wrong with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.12,0:06:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you are is a multipotentialite.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.35,0:06:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.50,0:06:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A multipotentialite is someone
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.42,0:06:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with many interests and creative pursuits.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.22,0:06:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a mouthful to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.12,0:06:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might help if you break it up\Ninto three parts:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.80,0:06:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multi - potential - ite.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.84,0:06:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can also use one of the other terms\Nthat connote the same ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.28,0:06:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such is the polymath,\Nthe Renaissance person.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.96,0:06:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, during the Renaissance period
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.84,0:06:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was considered the ideal\Nto be well versed in multiple disciplines.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.91,0:06:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barbara Sher refers to us as scanners.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.42,0:06:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Use whichever term you like\Nor invent your own.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.34,0:06:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to say I find it sort of fitting\Nthat as a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.46,0:06:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cannot agree on a single identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.25,0:06:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.34,0:06:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to see you multipotentiality
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.86,0:07:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a limitation or an affliction\Nthat you need to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.88,0:07:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I've learned\Nthrough speaking with people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.42,0:07:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and writing about these ideas\Non my website, Puttylike,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.63,0:07:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there is some tremendous\Nstrengths to being this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.17,0:07:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are 3 multipotentialite super powers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.83,0:07:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One; idea synthesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.96,0:07:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is combining two or more fields
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.75,0:07:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating something new\Nat the intersection.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.31,0:07:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sha Hwang and Rachel Binx
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.88,0:07:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drew from their shared interest\Nin cartography,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.88,0:07:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,data visualization, travel, mathematics,\Nand design when they founded Meshu.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.79,0:07:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meshu is a company that creates\Ncustom geographically inspired jewelry.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.59,0:07:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sha and Rachel came up\Nwith this unique idea
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.42,0:07:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not despite, but because\Nof their eclectic mix
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.90,0:07:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of skills and experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.50,0:08:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Innovation happens at the intersections.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.28,0:08:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the new ideas come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.25,0:08:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And multipotentialites\Nwith all of their backgrounds
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.13,0:08:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are able to access\Na lot of these points of intersection.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.46,0:08:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second multipotentialite\Nsuperpower is rapid learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.88,0:08:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When multipotentialites become\Ninterested in something - we go hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.88,0:08:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We absorb everything\Nwe can get our hands on.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.71,0:08:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're also used to being beginners
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.71,0:08:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've been beginners\Nso many times in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.25,0:08:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this means that we're less afraid\Nof trying new things
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.33,0:08:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stepping out of our comfort zones.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.25,0:08:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's more, many skills\Nare transferable across disciplines.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.21,0:08:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we bring everything we've learned\Nto every new area we pursue
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.96,0:08:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're rarely starting from scratch.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.33,0:08:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nora Dunn is a full time traveler\Nand freelance writer.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.21,0:08:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child concert pianist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.50,0:08:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she honed an incredible ability\Nto develop muscle memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.50,0:09:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now she's the fastest typist she knows.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.90,0:09:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before becoming a writer,\NNora was a financial planner.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.88,0:09:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had to learn\Nthe finer mechanics of sales
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.25,0:09:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she was starting her practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.16,0:09:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this skill now helps her write\Ncompelling pitches to editors.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.00,0:09:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is rarely a waste of time\Nto pursue something you are drawn to,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.08,0:09:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you end up quitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.79,0:09:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might apply that knowledge\Nin a different field entirely
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.92,0:09:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way you couldn't have anticipated.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.25,0:09:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third multipotentialite\Nsuper power is adaptability.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.79,0:09:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the ability to morph
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.34,0:09:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into whatever you need to be\Nin a given situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.71,0:09:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abe Cajudo is sometimes a video director,\Nsometimes a web designer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.50,0:09:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes a Kickstarter consultant,\Nsometimes a teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.50,0:09:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes, apparently, James Bond.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.16,0:09:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.46,0:09:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's valuable because he does good work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.92,0:09:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's even more valuable
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.67,0:10:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he can take on various roles\Ndepending on his client's needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.04,0:10:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast Company Magazine\Nidentified adaptability
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.25,0:10:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the single most\Nimportant skill to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.37,0:10:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to thrive in the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.74,0:10:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The economic world is changing\Nso quickly and unpredictably
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.54,0:10:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is the individuals\Nand organizations that can pivot
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.17,0:10:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to meet the needs of the market\Nthat are really going to thrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.96,0:10:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Idea synthesis, rapid learning\Nand adaptability.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.17,0:10:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three skills that multipotentialites\Nare very adept at.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.17,0:10:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And three skills that they might lose\Nif pressured to narrow their focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.29,0:10:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a society, we have a vested interest
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.49,0:10:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in encouraging multipotentialites\Nto be themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.54,0:10:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lot of complex, multidimensional\Nproblems in the world right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.90,0:10:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need creative,\Nout-of-the-box thinkers to tackle them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.04,0:10:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's say that you are\Nin your heart a specialist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.96,0:11:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You came out of the womb
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.71,0:11:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing you wanted to be\Na pediatric neurosurgeon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.71,0:11:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't worry, there's nothing wrong\Nwith you either.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.18,0:11:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.47,0:11:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, some of the best teams
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.17,0:11:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are comprised of a specialist\Nand a multipotentialite paired together.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.92,0:11:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A specialist can dive-in deep\Nand implement ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.84,0:11:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the multipotentialite brings\Na breadth of knowledge to the project.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.71,0:11:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a beautiful partnership.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.34,0:11:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we should all be designing\Nlives and careers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.10,0:11:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are aligned with how we are wired,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.58,0:11:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sadly, multipotentialites\Nare largely being encouraged
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.09,0:11:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply to be\Nmore like their specialist peers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.92,0:11:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with that said;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.54,0:11:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's one thing\Nyou take away from this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.50,0:11:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that it is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.99,0:11:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embrace your inner wiring\Nwhatever that may be.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.96,0:11:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a specialist at heart,\Nthen by all means, specialize.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.38,0:11:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where you'll do your best work.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.17,0:12:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, to the multipotentialites in the room
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.11,0:12:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- including those of you\Nwho may have just realized
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.56,0:12:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last 12 minutes that you are one -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.57,0:12:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.30,0:12:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you I say: embrace your many passions,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.44,0:12:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follow your curiosity\Ndown those rabbit holes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.44,0:12:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explore your intersections.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.63,0:12:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Embracing our inner wiring\Nleads to a happier, more authentic life
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.58,0:12:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perhaps more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.48,0:12:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multipotentialites,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.85,0:12:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world needs us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.25,0:12:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.70,0:12:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)