Why some of us don't have one true calling | Emilie Wapnick
What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you're not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you're not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie...
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Raise your hand if you've ever been asked the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Now if you had to guess, how old would you say you were when you were first asked this question? You can just hold up fingers. Three. Five. Three. Five. Five. OK. Now, raise your hand if the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" has ever caused you any anxiety. (Laughter) Any anxiety at all. I'm someone who's never been able to answer the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" See, the problem wasn't that I didn't have any interests -- it's that I had too many. In high school, I liked English and math and art and I built websites and I played guitar in a punk band called F...
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Raise your hand if you've ever been asked the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Now if you had to guess, how old would you say you were when you were first asked this question? You can just hold up fingers. Three. Five. Three. Five. Five. OK. Now, raise your hand if the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" has ever caused you any anxiety. (Laughter) Any anxiety at all. I'm someone who's never been able to answer the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" See, the problem wasn't that I didn't have any interests -- it's that I had too many. In high school, I liked English and math and art and I built websites and I played guitar in a punk band called F...
