Have you ever felt
that you are strange because you just can’t find your one true calling? You are
just jumping from one passion to another, every time thinking: “that’s it- I
have found my ultimate passion!”… but then you got bored and jumped to another?
Don’t worry, there is nothing wrong with you. You are just multipotentialite!
Questions:
1. What was your answer to the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” when you were young?
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
Questions:
1. What was your answer to the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” when you were young?
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
Comments
I've never asked myself this question, don't know why, but it is true. I always wanted to meet new people, explore the world and not working at all. I don't know exactly about multipotentiality for myself. I tried a lot of things and i got bored so many times that i can't even count. So i can't call myself multipotential person. Did you manage to find your one true calling? I think yes, i do it with passion and i don't get bored of it. I can work on weekends and i will not be tired at all.
I don't know if I am multipotentialite, because I've been involved in different activities and I cannot really tell which was more satisfying for me or which was not.
I think I'm still in the process to find one.
Yes, from time to time. I realized that when I was about 20 years old. I noticed that almost after each decent movie for instance "A beautiful mind" I had this desire to become some one like in this example a mathematician. But after some time this desire kept going away.
Once, after course of Artificial Intelligence I realized that I got quite passionated about it.
And even after 2 years I'm still enjoy it. Although occasionally I have this thoughts that I don't want to do anything, even what I'm excited about but I guess it is just my laziness.
Do I consider myself multipotentialite? Rather yes, because IT is not the only field of my interest. I have a great passion to cars, photography, travels and lots of other things.
At first I really wanted to become a vet but then it turned out that because of health issues I can't. After that I wanted to be a hairdresser, dancer, cook but it have been changing couple of times after that. None of my dreamed jobs from the childhood turned out to be my true profession.
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
I quess I can say so. I am not the specialist in one discipline, I have interests in some completely different areas in which I am trying to be better and better but I am not "the best" in any of them.
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
No, not yet.
I always wanted to be an astronaut, but well... I participated in some courses about galaxy and universe when I was a kid, I really liked it. It strikes me why I didn't follow my dreams and simply stopped interesting in the space, just because I had another extra courses or languages to learn.
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
I like to think that way about myself, but I cannot judge whether it is true or not. I can imagine myself in different areas of my profession easily, but I also can see myself in different professions, concurrently full-filling my internal needs.
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
I treat 'calling' very seriously and think that only few professions actually require such calling to truly become good at what you're doing. Professions that come to my mind need full devotion and dedication if you want to achieve something more than everyone else. They could be soldier, priest and scientist - only through hard work and dedication you may achieve wonderful things. I am not none of them, so I don't know whether I can answer your question from my point of view.
I think I'm multipotentialite I can do a lot of things, I play football at the club, I've set up a business, I've created a family, and I'm also studying IT.
I think that this is how I run my cafe in the center of Warsaw, which I have always been strongly connected to and that's why I think it is my calling, I find myself in it.
A truthful calling? Hard to say. But I think I'm developing as a programmer now and I think that's what I want to do
We played some games but we also were asked to create some programs in Logo, a language which you can use to paint on the screen. I was amazed. At that time I decided - whatever I will do, I want to work with computers. And I did. Whenever someone asked me "What do you want to be when you grow up", I always replayed "I want to be a komputerowiec".
I definitely have more talents than just for computers. I love roleplaying games. I really liked teaching people new things. I could do other things in my life, but computers are my true calling. So I was teaching people about computers, I was building computers, I was helping people to repair their computers. And now I'm learning to program computers. So as I said, I consider myself a lucky one in this regard.
Do you consider yourself multipotentialite?
It's a hard question for me. During my life, I had a lot of interests, but most of them I dumped. For now, I am focused on IT and running. These two things give me a lot of satisfaction.
I don't like monotony, so even if for now, I am interested in programming, I am not sure if it's the thing I want to do to the rest of my life. We will see...
I think that there is something like a true calling, but not everyone always finds it. As far as I am concerned, I think I'm going in the right direction, because work gives me pleasure, and I think it's very important.
And I'm happy for you that you managed to find your one true calling! That must be really refreshing- realizing that you finally found something you want to do all the time. Good luck! Maybe you can give us some advices? :)
And I also thought that way- that there is one thing you are good at but it's not a truth for everyone. And it's really hard to decide on which thing to focus.
And I'm happy for you for finding your one true calling! Good luck! Maybe you have some advices to share with us? :)
I wasn’t aware of term of “multipotentiality” before, so it is quite difficult to answer the question. However, despite of being eager to learn new things and acquiring new skills, I think I can’t say that I am real multipotentialite because I have never taken multiple roles in the same time. I think that it would be case the case if e.g.: I were software engineer and professional or semi-professional football player in the same time.
I haven’t found it so far, but I am not really concerned about this fact. I liek what I am doing currently in my professional life but I stay open for new career opportunities in other areas if they would appear.
Policeman, firefighter, soldier, gangster, superhero, photographer... I was changing my mind ever week.
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
I consider myself multipotentialite, and I think that You have to be multipotentialite if You want to work in IT - there are so many areas of IT that You use in Your everyday work, that it's hard to focus on a single area.
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
I would rather say that this one true calling found me - but who knows, maybe it's not it?
I wanted to be a rockstar, because since I was little kid I loved heavy metal ;). I always wanted to have long hair and headband like my idols, but my mom that I must be kidding :D. The funny thing is I still love heavy metal, but I can't imagine myself with long hair, that would be hilarious.
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
Yes, I think I'm that kind of person. I have a lot of interests, I've been working as a quality assurance, project manager and now I'm a programmer. I like trying some new stuff.
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
To be honest, I don't know. For now I'm okay with programming, but we will see what the future brings. Maybe I'll find something new and more interesting ;).
After watching this video I would be surprised not to see most of the people writing they are all multipotentialites. At this moment, not claiming it is like acknowledging you are less developed. I also feel a person who cannot find one true calling and I've settled this some time ago.
I've found many topics I'm interested in and along with finding out my strengths and weaknesses I realised which of those might work out in the future.
I do not consider myself multipotentialite, because I have had my views for a long time, which do not change.
I have been interested in politics for a long time and even took part in the last municipal elections as a councilor. My second vocation is to be an IT specialist. What interests me the most are the areas related to databases and blockchain technology.
I have more than one passion, so I guess that it means that I'm multipotentialite? :) I do not feel any special about it, I think this is rather normal.
I don't know if IT is my one true calling, but I can say that I enjoy working in this field and this is very important factor when it comes to your job, so I'm satisfied with it.
1.What was your answer to the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” when you were young?
I guess just like most of the young boys I dreamt of being a firefighter. It’s hard to say why but I think deep there, young boys already know how many good deeds they do. However, they don’t know of the risks they are taking on everyday basis.
2.Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
Well, everyone has at least few areas they feel good and comfortable in. These days, due to the development and division of subjects - specializations, being good at one thing may automatically make you good at another.
3.Did you manage to find your one true calling?
Not yet but I believe it will find me eventually.
- I wanted to become Lego tester - you know the guy who tests the Lego products.
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
- I do not think so, I am really bad at most of the things I tried in my life. I think that I am just decent at coding and to learn by heart answers on the next exam.
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
- I think so, I like coding I am not the best in this filed but I enjoy it and in my opinion, it is the most important thing.
2. I think that programmers have to be multipotentialite because we have to deal with so much different kind of industries and problems related to them which have to been solved by writing an application.
3. I think that programming is a true calling for me. I don't feel that I am working because it is like a hobby for me which someone pay me off.
A lot of answers were on this question. A doctor, an architect, a designer of clothes or seamstress, a scientist, painter or just artist ... There are few of them wich I remember. I always changed my mind and want to try new things.
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
Well, maybe. I think If person could fast learn new things and use them in work it's either good or bad.
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
It seems that I found one.
I donn't think that I'm a multipotentialite, even though my interests were changing from childhood untill now and I believe will change in the future. My understanding is that multipotentialite is a person which has a lot of interests in same time and I in each period of my life has a major interest which has been changing overtime.
I don't think so, I believe my interests will change in a future, even now I would like to try myself in something different...
I don't think that I can say that I'm a multipotentialite person. I prefer being perfect in one job than medium in a few. I don't like people who want to be treating as expert in everything but when I ask about something they didn't know how to answer.
I think that my actual profession is true call for me. I want to spend the rest of my life in IT. Being developer is the best option for me, it's very interesting job and I can learn everyday what is the most important for me (it's not boring).
I wanted to be a firefighter, but it didn't last too long. I thought that they're very brave and I liked that.
2. Do you consider yourself multipotentialite? Why, why not?
Yes. I'm finding new things to do very often and I'm enjoying them. For example - few years ago I was into making and mixing music, it was my passion for a very long time, but right now I went 100% into IT - and I'm good with it.
3. Did you manage to find your one true calling?
Yes. IT world is 100% for me, it's something that I enjoy the most. But who knows what will be in a few more years? Maybe I will find another "true calling?"
It is also to separate things that you good at and things that you want to do.
Even if you have the highest skill in one speciality, it does not mean that you like it.
As one good lecturer said: If you always win, you live your life wrong.
If we are talking about a job, in different periods of my life I was thinking about different spheres where I could work. I don’t remember all of my ‘dreams’. I just remember that I wanted to work in the car building industry, but finally, I chose IT. In the future, I see myself as an entrepreneur.
Do I consider myself multipotentialite? Hmm… Yes and no. If we are talking about work - yes. In the next few years, I want to work as a data scientist. But except for a job I have a lot of hobbies. I’m playing in a band as a guitar player, but I don’t want to become a rock star :) I love cars and car industry, but I don’t want to become a race driver or car builder. So the answer - I’m good in a lot of stuff and improving in all of them.
True calling? I will repeat one more time: “What do we mean by the term ‘calling’?”. But the answer - yes, I found my ‘ true calling’ in various spheres of my life.
I consider myself a multipotentialite. I finished a music school, sang in a choir, baked a lot of cakes and now I’m a senior software engineer who can sing and provide catering. I think that’s enough passions.
I’m pretty sure I found my true calling. It’s the thing that all of the above passions (including my childhood dream) share in common — creating things that other people enjoy, be it act, music, software or food. Making somebody happy with my creation is my one true calling.