Now available in multiple languages.

HOW TO BE EVERYTHING

A Guide for Those Who (Still)
Don't Know What They Want to Be
When They Grow Up

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

It's a familiar question we're all asked as kids. While seemingly harmless, the question has unintended consequences. It can make you feel like you need to choose one job, one passion, one thing to be about.

Guess what? You don’t.

Having a lot of different interests, projects and curiosities doesn't make you a "jack-of-all-trades, master of none." Your endless curiosity doesn't mean you are broken or flaky. What you are is a multipotentialite: someone with many interests and creative pursuits. And that is actually your biggest strength.

HOW TO BE EVERYTHING HELPS YOU CHANNEL YOUR DIVERSE PASSIONS + SKILLS TO WORK FOR YOU.

Based on their popular TED talk, "Why some of us don't have one true calling", Emilie Wapnick flips the script on conventional career advice. Instead of suggesting that you specialize, choose a niche, or accumulate 10,000 hours of practice in a single area, Wapnick provides a practical framework for building a sustainable life around ALL of your passions.

YOU'LL DISCOVER:

  • Why your multipotentiality is your biggest strength, especially in today's uncertain job market.
  • How to make a living and structure your work if you have many skills and interests.
  • How to focus on multiple projects and make progress on all of them.
  • How to handle common insecurities such as the fear of not being the best, the guilt associated with losing interest in something you used to love, and the challenge of explaining "what you do" to others.

NOT FITTING NEATLY INTO A BOX CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL THING.

How to Be Everything teaches you how to design a life, at any age and stage of your career, that allows you to be fully you, and find the kind of work you'll love.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emilie Wapnick (they/them) is an award-winning author and community builder. They are the founder and creative director at Puttylike, where they help multipotentialites (people with many passions and creative pursuits) integrate all of their interests to create dynamic, fulfilling, and fruitful careers and lives. Unable to settle on one path themself, Emilie studied music, film production and law, graduating from the Law Faculty at McGill University.

Emilie’s TED talk, Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling, has been viewed 8 million times. Their book How to Be Everything was published by HarperCollins in 2017. It has been translated into 13 languages and won a Nautilus Book Award. Emilie has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, BBC and Lifehacker.



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PRAISE FOR HOW TO BE EVERYTHING

CHRIS GUILLEBEAU

New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup + Side Hustle

If you’ve struggled finding your place in a world that rewards conformity, you know that choosing a single profession isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. You’re no longer alone—Emilie’s HOW TO BE EVERYTHING is a beautiful guide with practical tools to help you find your way without losing yourself.

PAMELA SLIM

Author of Body of Work + Escape from Cubicle Nation

Emilie brings hope, tools, inspiration and affirmation to the most misunderstood and undervalued segment of our society: multipotentialites. I raise my fist in solidarity, and celebrate this groundbreaking book.

TODD ROSE

TODD ROSE Harvard U. Scientist, Co-founder + President of The Center for Individual Opportunity, author of The End of Average

We are all unique, so why does there only seem to be one path towards success? How to Be Everything throws out this one-size-fits-all approach and explains how to make our diverse skill sets work for us.

FORBES

Feel-good, encouraging advice on distilling a variety of passions and interests into success. This book is chock full of great exercises and practical advice and we highly recommend picking up a copy. 

BUZZFEED

How to be Everything helps you understand and process your diverse skills so you don’t have to sacrifice your potential. This book will help you fulfill your biggest dreams; all of them!