What does it takes to thrive as a multipotentialite? Not survive. Not accept. THRIVE.

4個技能將極大地提升你作為多面多面手蓬勃發展的機會。我們探討的無關生存，無關被接受與否，而是茁壯成長。

? ? ? ? Accepting and embracing your multipotentiality are wonderful steps along the journey. I get a lot of emails from people thanking me for informing them that there’s nothing wrong with them.

接受和擁抱你的多元性是旅途中的精彩步驟。我得到很多人的電子郵件，感謝我通知他們沒有錯。

? ? ? ?That’s great, but it doesn’t have to stop there. Not only can you be okay with your multipotentialite nature, you can actually make it your competitive advantage. Your multipotentiality can be the reason people want to work with you, be around you, learn from you and interact with your creations — whether they know it or not.

這很棒，但它并沒有停止。你不僅可以用你的多元潛力來做事，你還可以讓它成為你的競爭優勢。你的多元性可能是人們想要和你一起工作，圍繞著你，向你學習，并與你的創作互動的原因 - 無論他們是否知道。

? ? ? ? In this article, I’m going to share with you four?cognitive(adj. 認知的; 認識的)?and emotional skills that can dramatically increase your ability to thrive as a multipod.

在這篇文章中，我將與你分享四種認知和情感技能，這些技能可以顯著提高你作為一個多面手的成長能力。

? ? ? ? The beautiful thing is that anyone can develop these skills. Of course, the earlier you begin, the more time you have to?hone?and implement them. (It’s the reason that parents and teachers should really pay attention. If you can get your children/students thinking this way at a young age, it’ll really set them up as adults). But anyone, at any age, can learn this stuff. It’s just a matter of practice.

美麗的是，任何人都可以發展這些技能。 當然，越早開始，你就有更多的時間去磨練和實施它們。 （這是家長和老師真正關注的一個原因，如果能夠讓孩子在年輕的時候這樣思考的話，那么他們就會像大人一樣成熟）。 但任何年齡的人都可以學習這些東西。 這只是一個實踐問題。

Skill #1: Self-Directedness

技巧一：自我指導

Thriving as a multipotentialite often means stepping outside the linear trajectories that make up the?specialist life plan. It often means forging your own path or “choosing yourself” (to borrow a catch phrase).

作為一個multipotentialite往往意味著走出化妝專家的人生計劃的線性軌跡欣欣向榮。它通常意味著鍛造你自己的道路或“選擇你自己”（借用一只貓）。 CH短語）。

Got a project you want to start? If you’re self-directed, you will initiate the project on your own, without waiting for permission or waiting to be selected by an outside person or organization.

有一個你想開始的項目嗎？如果你是自主的，你將自己啟動項目，而不是等待許可或者等待被外部人員或組織選擇。

Got something you want to study but don’t have access to courses (or perhaps courses don’t exist)? If you’re self-directed, you won’t let this stop you. You’ll do some?self-study?and research the topic yourself.

有你想學的東西，但沒有機會上（或者可能不存在課程）？如果你是自主的，你不會讓這阻止你。你會做一些自我學習和研究這個課題。?

That’s not to say that a self-directed person won’t seek out?support or accountability?to help them stay on track. In fact, if they’re smart, they will seek out as much support as they need. They will work on coming up with a productivity system for themself, which may include daily rituals, strategies to get around resistance, mini-deadlines, breaking their projects up into smaller chunks, whatever it takes.

這并不是說，一個自我導向的人不會尋求支持或責任，以幫助他們保持正軌。事實上，如果他們聰明，他們會盡可能多地尋求他們所需要的支持。他們將努力為自己提供一個生產力體系，其中可能包括日常的儀式，避免抵制的策略，小型截止日期，將項目分成需要執行的更小的塊。

How to become more self-directed:

如何變得更自主：

• Start experimenting with daily work/creative rituals. You can begin with a short practice in the morning, like a 15 minute writing practice or?meditation. Think about crafting your day, as opposed to being swept away by it.
• 開始嘗試日常工作/創造性的儀式。你可以從早上的一個簡短練習開始，比如15分鐘的寫作練習或冥想。想一想如何安排你的一天，而不是 被它卷走。
• Tell apositive, trustworthy?friend that you are going to complete some small portion of a larger project and send it to them by a specific date and time. When I was writing my 30 Rock script a few years ago, I would send my accountability buddy a few pages twice a week. She knew to expect it and I knew I would get a (lighthearted) scolding if I missed a deadline.
• 告訴一個積極的，值得信賴的朋友，你將完成一個大項目的一小部分，并把它發送給他們一個具體的日期和時間。幾年前，當我寫我的30個搖滾劇本時，我會每周兩次向我的問責伙伴發送幾頁。 她知道這是預料之中的，我知道如果我錯過了最后期限，我會得到（輕快的）責備。

Skill #2: Comfort with Discomfort

讓不適舒適起來

So many adults I know are afraid to try new things.

我認識的很多成年人都不敢嘗試新事物。

We are terrified of being wrong in our culture, afraid to look stupid or be incompetent, as though it might say something about who we are deep down.

我們害怕在我們的文化中犯錯誤，害怕看起來愚蠢或無能，好像它可能說明我們本質上是一個什么樣（多么無能）的人。

Rubbish.

垃圾（文化）.

In truth, being bad at something is a?prerequisite?to becoming good at it. It’s not a sign that you’re a failure, you just need more practice.

事實上，不擅長某事是做好某事的先決條件。這不是你失敗的信號，你只是需要更多的練習。

Multipotentialites are going to be?beginners again and again?over the course of their lives. If you can get used to that early stage of?stumbling around?and feeling like a moron, at least?long enough to begin to feel a sense of proficiency, you’re going to be far more likely to thrive. You’ll have a richer, more exciting life, accumulate skills faster and be exposed to a greater number of ideas and opportunities.

多面手一次又一次在他們的生活過程中成為初學者。如果你能習慣于那個跌跌撞撞的早期階段，感覺自己一無所知，至少有足夠長的時間開始感覺到熟練的感覺，你將更有可能茁壯成長。你會有一個更豐富、更令人興奮的生活，積累技能更快，接觸到更多的想法和機會。

Although not all forms of discomfort are desirable (some are obviously dangerous), the kind I’m talking about here is the good kind. It helps you grow and evolve.

雖然并非所有形式的不適都是可取的（有些顯然是危險的），但我在這里所說的那種是好的。它幫助你成長和進化。

How to get more comfortable with discomfort:

如何讓不舒服的感覺更舒服：

• Try something new. Sign up for a drawing class, attempt to solve an?algebraproblem, take a?mixed martial arts?class, book a room and put on your first live?seminar. Look for pursuits that sound both completely terrifying AND exciting.
• 嘗試新事物。報名參加一個繪圖班，試著解一個代數題，參加混合武術班，預定一個房間，開始你的第一次現場討論會。尋找既十分可怕又令人興奮的追求。

Skill #3: Pattern-Spotting/Analogy

模式識別/類比

“Creativity is just connecting things.” -Steve Jobs

創造力只是連接事物。-史蒂夫·喬布斯

Want to be an innovator or artist? Want to stand out and create something new? Well then, you’d better get good at pattern-recognition and?drawing analogies between unrelated ideas.?These skills are the foundation of idea-synthesis, which?we’ve talked about before.

想成為創新者還是藝術家？想脫穎而出，創造新事物嗎？那么，你最好善于識別模式，在不相關的想法之間找出類似點。這些技能是我們以前講過的思想合成的基礎。

I define innovation as taking knowledge from one area and using it to solve a problem in a totally unrelated field. That’s where the new ideas come from. They don’t come from textbooks.

我把創新定義為從一個領域獲取知識，并用它來解決一個完全無關的領域中的問題。這就是新思想的來源。他們不是來自教科書。

Multipotentialites have a lot of dots to connect and a lot of areas of knowledge to draw from. However,?they need to know how to integrate that knowledge into what they’re working on by seeing how?disparate?fields are related.

多面手有很多點可以連接和很多領域的知識借鑒。然而，他們需要知道如何通過看看不同的領域是如何相關的，將這些知識整合到他們正在進行的工作中。

Most of what I do in my?coaching practice?involves helping people see the commonalities between their various interests and coming up with an?overarching theme?to express that connection.

我在教練實踐中所做的大部分工作都是幫助人們看到他們不同的興趣點之間的共性，并提出一個主要的主題來表達這種聯系。

Pattern-spotting and analogy are highly lucrative skills that pay well and lead to inventiveness.

模式識別和類比是非常有利可圖的技能，能很好地發揮作用并創造創造性。

How to develop your ability to spot patterns and draw analogies:

如何提高你發現模式和類比的能力：

• Start looking for ways in which unrelated things are in fact alike and?what your various passions and pursuits have in common.
• 開始尋找不相關的事物在那些方面實際上是相似的，以及你不同的激情和追求的共同點。
• Here are some exercises I came up with for my upcoming presentation in Colorado. Tell me how the following things alike:
• 以下是我為即將在科羅拉多舉行的演講所提出的一些練習。告訴我下列事情的相似點：

Architectureand?love建筑與愛

Moviesand?the human cell電影與人體細胞

Electricityand?freedom of speech電與言論自由

Piratesand?cooking海盜和烹飪

Cinderellaand?mold灰姑娘和模具

The periodic tableand?a wheel周期表和輪子

Hint: ask yourself what qualities each one has and what it does. Then see if there’s some overlap.

提示：問問自己每個東西都有什么特質，分別起什么作用。然后看看有沒有重疊。

As an example, lets take?Butterflies?and?Fire. These two things are alike because they both spring to life, they are both colourful, the flapping of wings resembles the flickering of fire, fire in a fireplace warms you while butterflies might make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, alternatively, your house on fire might cause butterflies in your stomach.

作為一個例子，讓我們采取蝴蝶和火。 這兩樣東西是相似的，因為它們讓我們感到生命的氣息，它們都是五顏六色的，翅膀的拍打就像火焰的閃爍，壁爐里的火焰會溫暖你，而蝴蝶會讓你感到溫暖和模糊，或者你的房子著火 可能會導致你的肚子振動不止。

Try these out for yourself when you have a free moment. They’re fun. When I posted them in the?Puttytribe, people came up with some really creative answers. There are no wrong answers.

當你有空閑的時候試試這些。它們很有趣. 當我把它們張貼在Puttytribe，人們想出了一些很有創意的答案，答案沒有對錯。

Skill #4: Self-Knowledge

自我認識

The more you know about how you like to work, what kind of life you want, what sorts of people you want in your life, and what changes you want to affect in the world, the happier you will be.

你越是知道如何去工作，你想要什么樣的生活，在你的生活中有什么樣的人，你想在世界上發生什么樣的變化，你就會越快樂。

Self-knowledge is one of those skills that aids with everything. It helps you understand your motivations and allows you to make better decisions.

自我認識是幫助一切的技能之一。 它可以幫助你理解你的動機，并讓你能夠做出更好的決定。

• There are a variety of ways to develop greater self-knowledge. Most involve journaling and/or thinking a lot about what you care about. What in your background has made you feel alive? What gives you energy?
• 有多種方式來發展更多的自我知識。 大多數涉及日記和/或思考很多你關心的事情。 你的背景中有什么讓你感到活著？ 什么給你能量？
• Think about your?Why(s). Who do you want to help and why? Do you want to empower people, educate people, inspire people, entertain people? What issues do you care about?
• 想一想你的原因。你想幫助誰？為什么？你想給人們力量，教育人民，激勵人們，娛樂人們嗎？你關心什么問題？

I truly believe that multipotentialites are the innovators of the future. The idea that a multipotentialite needs to cobble together odd jobs or have a dull “good enough job” in order to survive is an outdated notion.

我真的相信多面手是未來的創新者。。?多面手為了生存需要拼湊一些零散的工作或者有一個單調乏味的“足夠好的工作”，這個想法是一個過時的概念。

Your multipotentiality is hugely in demand and will become?increasingly valuable?throughout the 21st century. But being a multipotentialite alone isn’t enough. You need to know how to harness and use your super powers. Start by working on becoming more self-directed, getting comfortable with the beginnings, spotting patterns and developing a deep sense of who you are and what you care about.

你的多能性是巨大的需求，并將在整個21世紀變得越來越有價值。 但僅僅是一個多面手還是不夠的。 你需要知道如何駕馭和使用你的超能力。 開始努力變得更加自我主導，適應新的開始，發現模式 ，深入了解你是誰，你關心的是什么。

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