Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling | Emilie Wapnick | TED

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Raise your hand if you've ever been asked the question

Podignite ruke, ako su vas ikada pitali:

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"Šta želite da budete kad porastete?"

Now if you had to guess,

Sad, kad biste morali da nagađate,

how old would you say you were when you were first asked this question?

šta mislite koliko ste imali godina kada su vas prvi put to pitali?

You can just hold up fingers.

Možete samo da podignete prste.

Three. Five. Three. Five. Five. OK.

Tri. Pet. Tri. Pet. Pet. U redu.

Now, raise your hand if the question

Sad, podignite ruku, ako vam je pitanje:

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"Šta želite da budete kad porastete?"

has ever caused you any anxiety.

ikada uzrokovalo nespokoj.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Any anxiety at all.

Bar blagi nespokoj.

I'm someone who's never been able to answer the question

Ja sam neko ko nikada nije mogao da odgovori na pitanje:

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"Šta želiš da budeš kad porasteš?"

See, the problem wasn't that I didn't have any interests --

Vidite, problem nije bio to što uopšte nisam imala interesovanja -

it's that I had too many.

već sam ih imala previše.

In high school, I liked English and math and art and I built websites

U srednjoj školi sam volela engleski, matematiku, likovno

i pravila sam internet sajtove

and I played guitar in a punk band called Frustrated Telephone Operator.

i svirala sam gitaru u pank bendu pod nazivom "Isfrustrirani teleoperater".

Maybe you've heard of us.

Možda ste čuli za nas.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

This continued after high school,

Tako je bilo i nakon srednje škole

and at a certain point, I began to notice this pattern in myself

i u određenom momentu sam počela da opažam obrazac kod sebe,

where I would become interested in an area

gde bih se zainteresovala za jednu oblast

and I would dive in, become all-consumed,

i bacila bih se na to, potpuno bi me obuzelo

and I'd get to be pretty good at whatever it was,

i postala bih prilično dobra, u čemu god to bilo,

and then I would hit this point where I'd start to get bored.

a potom bih stigla do momenta kad bih počela da se dosađujem.

And usually I would try and persist anyway,

I obično bih se u svakom slučaju trudila i istrajavala

because I had already devoted so much time and energy

jer sam već posvetila toliko vremena i energije,

and sometimes money into this field.

a ponekad i novca u datu oblast.

But eventually this sense of boredom,

Ali naposletku bi onaj osećaj dosađivanja,

this feeling of, like, yeah, I got this, this isn't challenging anymore --

onaj osećaj, kao: da, kapiram ovo, ovo za mene više nije izazov -

it would get to be too much.

postajalo bi previše.

And I would have to let it go.

I morala bih da odustanem.

But then I would become interested in something else,

Ali onda bih se zainteresovala za nešto drugo,

something totally unrelated, and I would dive into that,

nešto potpuno nevezano i bacila bih se na to

and become all-consumed, and I'd be like, "Yes! I found my thing,"

i postala bih obuzeta i u fazonu: "To! Pronašla sam moj poziv",

and then I would hit this point again where I'd start to get bored.

a potom bih ponovo stigla do tačke u kojoj sam se dosađivala.

And eventually, I would let it go.

I naposletku bih odustala.

But then I would discover something new and totally different,

Ali onda bih otkrila nešto novo i potpuno drugačije

and I would dive into that.

i bacila bih se na to.

This pattern caused me a lot of anxiety,

Ovaj obrazac mi je uzrokovao mnogo nespokoja

for two reasons.

iz dva razloga.

The first was that I wasn't sure

Prvi je bio u tome što nisam bila sigurna

how I was going to turn any of this into a career.

kako da sve ovo pretvorim u karijeru.

I thought that I would eventually have to pick one thing,

Mislila sam da ću na kraju morati da izaberem nešto,

deny all of my other passions,

da negiram sve svoje ostale strasti

and just resign myself to being bored.

i da prosto pristanem na dosađivanje.

The other reason it caused me so much anxiety

Drugi razlog za toliko nespokoja

was a little bit more personal.

je bio malo više ličan.

I worried that there was something wrong with this,

Brinula sam se da nešto nije u redu s ovim

and something wrong with me for being unable to stick with anything.

i da nešto nije u redu sa mnom jer nisam u stanju da se držim bilo čega.

I worried that I was afraid of commitment,

Brinula sam se da me je strah od obaveza

or that I was scattered, or that I was self-sabotaging,

ili da sam rasejana ili da samu sebe sabotiram,

afraid of my own success.

u strahu od sopstvenog uspeha.

If you can relate to my story and to these feelings,

Ako se prepoznajete u mojoj priči i u ovim osećanjima,

I'd like you to ask yourself a question

volela bih da se zapitate

that I wish I had asked myself back then.

nešto što bih volela da sam samu sebe nekada pitala.

Ask yourself where you learned to assign the meaning of wrong or abnormal

Zapitajte se gde ste naučili da značenje pogrešnog i nenormalnog pripisujete

to doing many things.

bavljenju velkim brojem poslova.

I'll tell you where you learned it:

Reći ću vam odakle ste to naučili:

you learned it from the culture.

naučili ste to iz kulture.

We are first asked the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

Prvi put nas pitaju: "Šta želiš da budeš kad porasteš?"

when we're about five years old.

kada imamo oko pet godina.

And the truth is that no one really cares what you say when you're that age.

I istina je da nikog nije zaista briga šta govorite u tom uzrastu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

It's considered an innocuous question,

To se smatra bezazlenim pitanjem za malu decu

posed to little kids to elicit cute replies,

da bi izmamili od njih slatke odgovore,

like, "I want to be an astronaut," or "I want to be a ballerina,"

kao: "Želim da budem astronaut", ili: "Želim da budem balerina",

or "I want to be a pirate."

ili: "Želim da budem pirat."

Insert Halloween costume here.

Ovde ubacite kostim za Noć veštica.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But this question gets asked of us again and again as we get older

Ali ovo nam pitanje postavljaju iznova i iznova kako odrastamo

in various forms -- for instance, high school students might get asked

u raznim oblicima - na primer, đake u srednjoj školi mogu da pitaju

what major they're going to pick in college.

na čemu će da diplomiraju.

And at some point,

I u nekom momentu:

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"Šta želiš da budeš kad porasteš?"

goes from being the cute exercise it once was

pređe put od nekad simpatične vežbe

to the thing that keeps us up at night.

do onoga što nas drži budnim po noći.

Why?

Zašto?

See, while this question inspires kids to dream about what they could be,

Vidite, iako ovo pitanje podstiče decu da sanjaju o tome šta bi mogla da budu,

it does not inspire them to dream about all that they could be.

ne podstiče ih da sanjaju o svemu što bi mogla da budu.

In fact, it does just the opposite,

Zapravo, postiže upravo suprotno

because when someone asks you what you want to be,

jer kada vas neko pita šta želite da budete,

you can't reply with 20 different things,

možete da odgovorite 20 različitih stvari,

though well-meaning adults will likely chuckle and be like,

iako će se dobronamerni odrasli verovatno kikotati, u fazonu:

"Oh, how cute, but you can't be a violin maker and a psychologist.

"O, kako je to slatko, ali ne možeš da budeš graditelj violina i psiholog.

You have to choose."

Moraš da izabereš."

This is Dr. Bob Childs --

Ovo je dr Bob Čajlds -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

and he's a luthier and psychotherapist.

i on je graditelj žičanih instrumenata i psihoterapeut.

And this is Amy Ng, a magazine editor turned illustrator, entrepreneur,

A ovo je Ejmi Ang, urednica časopisa koja je postala ilustrator, preduzetnica,

teacher and creative director.

učiteljica i kreativna direktorka.

But most kids don't hear about people like this.

Ali deca većinom ne slušaju o ovakvim ljudima.

All they hear

Sve što čuju

is that they're going to have to choose.

je da će morati da odaberu.

But it's more than that.

Ali ne radi se samo o tome.

The notion of the narrowly focused life

Pretpostavka o usko usredsređenom životu

is highly romanticized in our culture.

je veoma romantizovana u našoj kulturi.

It's this idea of destiny or the one true calling,

To je predstava o sudbini ili jednom pravom pozivu,

the idea that we each have one great thing

predstava o tome da svi imamo jednu važnu stvar

we are meant to do during our time on this earth,

kojom nam je suđeno da se bavimo dok smo na zemlji

and you need to figure out what that thing is

i da morate da pronađete šta je to

and devote your life to it.

i da tome posvetite svoj život.

But what if you're someone who isn't wired this way?

Ali šta ako ste neko ko nema takav sklop?

What if there are a lot of different subjects that you're curious about,

Šta ako ima mnogo različitih oblasti koje vas interesuju

and many different things you want to do?

i mnogo toga što želite da radite?

Well, there is no room for someone like you in this framework.

Pa, nema mesta za ljude poput vas u ovom poretku.

And so you might feel alone.

Pa se stoga možete osećati usamljeno.

You might feel like you don't have a purpose.

Možete se osećati kao da nemate svrhu.

And you might feel like there's something wrong with you.

I možete da osećate kako nešto nije u redu s vama.

There's nothing wrong with you.

Sve je u redu s vama.

What you are is a multipotentialite.

Vi ste multipotencijalista.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

A multipotentialite is someone with many interests and creative pursuits.

Multipotencijalista je neko ko ima mnogo interesovanja i kreativnih težnji.

It's a mouthful to say.

Duga je reč za izgovaranje.

It might help if you break it up into three parts:

Možda bi pomoglo, ako bismo je razložili na tri dela:

multi, potential, and ite.

multi, potencijal i ista.

You can also use one of the other terms that connote the same idea,

Možete takođe da koristite druge termine koji označavaju isti pojam,

such as polymath, the Renaissance person.

kao svestrana osoba, renesansna osoba.

Actually, during the Renaissance period,

Zapravo, tokom perioda renesanse

it was considered the ideal to be well-versed in multiple disciplines.

smatralo se idealnim biti dobar u različitim disciplinama.

Barbara Sher refers to us as "scanners."

Barbara Šer nas naziva "skenerima".

Use whichever term you like, or invent your own.

Koristite termin koji želite ili izmislite sopstveni.

I have to say I find it sort of fitting that as a community,

Moram da kažem da mi je to nekako prikladno da kao zajednica

we cannot agree on a single identity.

ne možemo da se složimo oko jednog pojma.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

It's easy to see your multipotentiality

Lako je posmatrati vašu multipotencijalnost

as a limitation or an affliction that you need to overcome.

kao ograničenje i muku koju treba prevazići.

But what I've learned through speaking with people

Ali naučila sam, razgovarajući s ljudima

and writing about these ideas on my website,

i pišući o ovim idejama na mom vebsajtu

is that there are some tremendous strengths to being this way.

da u ovoj osobini leži ogromna snaga.

Here are three

Ovo su tri

multipotentialite super powers.

supermoći multipotencijalista.

One: idea synthesis.

Prva: sinteza ideja.

That is, combining two or more fields

To jest, kombinovanje dve ili više oblasti

and creating something new at the intersection.

i stvaranje nečeg novog na njihovom preseku.

Sha Hwang and Rachel Binx drew from their shared interests

Ša Hvanga i Rejčel Binks su spojila zajednička interesovanja:

in cartography, data visualization, travel, mathematics and design,

kartografija, vizuelizacija podataka, putovanja, matematika i dizajn,

when they founded Meshu.

kada su osnovali Mešu.

Meshu is a company that creates custom geographically-inspired jewelry.

Mešu je kompanija koja pravi nakit po porudžbi, inspirisan geografijom.

Sha and Rachel came up with this unique idea

Ša i Rejčel su došli do ove jedinstvene ideje,

not despite, but because of their eclectic mix of skills and experiences.

ne uprkos, već zbog svog eklektičkog spoja veština i iskustava.

Innovation happens at the intersections.

Inovacija nastaje na presecima.

That's where the new ideas come from.

Odatle potiču nove ideje.

And multipotentialites, with all of their backgrounds,

A multipotencijalisti sa svim svojim iskustvima

are able to access a lot of these points of intersection.

su u stanju da imaju uvid u mnoge od ovih tačaka preseka.

The second multipotentialite superpower

Druga supermoć multipotencijalista

is rapid learning.

je brzo učenje.

When multipotentialites become interested in something,

Kada se multipotencijalisti zainteresuju za nešto,

we go hard.

vredno se bace na to.

We observe everything we can get our hands on.

Mi osmatramo sve čega se dohvatimo.

We're also used to being beginners,

Takođe smo naviknuti na početke

because we've been beginners so many times in the past,

jer smo već toliko puta bili početnici,

and this means that we're less afraid of trying new things

a to znači da nas je manje strah da probamo nove stvari

and stepping out of our comfort zones.

i da iskoračimo iz ustaljenih stanovišta.

What's more, many skills are transferable across disciplines,

Štaviše, mnoge veštine su primenjive na razne discipline,

and we bring everything we've learned to every new area we pursue,

a mi donosimo sve što smo naučili u svaku novu oblast kojom se bavimo,

so we're rarely starting from scratch.

pa retko počinjemo od nule.

Nora Dunn is a full-time traveler and freelance writer.

Nora Dan je zaposlena za stalno kao putnica i honorarna je spisateljica.

As a child concert pianist, she honed an incredible ability

Kao dečji koncertni pijanista usavršila je neverovatnu veštinu

to develop muscle memory.

razvoja mišićne memorije.

Now, she's the fastest typist she knows.

Sada je najbrži daktilograf kog poznaje.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Before becoming a writer, Nora was a financial planner.

Pre no što je postala pisac, Nora je bila projektant finansija.

She had to learn the finer mechanics of sales

Morala je da nauči prefinjenu mehaniku trgovine

when she was starting her practice,

kada je započela svoju praksu,

and this skill now helps her write compelling pitches to editors.

a ova veština joj sad pomaže da piše neodoljive ponude urednicima.

It is rarely a waste of time to pursue something you're drawn to,

Retko kad je gubljenje vremena sleđenje nečega što vas privlači,

even if you end up quitting.

čak iako na kraju odustanete.

You might apply that knowledge in a different field entirely,

Možete primeniti to znanje na potpuno drugačiju oblast

in a way that you couldn't have anticipated.

onako kako niste ni očekivali.

The third multipotentialite superpower

Treća supermoć multipotencijalista

is adaptability;

je prilagodljivost;

that is, the ability to morph into whatever you need to be

to jest, mogućnost da uskočite u bilo šta što želite da budete

in a given situation.

u bilo kojoj situaciji.

Abe Cajudo is sometimes a video director, sometimes a web designer,

Ejb Kahudo je ponekad reditelj spotova, ponekad je vebdizajner,

sometimes a Kickstarter consultant, sometimes a teacher,

ponked je konsultant na Kikstarteru, ponekad je nastavnik,

and sometimes, apparently, James Bond.

a ponekad je, očigledno, Džejms Bond.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

He's valuable because he does good work.

Dragocen je jer dobro obavlja posao.

He's even more valuable because he can take on various roles,

Još je dragoceniji jer može da preuzme različite uloge,

depending on his clients' needs.

zavisno od potreba klijenata.

Fast Company magazine identified adaptability

Časopis "Fast Kompani" je prepoznao moć adaptacije

as the single most important skill to develop in order to thrive

kao veštinu koju je najvažnije razvijati kako biste uspeli

in the 21st century.

u 21. veku.

The economic world is changing so quickly and unpredictably

Svet ekonomije se menja tako brzo i nepredvidljivo

that it is the individuals and organizations that can pivot

da su oni pojedinci i one organizacije koji znaju kako da se prilagode

in order to meet the needs of the market that are really going to thrive.

kako bi susreli potrebe tržišta, ti koji će da uspeju.

Idea synthesis, rapid learning and adaptability:

Sinteza ideja, brzo učenje i prilagodljivost;

three skills that multipotentialites are very adept at,

tri veštine kojima su multipotencijalisti veoma vični

and three skills that they might lose if pressured to narrow their focus.

i tri veštine koje mogu da izgube, ukoliko ih pritiskate da suze svoj fokus.

As a society, we have a vested interest in encouraging multipotentialites

Kao društvo, imamo zajednički interes da ohrabrujemo multipotencijaliste

to be themselves.

da budu to što jesu.

We have a lot of complex, multidimensional problems in the world right now,

Imamo mnogo složenih, višedimenzionalnih problema trenutno u svetu

and we need creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to tackle them.

i potrebni su nam kreativni mislioci koji razmišljaju nekonvencionalno da ih rešimo.

Now, let's say that you are, in your heart, a specialist.

Sad, pretpostavimo da ste duboko u sebi specijalista.

You came out of the womb knowing you wanted to be a pediatric neurosurgeon.

Izašli ste iz utrobe znajući da želite da budete pedijatar neurohirurgije.

Don't worry -- there's nothing wrong with you, either.

Ne brinite - i sa vama je sve u redu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

In fact, some of the best teams are comprised of a specialist

Zapravo, najbolje ekipe su sačinjene

and multipotentialite paired together.

od uparenih specijalista i multipotencijalista.

The specialist can dive in deep and implement ideas,

Specijalisti mogu da zarone u oblast i implementiraju ideje,

while the multipotentialite brings a breadth of knowledge to the project.

dok multipotencijalisti donose širinu znanja u projekat.

It's a beautiful partnership.

To je prelepo partnerstvo.

But we should all be designing lives and careers

Ali svi bi trebalo da osmišljavamo živote i karijere

that are aligned with how we're wired.

u sladu s tim za šta smo stvoreni.

And sadly, multipotentialites are largely being encouraged

I nažalost, multipotencijaliste uglavnom ohrabruju

simply to be more like their specialist peers.

prosto da više liče na svoje kolege specijaliste.

So with that said,

S tim na umu,

if there is one thing you take away from this talk,

ako nešto želim da vam ostane od ovog govora,

I hope that it is this:

nadam se da je to sledeće:

embrace your inner wiring, whatever that may be.

prigrlite svoj unutrašnji sklop, kakav god on bio.

If you're a specialist at heart,

Ako ste u duši specijalista,

then by all means, specialize.

pa, tako vam svega, specijalizujte se.

That is where you'll do your best work.

Tu ćete postići najbolje rezultate.

But to the multipotentialites in the room,

Ali svim multipotencijalistima ovde,

including those of you who may have just realized

uključujući i one koji su možda upravo shvatili,

in the last 12 minutes that you are one --

u poslednjih 12 minuta da su baš to -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

to you I say:

vama kažem:

embrace your many passions.

prigrlite svoje brojne strasti.

Follow your curiosity down those rabbit holes.

Pratite svoju znatiželju niz sve te zečje rupe.

Explore your intersections.

Istražujte svoje preseke.

Embracing our inner wiring leads to a happier, more authentic life.

Prihvatanje našeg unutrašnjeg sklopa vodi ka srećnijem, autentičnijem životu.

And perhaps more importantly --

I možda je još važnije -

multipotentialites, the world needs us.

multipotencijalisti, potrebni smo svetu.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)