"It is a multidisciplinary approach."

I am so happy to find this video and I completely agree that you can't fully share with others what you do (they won't understand at all). I actually find non-polymath's to be extremely sad...most people spend there entire lives only knowing how to do just one thing (and they may not even have mastered this). Too many people have worked at the same job for over 20+ years and do the exact same thing day in and day out. But they always want to make fun of the poly math who enjoys study and continuing learning, while they spend most of their waking ours after work on the couch watching TV, a mindless steaming show or following rubbish on social media.

I've felt this way my entire work life, thank you soooo much

I'm 50 years old. I hope that some people here will have some advice or something they'd like to share with me. Lately I've been thinking A LOT about how I've not really spent much time doing either of my two loves (computer programming and oil painting). Last year I in my spare time I spent some of that time following along in a C++ programming book. But at some point I became bored and talked myself out of following along in the book with thoughts like "why am I wasting my time on an old language"? The year before that some of my spare time was spent doing some oil painting. I'm really into landscapes and still life studies, and even thought "I might be really good at doing portraits", but after some point I managed to fall away from oil painting :( Other interests that I have are the Latin and Greek languages (I don't really know any Latin, and only know a little about the Greek alphabet and some of its sounds), and carpentry. But carpentry I can't do because I live in an apartment and you can imagine the complaints from the noises of saws and hammers, lol. In short, I feel like I'm "running out of time". On my bookshelf are gobs and gobs of books on these disciplines. Admittedly I've become a hoarder of these books, and on occasion have fallen victim to the excuses of "if I just had THAT book, then I could ......". Well, I'm sure all can relate to this haha. How in the world do I manage my two favorite loves without feeling that I'm giving up the others? How do I do this with a full-time job? What led me to this video was the thought that I might just tell my husband "I want YIOU to tell ME what discipline I can work on today, tomorrow and next week", and then hope that he leaves me only to the vices that suit some XYZ interest. Surely I'm not alone in all of this? Sorry for the long-winded post, I'm not sure how to break this one up because it's basically this one conversation that goes around and around and around in my head.

I'm glad I found your channel doc, I always felt like I needed to down myself a bit in this situation I even developed a skill to know what part of myself to expose and to whom! For example, I'm good with people it's like I can blend in different groups and when I feel the need to defend other parts of myself I always start a sentence by saying "Well how they think of it on that side is..." and when they ask how I know all of this I go like "I've been there", this obviously scares some of the members but it usually invites more questions that I answer in short with the same strategy as well. Bouuyy! I do love enjoying new things and when I learn a specific domain I feel like tying all of the different variations of that domain, sticking to one thing all the time bores the hell out of me! It's like I'm trapped!

The worst experience is not that they consider you flatty, but that they consider you "dangerous" when finding out that you do not only know many things, but know them in deep. 😞

Then there's this problem: You feel trapped because of people's undeserving hate for areas other than their own. Fox example, I feel like my 'friends' interested in Computer Science look down on Philosophy, and my 'friends' interested in Language look down on Mathematics.

I really resonate with this.

Love this video！A PhD candidate struggling with polymathic characteristic

Thank you so much. There is so much nonsense around about this topic. Your video is sooo helpful.

I've been described as a Jack of all trades. And for some reason that really hurt because I wish there was one stable thing I could identify with. I hate having to hide aspects of myself in different situations. It can be exhausting.

Loved the video!

been really struggling with this, finding my natural abilities being the thing that holding me back? Wishing to break through to a more organized way of living, creating and connecting!

Looks like I'm your first fan!

Finally someone talking about it!!! 💝

It is the right-hand path vs the left-hand path (not a political definition).

"Polymath" is a condition, not a choice. I was raised to be a learning addict. Being normally the "smartest guy in the room" has made me abnormal in most situations. A freak. Even an object of scorn by some insecure male egos. But in the end, I'd rather be a polymath than not be one.

Being one myself, what do I do? I've managed to attract every narcissistic freak possible, to a point I get stalked by coworkers. I get called a fake. I hear thru grapevines, never to my face that I haven't been alive long enough to have been able to do all the things I've done. I'm 38. It's endless. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE EXTREMELY APPRECIATED

Thank you !! For the first time ever i can say what i am without confeution

yesss 🙌 to people thinking you're not able to commit

That's not a polymath... That is a Royal Karen of the Bitchimus Variety...

Listen to Naval Ravikant on this subject

A humanizing video.

Welp, this sounded like me . Self promoting , if expressing my many interest, and involvements in the many interest . Happy I landed on this channel . Great vid !

2:50 Self Promotional.... then make a personal brand. It is all about you literally, and that isn't a bad thing. If your niche(s) help/entertain/educate others then it is okay to be self promoting. Then it gives you a chance to explain how they all fit into each other.

Thank you for your help.