Name: 給那些什麼都想做、卻不知道該選哪一條路的人！ (Career Strategy For People With Too Many Interests (The M-Shaped Future ))
Uploaded: 2026-01-12T21:01:20.000Z
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In our last conversation, we talked about the graveyard of hobbies.

在上一支影片中，我們談到了「興趣的墳場」。

We looked at the neuroscience of quitting.

我們解析了「放棄」背後的神經科學。

And we laid out a plan to build that muscle of tenacity,

也提出了一個訓練「堅持力肌肉」的計畫，

the part of your brain that allows you to push through when things get hard.

也就是當事情變困難時，讓你能撐下去的大腦能力。

But you know, for some of you, a different, more confusing problem emerged.

但對其中一些人來說，卻出現了另一個更困惑的問題。

What if sticking with things is not your issue?

如果你的問題根本不是「無法堅持」呢？

What if your problem is that you have too many things you want to stick with?

如果你的問題是──你想堅持的事情實在太多了呢？

You look at your life and see a dozen different paths and they all feel like a part of you.

你看著自己的人生，看到十幾條不同的路，而每一條都像你的一部分。

這就是典型的「掃描型人格困境」，

perfectly captured in the phrase, "I could do anything if I only knew what it was."

完美體現在這句話裡：「如果我知道要做什麼，我什麼都做得到。」

They call you a dilettante, someone who is a jack of all trades, but a master of none.

他們稱你為「樣樣通、樣樣不精的人」。

And the anxiety that comes with that label is immense.

這個標籤帶來的焦慮感非常巨大。

它會讓你覺得，自己最大的優點，

Your curiosity is also your biggest career liability.

同時也是你職涯中最大的風險。

Today, we are going to dismantle that anxiety.

We will look at the geometry of a successful career

我們會談成功職涯的「幾何形狀」，

and offer a path for those of us who are never meant to just be one thing first.

並為那些「注定不只是一種身分」的人，提供一條可行的道路。

We need to understand why the old career advice can feel like a trap.

首先，我們要理解為什麼傳統職涯建議會讓人感覺像個陷阱。

For the last century, the world praised the specialist.

在過去一百年，世界讚揚的是專才。

Society was a predictable environment, almost like a chessboard.

社會環境穩定可預測，就像一盤西洋棋。

The rules were clear and the path to success was to go a mile deep in one narrow field.

規則清楚，成功的路徑就是在單一領域鑽得夠深。

Psychologists call this a kind learning environment.

心理學家稱這種環境為「良性學習環境」。

This is the world of the eye shaped person, the expert with a single deep pillar of knowledge.

這就是 I 型人才的世界──在單一知識支柱上極深的專家。

But that is not the world we live in anymore, is it?

但我們早已不生活在那樣的世界了，對吧？

The world today is a wicked learning environment.

今天的世界，是「惡性學習環境」。

The rules are constantly changing, feedback is delayed and the patterns are not obvious.

規則不斷改變，回饋延遲，模式也不明顯。

Think about the difference between a golfer and a firefighter.

想想高爾夫球員和消防員的差別。

高爾夫球員在良性環境中運作。

The rules never change and the feedback is immediate.

消防員則是在惡性環境中工作。

the rules are unknown and their specialized knowledge might not apply.

規則未知，專業知識也可能派不上用場。

The hyper specialists can have blind spots.

過度專精的人反而可能出現盲點。

Now, to be clear, we absolutely need specialists.

先說清楚，我們絕對需要專家。

Their deep knowledge is incredibly valuable.

The problem is not that the specialist path is wrong.

The problem is when it is treated as the only path.

問題在於它被當成唯一的道路。

When that single standard is used to measure everyone,

當這個標準被拿來衡量所有人，

it leaves people like you feeling like a failure.

就會讓像你這樣的人覺得自己是失敗者。

When your brain is simply built for a different kind of world.

而其實，你的大腦只是為另一種世界而生。

you have to stop thinking in terms of job titles and start thinking in terms of shapes.

你必須停止用「職稱」思考，開始用「形狀」思考。

The opposite is the dash-shaped person, a mile wide and an inch deep.

相反的是橫線型──很廣，但不深。

Knowing a little about everything, but having no real foundation.

什麼都懂一點，卻沒有真正的根基。

This lack of depth creates a ton of anxiety because you feel like you have no ground to stand on.

這種缺乏深度會帶來巨大焦慮，因為你感覺自己無處立足。

The most powerful one for a person like you is the M shaped professional or the polymath.

對你來說，最強大的形狀是 M 型專業者，也就是博學者。

你在那裡鑽得夠深，能養活自己。

And your horizontal bar is your interest in psychology, history and design.

而橫向的連結，來自你對心理學、歷史與設計的興趣。

Suddenly, you are not just a distracted data scientist.

突然之間，你不再只是分心的資料科學家，

You become the person who can weave complex data into a compelling narrative that a CEO can actually understand.

你成為能把複雜數據，轉化成 CEO 也聽得懂故事的人。

The tool that allows a polymath to do this is called far transfer.

支撐博學者的關鍵能力，叫做「遠距遷移」。

A specialist uses near transfer, applying a skill to a very similar problem.

專家使用的是近距遷移，把技能套用在相似問題上。

They see the underlying structure in one field and apply it to a completely different one.

他們看見一個領域的底層結構，並套用到完全不同的領域。

A person who understands the branching structure of a tree's root system might suddenly see a better way to organize a company's database.

理解樹根分岔結構的人，可能會突然想到更好的資料庫架構。

A musician who understands harmony in counterpoint might look at a piece of software code and see a more elegant way to structure it.

理解對位和聲的音樂家，可能在程式碼中看到更優雅的結構。

It is the ability to see the music, not just the notes.

看見的是音樂，而不只是音符。

And all those seemingly random interests you have collected over the years,

你多年來累積的那些零散興趣，

they form the very library of metaphors you will pull from to create these kinds of breakthrough insights.

正是未來產生突破性洞察的隱喻資料庫。

So how do you actually build this M-shaped life?

那要如何真正打造這種 M 型人生？

You cannot build all the pillars at once.

That just leads back to the shallow dash shape.

You must pick one pillar and commit to it for a season, maybe 6 to 18 months or so.

你必須選一根支柱，專注投入一個階段，可能是 6 到 18 個月。

Now the big question is which one to pick first.

The anxiety of this choice is what paralyzes most scanners.

這個選擇的焦慮，讓大多數掃描型人格動彈不得。

You are not choosing for the rest of your life.

A good first pillar is often the one that creates the most stability.

第一根支柱，通常是能帶來穩定的那一個。

The one that can become that good enough job we will talk about.

Or it could be the one that simply has the most energy and excitement around it right now.

或者，是目前最讓你有能量與熱情的那一個。

Pick one and give yourself permission to pour your focus there.

You build one leg until it is strong, until you feel you have mastered the core 80% of it.

把那條腿練到夠強，掌握核心的 80%。

This doesn't mean you need to be a world class expert.

這不代表你要成為世界級專家。

It just means you have reached a level of fluency where you can solve most common problems without running back to the instruction manual.

只要能流暢解決多數常見問題即可。

When your curiosity in that area feels satisfied for now, you make a conscious choice.

當你的好奇心在這個領域暫時被滿足時，

This is not quitting like a dabbler running from the pain.

You are deliberately choosing to begin building your next pillar.

If your mind is naturally drawn to exploration,

it can be a powerful choice to have a day job that provides stability without draining all of your cognitive energy.

一份穩定、低耗能的工作會是強大選擇。