The Home Of The Generalist

Video transcript: There's thousands of us out there while we're under this great big generalist umbrella. There's specialist generalists within us, right? There are those who are, you know, entrepreneurs. There are those of us who are creatives. But learning from how everyone does everything is just amazing. To your point, Like Sharon, with this crazy Ph.D. the most brilliant. I literally have to pause and take so much time to read the things he posts because I have to use my brain in a different way to do that, because he's so brilliant. And then you've got someone like Robert, who will just ask you questions and turn your mind upside down. And then you're like, oh, my God, how did I not think of this? Right? Yeah, it's really the strange community. And knowing that we're there and that we are all in the same boat, although very different.

Video transcript: I had the pleasure of going to one of the Chicago meetups and just being like, oh, these are my people. And getting to hear some of people's experience who are actually community members. And I think there was just still a lot of spaciousness. I mentioned earlier, one of my biggest conflicts was feeling like I didn't have a place where I belonged in many parts of my career. And this is a place where I do feel like I belong. There are people who have full time jobs, there are people who are business owners, there are people who are portfolio careers. And even if not everyone's career looks exactly like mine. And really that's kind of the whole thing with a generalist, is that you're having a one on one career. I can talk about having multiple things happening and no one bats an eye. It's not like, wait, what are you doing? And so kind kind of similar to what you were saying with being on a panel and feeling comfortable enough, taking up space. It feels like a space where I can take up space and bring the nuances in the intricacies of my career without being worried about people having blank stares or like tilting their head in confusion. No, you'll just end up in the heck yeah channel. Like.

Video transcript: I am a fairly new member of Generalist World, having been on it for about two months now, and in the last eight weeks I think I have met so many interesting people, had so many interesting conversations, felt validated, supported, heard, and I think it's just a magical space on Slack through the videos that they offer. The skill sets that people bring are so diverse. The experiences, the conversations are rich and abundant. There's never a lack of interesting things to find out about people just by virtue of them not having been in a niche and not having done the same thing for 30 years. And there's real value in that because you don't need icebreakers when you're in a room full of people that have so many interesting insights, so many fun things, and so many creative ideas to share. I'm just absolutely amazed at how much enriched and how much more joyous my life feels having interacted with some of these individuals and getting to know some of them even better. So if you are a person who has a lot of diverse interests, who thinks of themselves as containing multitudes, who've done a lot of different things and don't feel like there's a category for you, then Generalist World is the place to be.

Video transcript: I was talking about all the things I do in marketing, and, like, I can't nail this down. Like, people don't understand what I do. And she was like, well, that's because you're a generalist. You need to check out this generalist world. I was like, this is what I need. And I found it to be a really the right community for me because I've been craving a team, and I feel like I have a team now. I have three, two other people. The three of us check in every week. We have a call for almost a year now. And they just. They feel like. I know, right? They feel like they are my business buddies. They're totally on my team. They give me reality checks when I need them. Like, Tara, why do you actually think that that's not really true? And they. Yeah, they just are so supportive, really strong, brainstorming people with me, like, it's team that I needed. Been a real game changer for me because I can keep doing my solo entrepreneur thing because I've got a team behind me now.

Video transcript: I joined generalist world about a year and a half ago after following Millie on LinkedIn for a while. All the messaging was totally resonating with me and I identified as being a generalist, so I wanted to get inside and see what it was all about and it's been brilliant. I have learned so much from this community, whether it's just being in the Slack channel, chatting away. You learn pick up tips for interviews, you pick up tech tips, you pick up tips on how to handle situations at work, you pick up tips on problem solving. There is just knowledge being shared all over the place. It's fantastic and everybody is so helpful and kind and just really gets each other, which is a really nice feeling. And then the generalist world team have so much great content to share that you can access as a member. So the events recently have been fantastic with people like Wes Cow and Harry dry, really, really kind of on point content to help you accelerate your career. Then there's things like the generalist world job hunting book, which has been really, really helpful to me and just some of the connections I've made in there have been really lovely too. There are people that I've stayed in touch with, people that cheer me along, give me great advice. I just feel like I'd be lost without them now.

Video transcript: Hello. My name's Adam. I think I can be very privileged to say this I am one of the founding members of of G. Right? I joined back sort of early twenty twenty two. A live pure serendipity but bought millie and myself to together around a sort of conversation about generalist and how important they were to sort of businesses and and and helping company succeed. But I suppose and off the back of that, She obviously was telling me about the the community that she was building, I think. And one of the key things if any community is to be able to bring people together to offer support health guidance, you know, there's that sort of saying it takes a village to raise a child and that, you know, I think it's... You know, the same is is true for any sort of other businesses. And I think you need help from people within communities and and in G, you see that on a daily basis. You you can post a message up and within a matter of minutes, someone who's responded and is helping. Know, various science growth roadblocks in my work and things I've been doing have reached out to the G community and and someone has been able to provide support and guidance it's a very collective, creative and and supportive community and it's it's a lot of fun to be a part of. And I think, yeah, a massive kudos officer to bringing together these people who may be have felt like they don't know fit. It's needed best way to explain it, but, you know, board together people who they might have more traditional roles, but know that they have more to give because they are generalist at helps. And I think that's very exciting. So Kudos thank you.