The Secret Superpower of Being Distractable

Most people see distraction as a weakness. It's really beat out of us in over a decade of school during our growing years, to be frank.

“Focus!” they say.
"You have to choose a major, a career, a pathway right now."
“Pick one thing and stick with it.”

But if you’re multipassionate, your brain just doesn’t work like that. You notice opportunity, you pivot fast, your curiosity pulls you in all directions.

Here’s what I want you to KNOW to your CORE right now: your “distraction” is actually a serious superpower waiting to be harnessed.

It’s how you notice patterns others miss. How you cross-pollinate ideas. How you spot connections before anyone else does.

The catch? Without structure, it feels like absolute chaos. With structure, it’s your secret edge.

Why Distractibility Isn’t the Problem

Being pulled in multiple directions is not your flaw. It’s your information-gathering system at work.

Multipassionates often internalize these lies:

• I’m flaky.

• I can’t finish anything.

• I’ll never be successful because I can’t stick to one lane.

I've been teaching multipassionates for several years, and I hear these from almost every single student.

The real issue isn’t your brain — it’s that the world measures productivity in straight lines. And straight lines never catch lightning.

Story: Turning Chaos Into Insight

Take Jordahn, a student in my course. He loved writing, coding, and photography, and could never choose which to focus on. Projects would start strong… and then get abandoned as the next idea appeared.

At first, Jordahn felt guilty. But once we reframed his distractibility as a data-gathering system, several things began to change for him. Instead of resisting impulses, Jordahn created a “Pattern Log”: every time a new idea pulled him away, he logged what sparked it, what excited him, and what energy it gave him.

Months later, patterns emerged: coding projects fueled photography, photography sparked writing prompts, writing clarified coding solutions. The very thing Jordan had thought was chaos was actually an engine for innovation — their distractibility was their superpower.

How to Harness Your Superpower

1. Track the Pull

   • Every idea that grabs you? Jot it down. Do not ignore those, they're very useful insights and can help you notice your personal patterns over time.

2. Rotate With Intention

   • Use short cycles (days, weeks, or project phases) to move between passions, keeping each alive without losing momentum. I have a few blog posts on this so look around if you need a deeper dive!

3. Fuse Compatible Layers

   • Combine your interests when possible: code a website for your photography, write a tutorial about your coding, create stories from your images. I teach about this in my free class quite a bit more (link down at the bottom), but also use ChatGPT and other free resources to help you better understand HOW to combine your interests.

4. Celebrate Insights, Not Just Outputs

   • Recognize that noticing connections is a product in itself. Patterns and insights are invisible gold you can’t get by staying in one lane.
     

A Quick Recap

The world calls it distraction. Your brain calls it curiosity in motion.

You’re not scattered.
You’re hyper-aware, pattern-seeking, lightning-catching.

The challenge isn’t stopping your impulses — it’s giving them direction and structure. Once you do, your superpower isn’t just useful; it’s unstoppable.

Proud of you for working hard at it!