Optimal Health Daily - Fitness and Nutrition 3390: Why We Should All Live The Portfolio Life by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Multi Passion Living
May 10, 2026
Anthony Ongaro, author and creator of Break The Twitch who writes about intentional living and career design. He explores the idea of a portfolio life and why blending diverse skills makes work more resilient. Short takes on discovering interests through curiosity and action. Notes on when to keep or let go, the power of community, and focusing on a few core themes.
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Early Career Twitch Led To Diverse Experience
- Anthony Ongaro describes his early career as frequently switching roles, chasing new interests every six months to a year.
- He calls those switches a "twitch," sharing how boredom and shiny objects drove him to repeatedly change focus before discovering recurring themes.
Portfolio Life Emerges Through Action
- Living a portfolio life means combining multiple interests and applying them across fields to form a body of work.
- Anthony explains clarity about your portfolio comes from action, either by narrowing then expanding or starting broad and refining over time.
Combine Skills To Beat Automation
- A portfolio of disparate skills makes you harder to replace by computers because unique combinations create new offerings.
- Anthony cites Charles Handy's portfolio worker idea and Forbes' freelance projections to show multi-skill careers are increasingly necessary.