"I know I should focus on one thing, but which one?"
"I lose interest in things I thought would interest me forever."
"I keep going off on another tangent."
"I get bored as soon as I know how to do something."
"I can't stand to do anything twice."
"I keep changing my mind about what I want to do and end up doing nothing."
"I work at low-paying jobs because there's nothing I'm willing to commit to."
"I won't choose a career path because it might be the wrong one."
"I think everyone's put on this earth to do something; everyone but me, that is."
"I can't pay attention unless I'm doing many things at once."
"I pull away from what I'm doing because I'm afraid I'll miss someting better."
"I'm too busy, but when I do find time I can't remember what I wanted to do."
"I'll never be an expert in anything. I feel like I'm always in a survey class."
If you ever said these things to yourself, chances are you're a scanner- a very special type of thinker. Instead of being wired to only one interest, you're attracted to many others. Because of your diversed interests, you might have be called indecisive, or even been taught that you're doing something wrong and that you must try to change. But you've been misdiagnosed. You're a different creature altogether.
What you've assumed is a disability to be overcome by sheer will is actually an exceptional gift. You are the owner of a remarkable, multitalented brain trying to do its work in a world that doesn't understand who you are and doesn't know why you behave as you do.
Extracted from 'Refuse to Choose- By Barbara Sher"
You should break the norm. You need to break the norm. You must break the norm.
