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arabello · 2022-12-28 · Original thread
I find myself in this description since forever, but I still can't figure out how to really take advantage of it: it's not always possible to behave like this in your daily job and in your personal life you typically spend a lot of mental energy to understand what to do instead of doing. I fear to end up with a lot of skills and potential unused.

It also reminds me of the Scanner people introduced by Barbara Sher in her book https://www.amazon.com/Refuse-Choose-Interests-Passions-Hobb...

oliwary · 2022-05-19 · Original thread
This is exactly me. It is like I get bored as soon as I realize that I could do something, and move on to the next thing.

The book "Refuse to choose" was really enlightening to me, it talks about "scanners", people that have this attribute. I felt very seen and it taught me that this style of working can be an incredible strength.

https://www.amazon.ca/Refuse-Choose-Interests-Passions-Hobbi...

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