Linchpin. Mensan. Scanner.
Taglines say a lot about who you are! Here’s a little information about mine…
Linchpin
I’m someone who doesn’t like job specs, isn’t going to sit there and follow a manual on how to do the task at hand, in all honesty that bores me!
If I see something that needs completing to help me do my job I’ll do it, I’ll find new ways to do it more efficiently, quicker, and for the benefits of whatever project I’m working on.
I thrive on challenges, always looking for the next one which will improve my skills and abilities. If given an objective I’ll find my own way there, I’ll create the path without needing my hand held all the way to the end.
I do things as gifts to others, always there when needed, that small bit of input, few lines of code or out of the box thinking, I’ve always got the time. It helps me create connections, to be a key part of any system or project.
I’m not just a replaceable cog that you could hire any monkey to do…I’m a linchpin!
For more information on life as a linchpin I suggest you read the insightful book: Linchpin by Seth Godin.
Mensan
A childhood dream, always wondering whether I was good enough to join that elite 98 percentile. It’s given me hope that whatever I put my mind to I can achieve, it’s set me rolling down that hill looking for challenges to knock down in life. From the moment I became a member of Mensa I knew nothing was going to be the same again and I look forward to the next challenge in life!
Scanner
Always knowing since I was young that I enjoyed too many things to just pick one which I’d do for the rest of my life.
I enjoyed the challenge of trying new things, learning everything I can and implementing it. Recently I found out that there’s a name for this personality type, a Scanner, or what I prefer, A Renaissance Man.
Originally I thought this would be an issue in my life, something I should hide from others in case I couldn’t get a job or career I wanted, although finding out that Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson, Leonardo da Vinci and many more historical figures were also renaissance men just makes me excited that I’m one too!
It allow me to think from different perspectives, be enthusiastic about new experiences & challenges in life. Just because I don’t want to stick with one subject doesn’t mean I’m not good in a normal career, most companies don’t know how to handle a scanner, they don’t realise, especially with my other talents (above), how best to use my abilities, they stifle people like me into doing a standard job spec which will only hold back my creativity, kill my motivation & force me to find more exciting things to do to push myself. The moment companies realise a scanner potential they have a new weapon in their arsenal for any project!
For more information on the Scanner personality you can read the following interesting articles:
http://talentdevelop.com/articles/AYAS.html
http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/857/1/Turning-Too-Many-Interests-Into-A-Great-Life/Page1.html