What if it’s not just you?

Long ago, in a galaxy far away - my ad agency days - I had a theory. I called it “high metabolism working.” The work I could get done in a 2 hours was work others would take 8 hours to do.

This wasn’t just a matter of experience. It was just something I kind of knew.

It was also how I learned. There were concepts I could quickly understand that people at my same level and experience would take longer to understand.

And yes, I felt like an a**hole even thinking that.

At the same time there was another theme that showed up in my career. I’d start a new job, go through the learning curve, and then get bored. I’d ask to take on something new, and when it didn’t happen, I’d start looking for a new job. More often than not, I’d take a job that gave me a new skill or industry to learn. E.g. After I spent my first couple of agency jobs using syndicated and qualitative research, I decided to go for a job focusing on quantitative research. ‘Course part of the reason I left was because if I was going to be treated like just a research monkey, I may as well work for a research company. I didn’t say I wasn’t petty about some of this 😉

When I acknowledged both of these themes, and accepted that was who I was, I learned to think of this as a strength vs a weakness. It was how I evaluated future jobs - was there room for a lot of growth? Was there a new skill or focus for me to learn?

Until recently, I thought this was just a me thing.

I was chatting with a friend, also an entrepreneur, and mentioned my “high-metabolism” theory, and my history of getting bored and leaving jobs. She told me she was the same way, and she thought it was just her who was like that. Knowing she wasn’t the only one, made her feel so much better. It validated how she felt, and like me, she started to see those themes as a positive instead of a negative.

Now, I can tell you that part of this is probably due to our specific Human Design - but I embraced these things long before I knew about HD. Personal development transformation can happen any time we reframe something about ourselves into a positive…instead of feeling like there’s something wrong with us, or it’s something we only do.

So tell me, is there something that you think you just do?