What to choose, if you have many favorite Affairs

Scanners and divers: who is who?

Back in 1994 the famous Life-coach Barbara Sher (Barbara Sher) came up with this division: scanners and divers. She noticed that some people - divers - choose a life is one thing, and they can safely go for many years. They seem to dive into the depths of this activity and very comfortable feel.

Scanners, on the contrary, constantly scan the world and can not stop on something one. They are both interested in the development of IT-platforms, Gaudi architecture, study the history of salsa, political Honduras device, biographies of poets of the Silver Age, to organize a retreat tours and themed parties, as well as to write book to blog and analyze large amounts of data.

Scanner world as a huge kaleidoscope that can be endlessly twist in your hands and always see different patterns. If you tell them that you need to choose just one thing, and to explore the rest of his life, it will make them unhappy. The idea that you need to focus on something only leads them into a panic.

Of course, the modern world is ruled by divers, who often speak scanners:

It's time to stop and decide! Your peers are already managed by large companies, but what made you? How long can you ride from one enthusiasm to another? And all life will pass. In my opinion, you're just lazy and irresponsible.

Scanners used to call windy, infantile - in a word, without a king in his head.

scanner panic

Barbara Sher says that, in 1994 when she mentioned scanner in his best-selling book "Dream on"Tens of thousands of letters began to come to her. She thanked for relief: "I thought all his life that some not. I would like my peers, to the 30 years already have a name and an expert status in some area. But I am constantly shakes from one case to another. Now I know that I'm a scanner. But what to do next. "

And then Barbara has written a separate book for scanners "I refuse to choose", Which describes 50 types of occupations and 40 life-device models for scanners.

I'm sure to be a scanner - this is a rare and wonderful gift. Gave life to these people, to whom am I, a special ability to see the world, which should be used.

Barbara Sher

great scanners

The study began with the question of scanners Barbara about how Benjamin Franklin, Mikhail Lomonosov, Thomas Jefferson, Aristotle, Goethe, Leonardo da Vinci was able to become successful in several areas?

And she realized that none of them had never had complexes about what you need to choose one thing.

Mikhail Lomonosov was both a physicist, a chemist, poet, astronomer, geographer, artists, historians, metallurgy, instrument, geologist. He laid the foundations of the science of glass, studied the atmosphere of Venus, developed a project of the Moscow University, the stylistic system of the Russian language and in parallel with this prototype of the helicopter, molecular-kinetic theory of heat, opened a workshop for a set of mosaic pictures, was a professor of chemistry, State Councilor, in charge of developing the geographical satin. In short, he was a prominent representative of "universal man."

Benjamin Franklin - yes, the one whose face looks at us with a 100-dollar bill - was a diplomat, scholar, writer, journalist. He was also the leader of the war for the independence of the United States, and in parallel invented the rocking chair, bifocal glasses and wrote poetry.

Have you seen the diary Leonardo da Vinci? On its pages you can find both a philosophical notes, sketches and inventions, paintings, some scientific research.

After studying all this, Barbara gives paradoxical, but most sincere recommendation:

My advice for this scanner. Start small. Start immediately. Start all at once. Do not worry if you finish anything started from.

Barbara Sher

Models professions for scanners

The scanner does not necessarily make compromises to get the life what they want. To do this, use some skanerskie tools and choose the correct "model of life device."

So, what types of jobs are suitable for the scanner?

Assistant Director General / Chief Editor / president

Remember the movie "The Devil Wears Prada», where the heroine Anne Hathaway plays the assistant chief editor. Every day she pours a huge number of different tasks. For many types of scanners, such work would be ideal because it would not give them "wither" and always allowed to solve various tasks, such as today need find has not yet published the manuscript of the novel, tomorrow - to organize a charity party the day after tomorrow - to order a buffet of organic products for the delegation of Nepal.

Work in consulting

Imagine a person who is engaged in business consulting. In fact, this person is to penetrate into the company for a short time, finds out her problem areas, analyzes and adjusts processes.

Today, he advises oil company on how to properly motivate staff, a month later - trying to figure out why sales have fallen in the shoe store, and so on. It is also an ideal option for the scanner.

Seasonal work

Another good piece of advice for those who can not choose one thing and wants, for example, to travel - to pick up the work seasonally. For example, in the spring and summer months, you can engage in landscape design, and in the fall and winter to leave in a warm country and sew it bags from crocodile skin. Why not?

Work in Journalism

Another good move - it is work in the field of journalism. For example, in the production company, which is engaged in filming television projects. Many television journalists - typical scanners that every day try on different profession or do different programs.

Event-sphere

And, of course, no time to miss for those who like to organize a variety of events, from large events to academic seminars. The organizers of the event for each day perform a variety of tasks: the search space, the study of the product promotion channels, tuning online broadcast, meeting with customers and partners, the organization of a photo shoot for speakers, coordination with menu catering company and so Further.

In short, if you have a scanner, do not try to bend under the diver changeable world. Better to let it sag under you. :)

Based on the book by Barbara Sher "I refuse to choose»

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