On (Possibly) Being a Scanner
Funny how things work. I start rolling out multiple blogs on topics that interest me because the thought of doing just one makes me queasy. I visit the library to return a whack of Christmas holiday reading and detour through the stacks for a browse and find a book.
According to Barbara Sher, author of Refuse to Choose, some of us are “genetically wired to be interested in many things.”
Check.
“Because your behavior is unfamiliar-even unsettling-to the people around you, you’ve been taught that you’re doing something wrong and you must try to change.”
Check.
Here’s my favorite parts. “What you’ve assumed is a disability (check) to be overcome by sheer will (check) is actually an exceptional gift (cool).” And, “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.”
Now, I can’t be the judge of remarkableness as I’m too close to the situation. That’s a fairly subjective thing, deciding what’s remarkable. My friends are less diplomatic. I’ve heard, “You’re weird!” often enough to be partly convinced. But again, in comparison to what?
I’m guessing a lot of blogger types are people that may fit the profile. Expect further reports as I dig into the book. Does she have scientific evidence and more than a collection of anecdotes or is this a great idea for selling a book?