Re: High IQ and you can't market or sell a product or youself

[Anonymous]

High IQ here, always tested well etc. Managed to get good grades despite the difficulty I had in incomplete homework or not turning it in (or last minute doing it before class.) I can land the jobs based on, how I look, my resume (independent projects etc), and my personality (enthusiasm/passion for the job), it’s the staying that was always a problem. I can get in and even get promoted (even when I don’t want to be but someone has to do the job), but when I get bored or restless, it’s very difficult to want to stay and fight through it. I’ve walked out of jobs before where people liked me and really liked what I did for the company. I just couldn’t face the bureaucracy, red tape, or stifling lack of creative outlet more often than not.

I’ve learned I can “play the part” though and pretend to be enthusiastic or interested in a project, and I work well on a team as long as I’m left to do what I need to do. I can even lead, if I have people to help carry the load.

I think I struggle with the thought that I can do so very much more (I KNOW it), but at the same time, can’t get it all put together to make it happen. That’s where my self-esteem takes the hit. I find myself recalling, “but remember when you got that award in high school?” Then I think, yeah, 20 years ago and it wasn’t even my best work. It’s what I had on hand because I forgot we needed to turn something in that day. “Yeah, but there was that other competition too!” Yeah, awesome.. also high school. “Ok. How about those books you co-authored?” “Uh, that was over 7 years ago and I still haven’t finished the novel I started writing over 10 years ago.”

Thankfully, when I do that, my husband gets angry and tells me to knock it off and starts telling me about my current accomplishments (as he sees them.)

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