If you were to take a snap shot of your life right now, would the picture show you doing something you truly love? Are you following a path that inspires you? It took me many years to realise that just because I could do something, it didn’t mean I should do something. I first had to learn how to tune into my inner why. I used to think that being unemployable was a curse, something to be ashamed of. I envied girls who seemed to be able to slot into any job with ease. I’ve realized since that I was never meant to work in a regular job.

Highlights
* Many people see work as functional, a necessity and a chore, but what if you could view work differently?
* It can take a long time to have that ‘aha’ moment, that moment when you realise your life’s purpose was staring you in the face the whole time.
* In school I was never very good at following rules. I didn’t consider myself to be a rebellious child, just a misunderstood one.
* At the age of nine, I started my own business making bookmarks and toys out of scrap felt. What started out as a few cents here and there, quickly became a thriving enterprise that saw profits of up to $20 a week.
* As I grew older, I forgot the joy that came with making something new and lost my entrepreneurial spirit. The outer world took over and I started to follow the same path as everyone else.
* As a teenager, following the corporate mandate to put on a smile every day and serve highly processed food just didn’t inspire me.
* I had a string of jobs ranging from being a silver service waitress at a five star restaurant, to working as an executive at a large international corporation. I was hired and fired, quit some jobs and sabotaged others.
* I was bullied, harassed and labelled emotionally immature, self-centred and unemployable
* Some have said that my inability to conform was partly because I was labelled as having ADHD or being ‘a bit Aspie’.
* I actually prefer the term AHAIG = Accelerated, Hyper-Aware, and Incredibly Gifted.
* As someone who is naturally pretty hyper, I was born with great capabilities; however most employers and teachers saw those capabilities as distractions, faux pas and fundamental flaws.
* I used to think that being unemployable was a curse, something to be ashamed of.
* I simply did not fit into a corporate world where you had to do your time and work your way up the corporate ladder.
* After years of trying and failing to fit in, I quit trying to be employable and started working as a freelance marketing consultant.
* I had no idea that this way of working and collaborating (Freelancing) would become the norm for a lot of people, not just misfits like me.

Mentions: Faster than Normal podcast with Peter Shankman and Unemployable podcast with Brian Clark.

Show notes: http://yourbrilliantuncareer.com/ybuc46-your-brilliant-un-career-snippet-on-being-unemployable/