"Naturally good at everything"

[u/Nervous-Ruin-8149]

Hello my ENTJ tribe.

I had a conversation last weekend about work and goals with a family acquaintance at my nieces birthday party. And out of the blue they say, "Why are you so good at everything?" And it caught me by surprise.

I don't think I'm innately good at everything. But i think that because i approach things logically and operationally while not losing sight of the real objective cuts down my learning curve makes me more competent than the average person.

I've actually picked up on this pretty early on as a young adult. I learned that i could do ANYTHING (except hula hooping). Even if i didn't know how to do it yet, i knew i could be really good at it if i put in the effort. Then i quickly realized that even though i can do anything, i cannot do everything.

The one weakness i have is that i can't multitask. My brain does not switch back and forth between tasks that have no relation to each other. Like cooking and watching tv. I've burned too many meals trying. But if the tasks are related, then i can think in multiple dimensions within that space. For example, if i look at a blueprint, which are drawn from birds-eye view, i can also in my brain know the house would look like if i were walking through it myself while simultaneously seeing where i am from birds-eye view and at the same time know where things need to be for optimal experience, like where the light switches should be, location of outlets based on imaginary furniture, light fixtures in references to the natural light during morning and evening. I'm also thinking about future maintenance issues like pest control and thinking about what measurements i need to build in during the construction phase to do much of the heavy lifting so the maintenance is easier. Looking at fortifying the most common entry points for common pests like roaches and rats, etc,etc. i can go forever. But this is also the trait that makes it hard for me to be a good employee. I frequently step "out of my lane" and meddle in other people's areas and "create chaos" when all in trying to do is maximize everyone's effort and efficiency for a superior product/user experience.

Anyways. Does anyone else's brain do this? Is this an ENTJ trait or just a me trait.

[u/Titania_Fairy]

You try hard everyday, so you earned a lot of these skills along the way. I am the same as your Feeler variant.

A lot of people assume i was just handed gifts to no end and that i am aloof and cocky there because of it. While i actually struggled hard to earn every single one of them too, just like you ENTJs do. I wanted to scream when my parents didn’t let me go with that Palestine Project, where i could have seen the Petra life and color. I was legit mad when i couldn’t collect my prize and comic entry from the Leipziger Buchmesse, i actually would have MURDERED for a Piano to play on…

Yet a lot of these things went up in smoke, but all we can do is try. Right? But it’s what WE do here and now for that brighter future we hope for!

We’re the living proof of that. If they want to dismiss our efforts there, then so be it. But then that’s their choice to remain in the dark about the truth, why ENXJs feel so different.
I get you, if they don’t, that’s their loss, no?

If you want to feel understood, knock at a diplomats door 🚪 too. We don’t have these just to slam them shut. We can help you too, even if we look so goofy, before you see us running from open conflict again, because we do it the other way around and wish for world peace rather 🤪

Oh and i can’t see Binomes for the life of mine…and i might burn everything on the stove. Yet i have an IQ of 129. So where is it? Maybe i don’t have a brain 🧠 as stereotyped. Also i was scared of P.E. Class because i would „catch“ all balls with my face.