Useless

Matt-Page said:
Harsh, and unhelpful. Your a Help desk monkey, your hardly Einstein.
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I may not be Einstein but I know the difference between your and you're...

I've been a project manager, trainer, account manager, shelf stacker, baker, pot scrubber and painter. I've travelled and seen sights that most could only dream of

I'm happy with my life and I want for nothing. I have no time or tolerance for those who whinge and complain but who do not have the cojones to do something about it.

*n
 
penski said:
I may not be Einstein but I know the difference between your and you're...

I've been a project manager, trainer, account manager, shelf stacker, baker, pot scrubber and painter. I've travelled and seen sights that most could only dream of

I'm happy with my life and I want for nothing. I have no time or tolerance for those who whinge and complain but who do not have the cojones to do something about it.

*n
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So have i, and some. Still i don't see the need to knock people down when they are already there. I doubt you would last long as a project manager or account manager if you spoke to customers/colleagues like like that. When you were training, did you label people as thick?
 
twistedfaith said:
I have never thought to myself I'm useless tho - I go into a task or whatever with a positive attitude, plan everything out, research things I'm not so sure about...yet everything seems to go wrong anyway and I never seem to learn anything from it. Its like I don't have the capacity to remember anything at all - I mean for exampple every morning since I started my job (going on three months now) i have to send out some excel reports to several people within the company (we're talking like 4-6 people) - to this day I cannont remember which people I send things to and I have to look at the list I drew up. This can't be normal can it? When I tell anyone about it they say I'm making excuses and being lazy...but thats so far from the truth...I just want to be able to do my job properly and I can't because I can't learn anything and I can't remember things.
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In many ways, I'm very similar to you in what you've just said. In fact, when I was younger I was terrible at remembering things. As I've got older my memory has improved considerably. I also have real problems remembering peoples names, in fact I worked with people in a small office for over a year and I still didn't remember their names!

My brain just works differently I think.. I hope.. That or there's a part missing. I am a load better these days but I can't follow a thread and remember on here who has said what, I don't even register who has written what. The only people I remember are that guy with the "cos i'm black" in his sig, made a name for himself. I also remember helmutcheese, gordyR, missy, stickroad and errr... Is it Gibbo or something, the owner I think he is? I've been on these boards years too. :o

So in closing, I think you just need to work at it and find what your strengths are and work at them but at the same time work on your weaknesses too but don't get stuck on them.

EDIT: How old are you?
 
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Sucks to be you, I've always been pretty good at everything.

Joking aside, it sounds like you're lacking confidence/self esteem.
 
Why not make an appointment to speak to you GP about your problems with memory? It can't hurt - it's what they're there for.

If your GP think's your fine medically try some brain exercises (google it, lots of hits, don't pay for anything there's plenty for free - just doing the crossword in the paper is a start).
 
Maybe you should have a word with your GP or ask to be referred to a councellor. It's true that diet, lack of sleep and lack of self esteem can bring you down big time - ask any new parent. I have exhibited all these signs when my children were young and thought I was going out of my mind, but it does get better with time. You really need to talk to someone about it. Not us on this interweb thingy, but a professional.

Take advice from yermum, youknow it makes sense.
 
Matt-Page said:
So have i, and some. Still i don't see the need to knock people down when they are already there. I doubt you would last long as a project manager or account manager if you spoke to customers/colleagues like like that. When you were training, did you label people as thick?
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Both the AM and PM (weird, that...never noticed that before...) jobs were 12 month contracts and I 'lasted' just fine, thanks. I am always completely honest and open with everyone. The truth is an absolute defense. Having worked and contracted in a few different areas has helped me too; few customers expected their Cisco AM to actually be able to config the kit too.

I never had to train thick people so it never came up. However, if someone wasn't correct for the training, I would persevere with them for as long as possible but some people just can't understand some things and they should just move on.

Some people are just thick. It's not a bad thing; they're just thick. Trying to pad it out with BS like "You may have ADD" is giving them false hope.

There are things I can't do; I really struggle with intense programming, I can't grasp a lot of engineering concepts, and higher maths was never my fortè. The solution? Accept that I can't do them and move on; it doesn't matter because my skills lie elsewhere.

*n
 
Telescopi said:
Why not make an appointment to speak to you GP about your problems with memory? It can't hurt - it's what they're there for.

If your GP think's your fine medically try some brain exercises (google it, lots of hits, don't pay for anything there's plenty for free - just doing the crossword in the paper is a start).
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Aye, just doing things that seem trivial can help with the brain.

I haven't read a book cover-to-cover for about 4-5 years because I am a slow reader.
Recently I had nothing to do and picked up a book I had laying around, and read it in a day. I'm now reading 500page books in a couple of days.
Even over a couple of weeks I've improved my reading ability, which is also seeming to improve my memory a bit.

Give your brain something to do, crosswords, books etc. get it active and it'll be able to work on all the bits you need not just running on tickover and getting you by.

InvG
 
i'd speak to your doctor about it, but before that, buy yourself a new matress, new socks and new boxers/undies, being comfortable 24/7 makes you feel a whole lot better :)

chin up mate, like others have said, you'll find something that you're good at doing & enjoy
 
Go talk to someone. A spot of counseling might do you the world of good. I had counseling every week for a year and it did me the world of good just because I was able to let everything just spill out and clear my mind. I doubted wether or not it would help at first but I can honestly say it has changed my life for the better and I now have a very positive out look on life.
 
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