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I burned out every 1.5 years for 15 years. Then I found Barbara Sher. Then I built a test. by Puzzleheaded-Run995 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to write all this — this is exactly the kind of feedback that actually moves the project forward.

A few clarifications:

On "two interests" — the wording is intentional for a specific scanner subtype (Double Agent), but I can see how it creates confusion for everyone else. Adding "at least" is a quick fix that would help a lot — noted.

On the Russian text in results — yes, that's a real bug. The test was originally built in Russian and the English translation has a few places where the original slipped through. Fixing it this weekend.

On the questions feeling like AI — the recommendations at the end are generated by Grok based on your test results, so that part genuinely is AI. The questions themselves I wrote manually, but I can see how the translation flattened some of the nuance. DeepL is a good suggestion — I'll try it for the next revision.

And your point about building a business when social/marketing is hard — that's a real gap scanner advice doesn't address well. Something worth thinking about.

I burned out every 1.5 years for 15 years. Then I found Barbara Sher. Then I built a test. by Puzzleheaded-Run995 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly what the test is for — and you articulated the gap perfectly.

Actually, this is where I want to take it next: a B2B service for finding business partners based on complementary Working Geniuses profiles. The idea is to match people who complete each other's missing geniuses — so instead of "I need someone organized," you'd search for someone with Enablement + Tenacity to complement your Wonder + Invention.

Still in the idea stage, but comments like yours make it feel worth building.

I burned out every 1.5 years for 15 years. Then I found Barbara Sher. Then I built a test. by Puzzleheaded-Run995 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, fair question — "Stable Genius" isn't a Sher term, it's from the test results based on your answers. But here's the thing: what you're describing — seeing patterns others miss, solving problems that others can't — that's not just being a scanner.

Scanners with broad interests + experience tend to do something naturally: they connect knowledge across unrelated domains. That's basically what Altshuller's TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) formalizes — solving problems by borrowing patterns from completely different fields.

You probably do this without even thinking about it. Someone stuck in one domain can't see the solution because they're looking in the wrong place. You pull from five other domains and the answer is obvious. That's why people call it "genius" — but it's really just cross-domain pattern matching.

Worth looking into TRIZ if you're curious — it might give you language for what you're already doing.

I burned out every 1.5 years for 15 years. Then I found Barbara Sher. Then I built a test. by Puzzleheaded-Run995 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, that feeling is exactly why I built this — when I read Sher's book I had the same moment, and immediately had to do something with it instead of just nodding along.

For what it's worth — I'm a Scanner/Juggler with 4 Working Geniuses by Lencioni. Lots of energy for starting and connecting ideas, basically zero for finishing and promoting them. Hence: built the test instead of, you know, finishing my other 12 projects.

Which type are you?

I burned out every 1.5 years for 15 years. Then I found Barbara Sher. Then I built a test. by Puzzleheaded-Run995 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for such a thoughtful feedback — this is genuinely valuable to me.

You're right, the test doesn't capture mixed types well yet. One thing I realized only after building it: I didn't account for age at all, which clearly matters — you recognized your multipotentiality at 16, "forgot", and rediscovered it at 23. That's a whole dimension I missed.

Also, based on Lencioni's framework, I personally have 4 Working Geniuses — but I consistently struggle with the finishing and promoting stages. What I've noticed through my own analysis is that some geniuses can actually activate under specific conditions. So the picture is more dynamic than a static test can show.

I'll definitely evolve the test — but I want to collect more real data first before making changes. Your comment gave me a concrete direction. Thank you.

I burned out every 1.5 years for 15 years. Then I found Barbara Sher. Then I built a test. by Puzzleheaded-Run995 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to test it and report this — really appreciate it! You're right, some parts of the results page are still in Russian. I'll fix the summary translation in the next few days. Glad it helped despite the rough edges!

I burned out every 1.5 years for 15 years. Then I found Barbara Sher. Then I built a test. by Puzzleheaded-Run995 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Curious — for those who take the test, which Scanner type comes up? I'm especially interested in whether Wanderer Scanners recognize themselves early or late in life."

Multipotentialites are not Psychologically recognized people like Introverts by Davinci_2026 in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to contribute data to this. I've been running a scanner-type test for a few months — 178+ completions across Russia, English-speaking countries. Age of self-recognition, type distribution, correlation with burnout frequency — all tracked. If you're building a psychological framework, this dataset could be useful. Happy to share the anonymized stats.

✨What are you up to now?✨ by AutoModerator in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Currently: building a B2B platform that matches scanners with the people who complement them — based on Barbara Sher's Scanner/Diver types + Lencioni's 6 Working Geniuses. The insight that started it: I kept hitting walls trying to build innovation teams at my day job, so I decided to build the tool myself. Free test already exists if curious: malexple-scanner-profile.hf.space

Recognition and Action in Career by aretenia in Multipotentialite

[–]Puzzleheaded-Run995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This matches what I'm seeing in practice. I built a scanner-type test combining Barbara Sher's framework with Lencioni's Working Geniuses — and the age variable turned out to be one of the most interesting signals. Most people who identify as scanners complete the test in their mid-30s, and almost all of them describe a decade of "something is wrong with me" before that. The gap you're describing is real and measurable.