Some of us are trying to be someone we aren’t because we think that is who we are supposed to be. If your younger, maybe your parents have an idea of what they want you to do to be successful – like go to college and become a doctor. Their heart might be in the right place, but maybe that isn’t who you are or what you want to do.
When I was in high school, I worked multiple jobs. I was always looking for ways to make money and save it for the future. I had no idea what I was going to do, but I wanted to be in a good place financially whenever I figured that part out.
One of the jobs I took, for a very short period of time, was a telemarketer. We were selling magazine subscriptions to support different charity organizations. As far as the kind of work it was in telemarketing, it wasn’t the worst thing to be selling. But I had a hard time pushing people when they said no. My supervisor was constantly coaching me on ways to push back when the person on the other end of the line declined the subscription. Some ways I was instructed to handle objections from a prospect just felt manipulative
The truth is, I hated pressuring people.
A person in a situation unsuited to their abilities or character.
Also, round peg in a square hole. A misfit, especially a person unsuited for a position or activity. For example, Ruth doesn’t have the finesse for this job; she’s a round peg in a square hole. This idiom, with its graphic image of something that cannot fit, dates from about 1800.
Know you limits and what you really want.
Why are you trying to be something you don’t want to be?
