Ever feel like you’re just bad at this whole business thing? Like everyone else is out here color-coding their Trello boards, setting aside money for quarterly taxes with monk-like discipline, and happily dancing on Instagram Reels, while you’re… not? For years, I told myself I just didn’t have the discipline. Maybe I wasn’t meant to run a business at all.
Then I stumbled across something called Human Design. Imagine astrology, personality quizzes, and modern science all mashed into one tool that creates an “energetic blueprint” of how you operate best. Gene Keys is a similar system that goes deeper into how your gifts unfold over time. Whether you believe in it or not, the whole point is to give you a new lens for seeing yourself.
When I pulled my chart for the first time, it was like reading a 250-page manual about me.
For example, one part of my Human Design profile labeled me as a “martyr.” FIRST OFF, excuse me? RUDE. But once I dug into it, I realized it actually meant my path is about learning by trial and error. I’m supposed to try new things, fail sometimes, and keep experimenting. That’s not a weakness, it’s literally how I’m wired. Suddenly, all those pivots I’d been side-eyeing in my own business looked less like “failure” and more like proof I was on the right track.
I also learned I’m a “Generator,” which means I create energy when I’m doing what lights me up, and feel completely drained when I’m forcing myself to do what doesn’t. Which explains why I feel like a husk of a human when I’m trying to grind out a task that doesn’t align with me. Turns out I wasn’t lazy, I was just listening to my own wiring.
Maybe you don’t buy into any of this woo. That’s fine. The takeaway here is universal: what if the things you think make you “bad” at business are actually your greatest edge? What if the story you’re telling yourself- that you’re undisciplined, scattered, not consistent enough- isn’t true? What if you’re just operating differently?
Maybe you don’t believe in any of this, and that’s fine. The point is not whether the systems are true, but that they gave me permission to see myself differently. They helped me stop treating my quirks as flaws and start viewing them as part of my design. That shift alone made me a better entrepreneur, because I could finally build a business that worked with me instead of against me.
3 things to try if you feel like your quirks are holding you back:
- Question the story you’re telling yourself. Instead of saying “I’m bad at this,” try asking “What if I just operate differently?”
- Look for the upside in your patterns. Maybe your constant experimenting is really adaptability. Maybe your tendency to overthink is actually thoroughness.
- Give yourself permission. Build your business in a way that celebrates your quirks instead of trying to erase them.
Your so-called weaknesses may actually be the very things that make you stand out.
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