Feel like you can't get anything done? Just don't have the get-up and go? Wonder why you can't get anything accomplished.?
My advice is to work hard to do things you don't like.
techniques
Stereotype-Fu: Find the Positive
So when confronted with people stereotyping you on the job there are many ways to turn it to your advantage. This is a necessary strategy to learn as:
A) People will use stereotypes – often with no malice.
B) You're a geek, fanboy, fangirl, otaku, tech-head, game fanatic, etc. As of this writing people like us do get stereotyped.
One method you may use, when you realize an interviewer, client, or co-worker is accidentally stereotyping you is to dive straight into the stereotype – and find the positive in it.
Stereotype-Fu: A sense of humor
Continuing my series on Stereotype-fu, let's take a look at another way to deal with stereotypes in the job and career.
I should note that I'm talking about the more innocent (or stupid) ones – not the nasty, negative stereotypes that we all know a bit to well – those that judge people by ethnicity, or gender, region of borth etc. Those are areas outside the scope of what I'm discussing.
So when you're afraid you're being affected by stereotypes in your workplace, on an interview, etc. another tool is a sense of humor.