The kid who took apart the remote got in trouble. Years later, the same habit got them hired.

The impulse to find out how something works does not always fit the room it shows up in, so it gets corrected as a nuisance long before anyone calls it an aptitude. The behavior did not change. What changed was the context, which eventually became one where taking things apart is the job. Plenty of useful traits look like problems at the wrong age.

Notice which of your habits keep getting you into mild trouble and ask what they would be good for elsewhere. Then go find the place where that version is wanted. You may not need to be a different person so much as a differently placed one.