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Reply #15 - Feb 20th, 2021 at 7:45pm
 
Morphy wrote on Feb 20th, 2021 at 9:43am:
The hardest thing Ive found about the whole thing is swallowing your own pride and never revealing this stuff to anyone. Or else then you lose much of your advantage.

True. It's the "YES, they're underestimating me, that could be a vital advantage... dammit I'm tired people thinking I'm incapable"
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"Facts stand wholly outside our gates; they are what they are, and no more;they know nothing about themselves and they pass no judgement upon themselves. What is it, then, that pronounces the judgement? Our own guide and ruler, Reason."
 
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Reply #16 - Feb 20th, 2021 at 8:06pm
 
perpetualstudent wrote on Feb 20th, 2021 at 7:45pm:
Morphy wrote on Feb 20th, 2021 at 9:43am:
The hardest thing Ive found about the whole thing is swallowing your own pride and never revealing this stuff to anyone. Or else then you lose much of your advantage.

True. It's the "YES, they're underestimating me, that could be a vital advantage... dammit I'm tired people thinking I'm incapable"


A very fine line actually. Im not a stupid person PS. No where near your level but im not dumb. Its a balancing act between being me and being the person they need to see. But its fun.
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Reply #17 - Feb 21st, 2021 at 9:37am
 
It is a balancing act for sure.  Whether you're using it to opt out of politics, avoid hustling, avoid stupid fights, I think it always chafes a bit. There's a reason we have Ulysses yelling at the Cyclops "Ulysses did this to you!" when he otherwise would have gotten away clean. The voice of ego is strong.

Looking at it as "what this person needs to see" is a good way of thinking of it.
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Re: Unexpected skills
Reply #18 - Mar 1st, 2021 at 8:58pm
 
My grandchildren have no problem lowering themselves to my level  🦄
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