Hiding talents or smarts

I am more like you. If I know something or has talents I usually am not the first one to raise my hands or show my talent. Maybe this has something to do with my shyness. I normally don't wanna be the center of attraction and that's one of the reason I choose to sit rather than present myself. If someone needs my help or I feel needs my help, I try to see first whether they wanted help from me. There were times when I help I wasn't given the credit. It's just fine with me but telling others she's the one who had the original idea is something I feel really offended and wished I had never shared that knowledge to them.

I am like you I like to help the others sharing my knowledges because maybe they can learn and change to avoid difficult situations in the future,I know that learning imply change when we learn and if we learn our attitude and behavior change, when we learn we are different a person.Sorry I got inspired writing about this.

This is something that I've never been able to do because I grew up in a family where we were supposed to shine at the things that we were good at and our parents would help us through the things were we were prone to struggle. As an adult, this hasn't always been a good thing because I am smarter than many of my friends and I can sing better than my friends and when I outsing them or correct them on something it does make them feel bad.

I think that there are times where I think that I tend to downplay a lot of things. There are just some people out there who are slightly sensitive about people who are a bit too smart. Of course, there are times where I might be considered smart in someways, and not exactly all that smart in other ways. That is really another thing for another time. Still there are times where I downplay a lot of what I do and what I am capable of. Plus, there are times where I don't really want others to think that I am showing off. Or that I am not as good as I think that I am. There are just times where I am going to downplay a lot of what I do. That is just going to be the way that it is more often than not. Where I am going to really going to shield a lot of my talents. I think that there are times where you need to downplay yourself but true talent and intelligence does shine after a while despite our best efforts.

hi nat! it actually feels good when we humble ourselves. if i were also in that situation i would hide my talent. actually i am not the vulgar type also i would just sit in one corner of the class and sit quietly. that is also because i am the shy type. i do not want to be the center of attraction just like elenym. sometimes it's my close friends who would recommend me to my teachers. there's nothing wrong with that because still you have imparted what you have known. best teacher!

Yeah like you, I also don't like to be the first one to raise the hand during discussions. Whenever I know something, I try to teach the other person what I know. I also don't like to be a know it all. But I do enjoy teaching other people what I know. I enjoy sharing with them my ideas.

Under such situation, I probably prefer to hide my talent instead of show it off and make my friends feeling bad. I just don't want them to think that I am showing off and intentionally give them hard feeling. I would rather keep it myself on my own. Just like you.

I at first was like that because I didn't want others to start titling as "the smart one." But, later on I started just letting my talents rise and showing others that I am really smart and I take pride in my school work. I think that you need to work on that, don't be afraid to let others know that you're good at something.

if i were in that condition,it depend on what i need, if the people around me are not recognize about my talents, i will show what they want to show my existance. but if there are some people that have a capability to solve the problem, i will hide my talent, i will use my talent when i do really need. i t will give me some advantage.