I'm glad I found your channel doc, I always felt like I needed to down myself a bit in this situation I even developed a skill to know what part of myself to expose and to whom! For example, I'm good with people it's like I can blend in different groups and when I feel the need to defend other parts of myself I always start a sentence by saying "Well how they think of it on that side is..." and when they ask how I know all of this I go like "I've been there", this obviously scares some of the members but it usually invites more questions that I answer in short with the same strategy as well. Bouuyy! I do love enjoying new things and when I learn a specific domain I feel like tying all of the different variations of that domain, sticking to one thing all the time bores the hell out of me! It's like I'm trapped!
@AngelaCMeyers
5 ай бұрын
I'm glad you found this channel, too! Thanks for being here.
@Wakeupdeep29
Ай бұрын
This video nailed the problem that i had for several years , Where I knew many things about many things people took me as someone who just shows-off the talents . which creates insecurity into my seniors who has ego in them owing to that they target me in many situation where they felt little bit of arrogance in me where i am just trying to help them , even my family members don't seem to understand where i am showing different talent . it's get bit lonely where i had small number of kin and kith. but i have understood that i have variety of interests due to which i can join many communities and can interact with different group of people.
@AngelaCMeyers
Ай бұрын
@@Wakeupdeep29 It’s still worth being as excellent as you can be though. Keep learning and growing, even when others don’t or have jealousies or insecurities about your skills and knowledge. We can’t stay small just to please others.
@sickomantis
3 жыл бұрын
I've felt this way my entire work life, thank you soooo much
@christiehampton6761
2 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to find this video and I completely agree that you can't fully share with others what you do (they won't understand at all). I actually find non-polymath's to be extremely sad...most people spend there entire lives only knowing how to do just one thing (and they may not even have mastered this). Too many people have worked at the same job for over 20+ years and do the exact same thing day in and day out. But they always want to make fun of the poly math who enjoys study and continuing learning, while they spend most of their waking ours after work on the couch watching TV, a mindless steaming show or following rubbish on social media.
@Haloinfinite2342
Жыл бұрын
hah. thats wrong
@Santeza01
3 жыл бұрын
I really resonate with this.
@brendawilliams8062
2 ай бұрын
I had my daughter. I was fortunate.
@jacobfschaffer
Жыл бұрын
been really struggling with this, finding my natural abilities being the thing that holding me back? Wishing to break through to a more organized way of living, creating and connecting!
@LuneFlaneuse
2 жыл бұрын
Finally someone talking about it!!! 💝
@firsttlastt1750
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like I'm your first fan!
@midishh
2 жыл бұрын
yesss 🙌 to people thinking you're not able to commit
@HumanSystems
6 ай бұрын
Listen to Naval Ravikant on this subject
@DHT2023
2 жыл бұрын
Welp, this sounded like me . Self promoting , if expressing my many interest, and involvements in the many interest . Happy I landed on this channel . Great vid !
@DustinMillerPolyInnovator
4 жыл бұрын
2:50 Self Promotional.... then make a personal brand. It is all about you literally, and that isn't a bad thing. If your niche(s) help/entertain/educate others then it is okay to be self promoting. Then it gives you a chance to explain how they all fit into each other.
@thirzel
Жыл бұрын
Self-promotion is not easy if you grow up desiring to be normal, being envied for a believed "advantage" you have, etc. Thus, I understand that most polymath struggle with self-promotion. That is a psychological barrier caused by hurt feelings that must heal first. Another big issue is, that you would promote yourself in the way you see yourself - but you can be sure most other people will not understand you. So, you need to translate your way of "promotion", your language expression into the worldview of a non-polymath. This is really a big challenge. Bein polymath is not only about being genius. It is also having limitations, as anybody has his or her limitations. And understanding the mind of most other people is really not within our talents.
@thirzel
Жыл бұрын
The worst experience is not that they consider you flatty, but that they consider you "dangerous" when finding out that you do not only know many things, but know them in deep. 😞
@psibarpsi
3 жыл бұрын
Then there's this problem: You feel trapped because of people's undeserving hate for areas other than their own. Fox example, I feel like my 'friends' interested in Computer Science look down on Philosophy, and my 'friends' interested in Language look down on Mathematics.
@genkishooto
4 күн бұрын
It’s cognitive dissonance.
@BodyTrust
7 ай бұрын
"Polymath" is a condition, not a choice. I was raised to be a learning addict. Being normally the "smartest guy in the room" has made me abnormal in most situations. A freak. Even an object of scorn by some insecure male egos. But in the end, I'd rather be a polymath than not be one.
@AngelaCMeyers
5 ай бұрын
Being a polymath in the modern age is certainly fraught with challenges, but still worth the journey.
@midlife_crossroads
3 ай бұрын
@@AngelaCMeyers In my journey of learning the name for and nature of what I have always been, a polymath, I’ve begun to realize we might just be at a significant advantage, especially as creators.
@atlantic_love
Жыл бұрын
I'm 50 years old. I hope that some people here will have some advice or something they'd like to share with me. Lately I've been thinking A LOT about how I've not really spent much time doing either of my two loves (computer programming and oil painting). Last year I in my spare time I spent some of that time following along in a C++ programming book. But at some point I became bored and talked myself out of following along in the book with thoughts like "why am I wasting my time on an old language"? The year before that some of my spare time was spent doing some oil painting. I'm really into landscapes and still life studies, and even thought "I might be really good at doing portraits", but after some point I managed to fall away from oil painting :( Other interests that I have are the Latin and Greek languages (I don't really know any Latin, and only know a little about the Greek alphabet and some of its sounds), and carpentry. But carpentry I can't do because I live in an apartment and you can imagine the complaints from the noises of saws and hammers, lol. In short, I feel like I'm "running out of time". On my bookshelf are gobs and gobs of books on these disciplines. Admittedly I've become a hoarder of these books, and on occasion have fallen victim to the excuses of "if I just had THAT book, then I could ......". Well, I'm sure all can relate to this haha. How in the world do I manage my two favorite loves without feeling that I'm giving up the others? How do I do this with a full-time job? What led me to this video was the thought that I might just tell my husband "I want YIOU to tell ME what discipline I can work on today, tomorrow and next week", and then hope that he leaves me only to the vices that suit some XYZ interest. Surely I'm not alone in all of this? Sorry for the long-winded post, I'm not sure how to break this one up because it's basically this one conversation that goes around and around and around in my head.
@thirzel
Жыл бұрын
I am not sure if I understand your question and if your problem is really related to polymathy or to something else. But, I will make a few questions and perhaps they are helpful to answer yours. First, there is no contradiction between programming and the arts or carpentry. It is another issue, if you do not find the time, space or resources. All people struggle with that, not only polymaths. From my perspective, I think focusing on interests is the wrong approach and comes from non-polymath thinking, disciplinary, separated, comodified knowledge. A polymath usually does not want to paint or to do mathematics, but rather paints, calculates, or fixes a cardboard together as a way to solve a certain problem, find answers to a question. So, ask yourself, what is puzzle you are worried about? That might bring some order and piece in your thinking.
@themythiclitterati9050
3 жыл бұрын
I've been described as a Jack of all trades. And for some reason that really hurt because I wish there was one stable thing I could identify with. I hate having to hide aspects of myself in different situations. It can be exhausting.
@psibarpsi
3 жыл бұрын
Totally can relate even though I'm just starting out.
@Cosmichussein
3 жыл бұрын
this is the realest thing i read all year
@themythiclitterati9050
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cosmichussein 💖💖💖💖💖
@themythiclitterati9050
3 жыл бұрын
@@psibarpsi 🤗🤗🤗
@themythiclitterati9050
3 жыл бұрын
@@psibarpsi 🤗🤗🤗
@乔阳-w9v
3 жыл бұрын
Love this video!A PhD candidate struggling with polymathic characteristic
@thirzel
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. There is so much nonsense around about this topic. Your video is sooo helpful.
@AngelaCMeyers
5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad it is helpful to you. :-)
@PrettyPolyInPink
Ай бұрын
We’re outliers. You can’t expect understanding. Btw, do you think there’s any link between being a polymath and INTJ?
@WesB1972
Ай бұрын
I am both so yes and maybe even Asperger.
@AngelaCMeyers
Ай бұрын
@@PrettyPolyInPink introvert extrovert: both are Polymaths sensing versus intuiting: polymaths are both Thinking versus feeling: polymaths probably trend more towards thinking. Judging verse is perceiving: polymaths are both
@florantetan319
2 ай бұрын
God didn't made made man. All ever ,,all hands he made man with different limbs to work as one
@brendawilliams8062
2 ай бұрын
I didn’t hide. I had to go sideways at it. You need educators
@artemismoonbow2475
2 жыл бұрын
It is the right-hand path vs the left-hand path (not a political definition).
@MrRosebeing
24 күн бұрын
The main difficulty with being a polymath is that you come across as seeming to think that you're somehow superior to lesser mortals who are only able to do everything they need to, to survive in the modern world. You're no better or worse than anyone else.
@AngelaCMeyers
8 күн бұрын
That’s your version of polymathy but not mine.
@richpomanfu164
Жыл бұрын
That's not a polymath... That is a Royal Karen of the Bitchimus Variety...
@AngelaCMeyers
5 ай бұрын
Being a polymath isn't easy, and sometimes we have to put off projects or hobbies we love to prioritize other ones. Because we're interested in so many things, it can be hard to prioritize. See your polymathic journey as a lifelong quest, rather than something that needs to get done all at once.
@anakinskywalkerii4350
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the video!
@jcdebod2529
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you !! For the first time ever i can say what i am without confeution
@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack
2 жыл бұрын
A humanizing video.
@jay-thetruth-stone12
Жыл бұрын
Being one myself, what do I do? I've managed to attract every narcissistic freak possible, to a point I get stalked by coworkers. I get called a fake. I hear thru grapevines, never to my face that I haven't been alive long enough to have been able to do all the things I've done. I'm 38. It's endless. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE EXTREMELY APPRECIATED
@AngelaCMeyers
5 ай бұрын
Hi there, my apologies for taking forever to respond. When you're highly intelligent and very capable, you're gonna get haters. We all do. My advice is to avoid them and this includes not sharing too much about yourself. If someone has indicated they're insecure and jealous, it's not "safe" to be yourself around them. Focus on sharing your talents and who you are with those who can be happy for you, and supportive. Find your tribe.
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