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Had the top conversation in third grade. Have spent the rest of my life in the blue zone.
I avoided it by coasting, they did testing in kindergarten and I realized fast I didn’t want the attention. Especially being treated like a trophy by my dad.
Do I regret coasting now, of course. Do it for your self-confidence, later in life you’ll be happier you did.
I am later in life. :-)
In some ways I've moved past it, in others not. I'm trying some new things that I have pretty huge confidence in my ability to master (over time), meanwhile I find myself being very critical of my performance in areas where I have decades of experience.
Being able to head into something new and challenging without feeling I self-defeat the whole way is refreshing and awesome, and something I could never have done so easily earlier in life. But, I wish I could leave that behind in my day job.
I coasted a lot earlier in life, but I was too aware of it not to feel the guilt of it the whole way through. So I sort of regretted it even as it was happening, if you can get what I mean. I don't think I got the sense of escapism from it that I might have subconsciously hoped it would achieve for me.
So I'm curious, how did you end up? Is there anything in your adult life that indicates your capabilities are above average?