The problem is that, in many situations, I was so poor at playing political games that I wound up accepting other people’s political measurements of my domain expertise, instead of accurate, objective measurements. I’ve eventually developed a sort of neurotic “learned helplessness” that makes it nigh-impossible to accept accurate, objective measurements of any of my capacities, if they would have a positive connotation.
The problem is that, in many situations, I was so poor at playing political games that I wound up accepting other people’s political measurements of my domain expertise, instead of accurate, objective measurements. I’ve eventually developed a sort of neurotic “learned helplessness” that makes it nigh-impossible to accept accurate, objective measurements of any of my capacities, if they would have a positive connotation.