https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/tags/self-awareness/Recent content in Self-Awareness on Lynx Tech BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenTue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0800https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/posts/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-accept-that-i-m-a-different-kind-of-little-genius/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0800https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/posts/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-accept-that-i-m-a-different-kind-of-little-genius/<img src="https://blog.lynxflow.co/images/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-accept-that-i-m-a-different-kind-of-little-genius.png" alt="Featured image of post It Took Me a Long Time to Accept That I’m a Different Kind of Little Genius" />I Couldn’t Bring Myself to Say the Word “Genius” for Many Years It wasn’t humility. I genuinely didn’t dare claim it. The education I grew up with was all about fixing your weaknesses and not standing out too much. Besides, I had plenty of evidence that didn’t fit: unfinished projects, people I couldn’t manage well, paths that went nowhere, a non-traditional background. I spent years asking myself, “Am I not good enough?”