Do you hide your intelligence from other people/co-workers?

No. I have no intelligence to hide.

Or lack there of. ROFL

great question1 – my ex-husband used this ploy all the time, the reason he gave was that it let him know what other people were really like?? i dont quite understand his reasoning, but hey – we are all different :)

I don’t hide my intelligence, but I do think I hide my intellectualism.

@YCLYHO Could explain the “eX”

I hide my untelligence.

Wish I could…but, you cannot hide what you don’t have!

Okay mmm , not really about intelligence but experience ! And the only reason why I hide what I’ve got , is because I don’t want people to rely on me to do things just because ‘I have experience’ . I wouldn’t mind helping out , but once people find out that you’ve got an ability to do something , it is only natural for most of them to look for you when they need help in that area .

Okay . . . I should learn how to say no , haha .

Higher ground, love that answer…loll And personally, know exactly what you are saying. Sometimes it is better in the long run, to say, “have no idea how to fix that!”

I be myself. I do not try to show off or hide my intelligence.

very good Lua Cara! Like that answer!

@Cotton101 You hate the word “I”.

..not on purpose..

Sure, that’s the ticket….........I have it but I hide it. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Yes, I do. I find that people get irritated when I come up with simple solutions to what they consider really difficult problems…..so I have to pretend that I’m as stumped as they are!

@Darling DukeG – you got it!!!! :D

All the time.

Yes, I do. I’ve learned to do this more and more the older I get. Especially in my current job, I’ve learned that my co-workers seem to be offended by “know-it-alls”. I know this because we have another know-it-all in the office and they complain about that person all the time.

I find the whole thing fascinating because I’m actually drawn to people who would be considered “know-it-alls”. I’ve sought out smart people all my life because I love learning about almost anything and love to hear other people talk about a subject and ask them questions. As a know-it-all myself, I know that we smart people are really good at heart and love sharing knowledge with other people to help them.

At the lunch table I’d rather be talking about world hunger, politics, religion, art history, big ideas but I don’t bring those things up because I know everyone else just wants to talk about Brad & Angelina and Hollywood gossip. So, in an effort to connect with my co-workers, I keep it on that level.

@ftp901 I, too, seek out smart people – it’s pretty hard, like catching rare butterflies

Yes sometimes, because unfortunately, I feel ostracized. Sometimes I will lower my intelligence to their level to fit in.

I do tend to be somewhat selective about which words I use, depending of course, on precisely whom I am speaking to or debating with and on which subject is being discussed. But, I wouldn’t call it ‘hiding’ anything.

@Rufus_T_Firefly, excellent answer! We have to approach every person differently. For example, would never want to hide my intelligence with my boss. On the other hand, there are people whom we have to be very careful in what we say!

Have a good day my former AB friend!

@ftp901 But there is a difference between an intelligent individual vs (my) definition of a “know it all.” To me a know-it-all is someone who pretends they know all of this stuff, when…...often times they don’t!
@Cotton101 GA!

LMAO I have no intelligance to hide either look I cant even spell the damn word intelligance intelligence. OMG

@whyigottajoin SPELL CHECK!!

@Val123 Does internet explorer have spell check?! I thought only windows word has spell check. I usually just type in the word in google lol

@whyigottajoin Download Firefox as your browser! It’s great. It really is. And it checks your spelling all over the net! (Saved my life!)

I was thinking about this question on my way home from my 3rd day at my new job! Yeah….I have been consciously down playing much of my computer knowledge while they’re teaching me how to do this and that on the computer. In the past I would have said, “Hey! You know if you do this (click click!) it goes much faster!” assuming they’d appreciate the new knowledge. But….that was foolish of me. What happens is they think you’re telling them they’re dumb, or you’re smarter than they are. So I ask a lot of questions about things I already knew the answer too. I’m also not making any big, rapid changes to my desk area, where the previous gal had left some of her own personal touches. I also haven’t touched the break room where the counters seriously need some wiping down. (Nasty!) Things are going well! :)