Ask HN: What did you undervalue when younger?
I can answer the first one easily. When I was younger, I undervalued humility.
And not for any reason like, "if you are humble, people will like you more."
Specifically, I came to realize humility is valuable for a very selfish reason instead.
When I overvalue my own achievements I noticed that two things happened that didn't work very well:
1) I would think myself "too good" to do such a such a job, opportunity, or thing. And I missed out on some things I didn't know the great value of, but could have, if I hadn't been so arrogant.
2) I was overcompensating. I mean...why else arrogant? And that doesn't work because it meant I was undervaluing the things I was actually good at...I mean...if I fully accepted those things and loved them and saw the good that I could do with them....my natural skills and so on...why would I need to "overvalue" things that weren't as good. Know what I mean? And if you undervalue stuff you are actually good at...then you sort of get skewed off a path that works for you in the world.
Sure I think some good things happen by going along many different paths...and this is my reflection. I would have toned down the arrogance, trusted my natural skills more and valued humility. What did you or do you undervalue? Or what do you think other people overvalue?