Ask Adam Savage: Dealing With People Who Underestimate You
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And there are people who are dead set on underestimating you no matter what you say or do. What I've learned from those experiences is to let them. Don't over share, don't overwork yourself and don't let it bother you. At the end of the day there's something inherently wrong inside themselves that they're projecting onto you. It's not your job to prove them wrong just be you and let in people who can really appreciate your gifts and talents.
Thank you!
My last 7 years in the US Air Force I was an instructor in electronic maintenance. I got the same light bulb moment from certain students that always gave me an endorphin rush (and they were usually the ones who were struggling) that I still, 30 years later, get a kick out of. Never underestimate anyone, they can surprise you.
I've stuttered all my life. Most people (bosses in particular) underestimate me, especially my intelligence. Proving them wrong is one of my favorite pasttimes. 😆
"Underestimate me. That'll be fun" 👍👍
Been there too. Stay strong.
I am a stutterer too. To keep it from getting out of control, keep your thoughts laid out and keep your speech slow and concise without drawing out your words. I don't actually stutter much really anymore, but is dependent on situation and emotion.
I love that "light on" moment when talking to people. Whether its someone realizing they can communicate more intricate points with me, or likewise when i simplify something only to realize it was unneccessary. I feel like that's such a human moment. We all try and communicate as effectively as possible, and there are inevitably going to be moments where you realize that you can connect and communicate on a depper level than previously thought. Its a deeper connection, and i think we can all appreciate that.
If people talked about real issues, instead of entertainment or preventable bullsh1t, we would have more moments like this as a species. 💗
I do notice that when I'm trying to get a point across to someone and I can basically tell that they are tuning me out I don't let up with the conversation I keep it going because that was what I initially intended. In one way or another I WILLget my point across to you.
@@scotttilbert8141 Hah! Same. I avoid being too simple with explanation. I'd rather leave someone scratching their head than misunderstanding facts.
Adam allowed us to see a very vulnerable side of his personality. Demonstrates great courage and self awareness.
Yeah I like this a lot. He's genuine
Humble.
Great courage...jeez he's cool an all but people have really lowered the standards for great courage
and hubris
Who needs psychoanalysis... a short video is enough.
The worst part of being underestimated for me is that it sometimes prevents something from moving forward. Like not getting a job you know you can do because the other person underestimates your capabilities and there's not enough of an opportunity to show them what you can do.
I think Destin on smarter every day is a good example of not necessarily being underestimated but getting that moment that people realize they can speak more technically with him and they don’t need to dumb the info down or just give a broad overview. One of my favorite parts of his channel is when the subject he is working with starts off a bit standoffish and not being pretty vague on the details then within minutes you see them realize just how much he either knows about the subject or can quickly pickup and they begin speaking much more as equals.
I thought of Destin, too! I love watching the moment that the expert he is speaking with realizes that he isn't just some rando TH-camr.
You sir are a national treasure. Never stop being you.
I have to say I love watching the things you do. It shows to everybody two things. One, there IS life outside of tv and second, you are just an everyday joe, like everyone else. Thank you for being you and letting us peek through the window.
Thanks for this! Being underestimated my entire life because I am neurodivergent. I have always been weird. I just never reeled it in. I believe in being one’s true self. I read and read. I loved sci Fi novels , medical oddity texts my Dad read just to read. I was the only female to devour Asimov and also Tolkien among others. I’m interested in most things. When I met my late husband he tested me, a bit. Mostly to be sure we could communicate. All I said was, they were walking and walking. Jim just laughed. I’d even admitted to watching the Hobbit animation by Xmas heroes Rankin/ Bass I believe.
I work in animal healthcare and have most patients base history memorized because I am still here to help the vets. No need to leave a basic one line request to speak with the docs.
My favourite moment this year was to see Dr Brian Cox live. Jim bought the tix for our 20th anniversary and sadly died months before. I went and did it for us. I was in “heaven”. ( you get it) I feel both you and he make knowledge accessible. You never talk over anyone’s head. You speak from your passion and your heart. You engage everyone I’ve turned on to you.
Also you and Jamie used to enjoy blowing stuff up. I’m an injury magnet and appreciate that gravity is not our friend and the worse case scenario is usually correct.
Your joy is so infectious.
A fan for life.
if you haven't read 'Voyage from Yesteryear' by James P Hogan yet.. it's my favorite. Even before Foundation from Asimov. But it might just be me and what I see in it..
Not exactly along those lines but years ago I was catching up with an old friend who had gone from a physics major into a program that had a lot of biologists. He was explaining what he was working on with some basic physics process, I filled in the explanation of why to do that just as a "yeah keep going" phatic thing, and I could see the light come on across Instant Messenger as he realized he didn't need to translate everything like he was used to.
He was working with smart people, but from a different background with different base reflexes. As soon as a physicist/engineer sees a force on something that isn't moving, we balance it. Don't need to explain why they should balance, or how you do that. Just "yeah this here and this over here need to be proportional."
There is some kind of depravity in me when I know people are underestimating my intelligence. I’m not trying to be arrogant, but it’s enjoyable whenever you can open peoples minds. Adam has done an amazing job at this!
When I was about 12 years old, I met Richard Feynman ... But didn't realize it for almost 30 years! Hard to believe, but totally true. Dad decided to pack the family into our van for a two week family vacation, I'm pretty sure it was June into July 1977. We drove from SE Ohio to Washington and visit family there. Among the amazing sights along the way, we camped a night in Yellowstone (where it snowed in June!). As we were leaving, we stopped at a rest area to use the restrooms. While Dad and I were waiting in the van for the girls to get back (some things never change), a van pulled in alongside us. I asked Dad what the diagrams on the side of the van were all about. He had been a radar tech in the USAF, and was a mainframe computer field engineer, and said they looked like some kind of electronic diagrams, but didn't really look familiar. Feynman must have heard us through the open window, came by to introduce himself, and tried to explain what they were. Aside from Newton, Einstein, and maybe Oppenheimer, physicists weren't "household names" for most folks back then, so his name didn't really mean anything to us. About 10 or so years later, a friend lent me a copy of the Feynman lectures so I became familiar with the name, but it still didn't click. Fast forward about another years to the mid-2000s, and I was watching a documentary about Feynman, and they told the story about the van and showed it! As soon as I saw the van, it all fell into place! I had met one of the world's greatest physicists and had not known it for nearly 30 years!
I worked in a factory not too long ago where they all thought I didn't have any brains and I was not allowed to grow because I thought differently then others.. then the day came when I felt humiliated beyond measure..I walked out. I did try to get my job back and I did apologized for how I walked out. The night before I called to see if they would give me my job back i prayed..i did not want to be walked on and I felt that is what they were doing...I prayed that if they were going to continue to do that then please let the answer be no...I really didn't want my job back..thankfully it was no and now I have the perfect job for me and I love it.. I love looking forward to going to work..People don't think I can't do anything because I think differently.. the previous job not giving me another chance was the best thing that they could do for me.. It does not feel like work where I am.
I am mexican and I studied highschool in Denver Colorado and the face teachers would make when I knew things that they didn't expect me to know is something that still brings me pleasure, but at the same time... the were being racist right? I really don't take it as a bad thing they weren't bad people they all treated me great I hope they are well.
My favorite kinda people to deal with, lol I keep quiet, let them think I'm dumb, then when the time is right I prove them wrong, it fuels me, lol I'm an introvert so often my being quiet works to my favor! It's always amazing, and I never throw it in their face beyond the "yea I got this" look on my face, lol and this comes fron someone who is 36 and been in my field of work for over 20 years, but it still happens and I eat that shit up!
I saw that kind of light come on when music vlogger Rick Beato interviewed Sting and his longtime guitarist collaborator. The guitarist's attitude changed dramatically as he realized that Rick knew exhaustively more music theory than the usual press corp interviewer and was asking sophisticated questions about the music itself..
I'm known as a bass player among my local community of musicians, buy I'm also an accomplished pianist, my favorite party trick is sitting in with a band on keyboard and pecking away tentatively, picking my moment to bring the fire. Can't do it too often though.
Bad enough when someone else underestimated you, but it's worse when you do it yourself. I'm into aviation photography and I honestly try hard to improve, but I keep comparing myself to others, then get overly critical of my own work, then I think I'm not or won't improve.
being underestimated is no fun.
being OVERESTIMATED ..after.. you impress someone you respect is a burden.
I must admit, I had severely underestimated you too. I’m glad I found your TH-cam channel and I’m happy to have been proven wrong. You’re a talented man. Thanks for the content, I’m enjoying catching up with all your videos.
I find that I love it when I find someone who is skilled and I had no idea how creative they were. Never jealous just impressed.
I think Adam's youthfulness and enthusiasm make people underestimate him because experience wears that out of most people.
Adam, I grew up watching you. I really enjoyed this talk today.
I've had the opposite feeling as you. When they discover my capabilities are actually impressive, but only after a while of me trying to demonstrate.... I'm bummed out that their recognition was "a little late"...
As I thought they'd have picked up on it sooner...?? Why the doubt in the first place?!
Them saying "wow! so you CAN do stuff!" is a direct admittance of the fact that they had been doubting you
WHICH SUCKS TO ME
Any tips?
I'm 45 and I have been underestimated my whole life. I owned my own company at 22! And I employed people TWICE my age. People would always ask to speak to "My dad" because they thought one of the older people was running the show. Even my own inlaws didn't take me seriously thought I was going to fail somehow. It was sweet sweet recognition when they put me on their living will as the sole financial manager if they ever become incapable or incapacitated. They chose me over three of their other natural born children.
It's been my experience that people that underestimate you have personal issues and use that to try and feel ssuperior to another.
As a young engineer I used to visit a site that was operated by 3 brothers - I could do nothing without their interference… one day I showed them pictures of the Jeep I rebuilding - after that I could do wrong!
In this short clip Adam states that he's not just a presenter, a front-man for the show(s)
Also Richard Feynman: such a wide-open mind to anything that caught his interest!. I highly recommend reading some of his semi-autobiographical works as well as assorted biographies; as a specific example I remember him telling he took ~18 months out of quantum physics research to study for a first-year degree course in biology, because he found a link that fascinated him & wanted to know more :)
Feynman has to my favorite scientist. He used to give the security people at Los Alamos fits because he enjoyed picking locks, could tell the time to the second without a watch and could supposedly tell who people were and where they had been recently by scent. He was definitely a guy who's mind was so active it couldn't be satisfied by one thing alone.
I don't typically see someone as a hero, but Feynman would be the closest to a hero for me and I could only imagine what it would be like to work with him. I've listened to his lectures on MP3 and read some of this books, "Surely you're joking Mr Feynman!" and can recommend them.
I like that feeling to when someone goes "Ah-ha!" when you prove them wrong, it gets you more excited to do more and prove the whole world wrong and kick its ass. Example for me, i finally got my license at 31, it took me fifteen years to get it because of my family being so busy with work and life. I now have that special piece of plastic and it makes me feel good, i conquered that milestone and everyone that i tell and have told is freaking happy for me and proud of me. And as of doing more, i wanna get my own car, chart my own course (outside of ohio/my town) and get that art job in any way or form. And the big one when i was born, parents were told i wouldnt be able to communicate with kids my own age due to my cerebral palsy/disability, now i have a degree, im a damn good character artist, i work hard, and people say im a very nice, sweet, hard working dude.
I'm a white man, living in Taiwan. I'm always shocked by the reaction I get when people realise that, yes, I can speak Chinese, I can speak it very well, and you can actually communicate and talk to me in Chinese. It happens at least 5 times a day.
I see a trend among older intellects around teaching. It's always fascinated me, but lately there's been some bare hearted gems from every public person I've seen videos of in the last few weeks. We make history, we ponder that when the waveform becomes unpredictable...
My colleague at work explains me to other colleagues as "a wizard" and i love that. I am a 3d artist in the defense industry and it makes me happy every time
I've found a great way to get that 'when someone realizes what you can do' feeling is to casually bring up welding*. You'll see their eyes light up as they say 'you can weld!?' and you know they want to ask if they can come over and try it.
* ie
them: this thing broke
me:mine broke a few months ago I welded it back together
Ackley worked for Wards Natural Science in Rochester NY and my hometown holds his museum and personal collection if you are ever in WNY
I don't understand how anybody could underestimate you. You're a legend when it comes to the work you do.
Sure, today he is. He wasn't always a legend. In fact he has shared times when he was an outright fuckup. It takes over 10,000 hours to become a master. When Adam started you could say he was UN-tested.
@@HeadCannonPrime why would you point something out like that? Everybody has to do that, quit trying to tear people down. Take that energy and do something productive with your life instead of being so damn negative all the time.
Want to hear the other side of being underestimate? People over estimate me. They think, "He looks like a smart guy!" Then I disappoint them.
I wanna be this guys apprentice im an engineering tech with an automation company that does work for the gov, and when hes building a model, or talking about survival management, or talking about another hero of mine rich fieneman, i learn so much. WAIT, I allready am an apprentice!
But he have the high ground.
My first physics professor, who had worked for Feynman, wanted me to meet him. Sadly my prof died before it could be arranged, then Feynman died a few years later. I'd become a fan of Feynman while reading the just published "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!". It inspired me to learn physics in depth, all the way through the various string theories. Learning physics taught me I could learn anything if I could find out the right information to learn, and stay interested. I was only 12yo. In the next couple years I'd develop the attitude you said it can't be done, that can't be right. Then I'd figure it out.
As you've mentioned previously, your best teachers were the ones who didn't simply say "I don't know," but the ones who said "I don't know ... but let's find out, shall we?"
I know I've been underestimated through my teen years and the rest of my working life. I even managed to impress the hell out of a chief nurse in an ICU, following my father's first cancer surgery (the surgeon, thankfully long since retired, botched it quite badly). He'd been in recovery following the first surgery, and had to go back under the knife once more, shortly afterwards; when I got there, after work, I was livid, but in talking to the nurse, I happened to mention the technique for 'running' a bowel successfully, following a resection (chopping out the cancerous section and joining/suturing the healthy sections together); you inject saline into the section above the suture line and check for any leaks, and then, do the same for the other end of the section. She stood there, her eyes showing her surprise. I told her that years of watching re-runs of M*A*S*H* did give me a great deal of knowledge in a general sense. Everyone had obviously been told (by him) not to treat me like I was someone who wouldn't understand what was going on (based on my physical appearance or my choices in jobs), and she even said to me "You ARE your father's son."
As a carpenter- I could care less about Tables and chairs, I love the Odd ball stuff made from scraps .
working with Frank Whittle on jet engines, Edwin Hubble at mount Wilson would be my two internships
Richard Feynman is on the top of my list of people I would choose to meet if I could meet anyone in history too.
I find it more difficult to be overestimated. When people know that you are a quick learner, it ends up being a lot of pressure when something is more difficult to learn
Adam, I had soo much fun watching you and the whole crew on Mythbusters! I never underestimated you, Jamie or anyone else there! People do it to me all the time! "SGT Louis, you have good ideas sometimes"! "Sir I have good ideas all the time but no one listens!"...
I did a book report on Feynman's autobiography, "Surely you're joking Mr Feynman" in maybe 9th grade? Stellar.
I want people to underestimate me, otherwise they will expect me to be at the top of my game all the time!
If someone underestimates you, just give them 50% effort since that’s all they expect. Then, when you ramp up to 70% they will be amazed.
Being a small and skinny woman working seasonal jobs, when I start on new job and lift anything remotely heavy, people keep telling me to "be careful" and "you sure you can do that?". And if I make the mistake of saying it was tiring workday, they often look me sadly and tell they tried to warn me. Not just men, women also.
This used to really annoy me, but I've learned to just smile and tell them not to worry. And luckly, after few weeks they see I can handle the job and start treating me as equal.
It's better to be underestimated and over perform than be overestimated and underperform.
My immediate answer was gonna be what Adam said. If someone underestimates me, I love to prove them wrong!
I don't think I have been under-estimated much, not recently, at least. Cuz I tend to lead with the fancier lingo, particularly at doctor's offices, cuz I would HATE to be talked down to, cuz I know it's work on THEIR end, that's keeping them from talking as candidly as they'd like. So I do the effort to meet them at that fancier-lingo place. It tends to put them at ease, I think. But I could be wrong, there. Huh. Maybe I should ask next time! Food for thought.
I started an escape room business 4 years ago, everyone said I was mad and I'm pretty sure they all thought I'd fail. I ended up building a profitable, well reviewed business.
Really, they were probably right, it was risky, it might have failed, I hadn't really proven to anyone I had what it takes. But that didn't matter. I believed I had what it took and I believed myself to just figure out how to make it work.
DO IT. JUST. DO IT!
ive been needing this video for months now. thank you, adam, for sharing.
this is immediately in my list for inspiration and heartfelt. thank you Adam.
With the new god of war out ....would be sick to see a one day build of the chaos blades like you did with the axe!
Me too, you should have seen the i had to burn off a tractor.
They don't go into the threats I took as a challenge.
I burned to 1/32 to 1/64 of an inch and you should have seen the look on their faces to think my skills would small. Thank You for sharing your experience. It helps to see what happened too you.
I feel you
Talk about “Galaxy Brains” I would like to work with, Adam, you’re my pick. When Laura Kampf got her chance, I was imagining myself having a chance as well!
Outstanding! I wish I could express myself and my feelings like you can. Thank you
What you said about being underestimated was great. I wish you had said more.
I prefer when people underestimate me. It gives me the advantage to blow their minds.
Funny..I have seen that light come on a few times when I built my plastic model cars specially when I make rust out of plastic..people go nuts and they as the question you did that!!?? And yeah I see that light go on...priceless...
Art of War
It is better to be the smartest in the rom and perceived as the dumbest, than be the dumbest in the room and perceived as the smartest. Amen Adam
I miss MythBusters you and Jamie were a great team and I love how you made science fun I would just watch the discovery Marathon for hours when it was MythBusters
Thank you for all your hard work you put in to MythBusters and tested
Nice video sir thanks.
"Maybe next time you will estimate me" - Michael Scott
How to deal with people who underestimate you: Prove them wrong by results, or admit your failings. There is no other answer.
Or do neither and just call them 'sexist'. Works pretty well for women.
Better to be underestimated and over deliver, than overestimated and under deliver.
I have a question for you next Q&A, with all the new technology and upgrades what myth would like to go back and revisit?
I think you working with horacio Pagani would turn into something awesome
Yeah that light is edible. Thank you for articulating that "seed" properly. Cheers.
Humans can do a lot, value their interest help them grow in multiple assets. This 1 career for 30+ years is something I could never do.
People who underestimate Adam are clueless clods. I mean just look at how awesome and very good looking the man is ❤
I have a blue collar job by choice (dream job!) but a decent education and I'm a curious guy. So, it happens on a regular basis to me, as well.
I'd love to be in a gaggle with Richard Feynman, Robin Williams and Adam Savage.
I miss mythbusters!!! I played your VR Workshop let's just say I was way too close to your face when it started you scared the shit out of me 😆
Ok, that's weird. In my head I was thinking, "I bet Adam would probably like to work with Richard Feynman" and felt a little dissapointed when you didn't say him at first.. then! ;O)-
Together with underestimating a guy's ability comes trivialising of their work . Many jobs Look simple , especially manual stuff .
It's a bit sad , and it stems from lack of experience
Feynman seemed quite the interesting man and was a synesthete to boot! Probably what helped him be so good at maths :D
I know what you mean. Recently I was at the local hospital getting an ultrasound the person doing the procedure called in her boss for some advice after he left I asked her a question she was visibly shocked and asked me if I understood what they we’re talking about. I said I did and then admitted to her I had been a paramedic for 40 years prior to retirement. 😂😂
How do people underestimate you?
I see someone like you and believe you could make pretty much anything anyone could imagine.
Haha. How did I know you'd say Leonardo.
That look is like butta! Makes everything betta!
...so much better when people skip the BS chatter and start crushing problems 💪🏼😎👍🏽
I have done a lot I don't like to brag I don't really like to say how much I know but there are some things that should be fairly obvious but yet the person I'm working for decided that they had to show me how to use the drill press the drill press which I have already used on multiple occasions at his house and how to drill holes in plastic something I have also done and he knows I have done which was very annoying. otherwise I'm very fine with being underestimated and generally try to not give away how much that I know.
So yeah he told me what he wanted done and then he literally paid me to stand there and watch him do it because he had to show me how to do it....
I thought for sure the second answer would be Jim Hensen
@tested any recommendations for which book on Shackleton’s Endurance to read?
He fought a tiger! Holy crap!
Thank you!
I always wondered what his reaction was to Ghostbusters vs. Mythbusters. Been trying to find anything and haven't had any luck. XD Or I'm just that blind. heh
Here's a story for you. My mom and dad will go into Lowe's, etc because my mom is looking for something she will ask the question if she can't find something and the person at the hardware store will turn to my dad and answer the question. My mom has built houses and knows more about construction than my dad. And I hear about it every time it happens.
Who asked the question and why are you replying to somebody else!
Very simple. "Challenge accepted!"
Letting people underestimate you is fine and good. But where do you draw the line on underestimating yourself versus being overly confident in your abilities?
Often times people that underestimate someone are actually insecure in themselves, they doubt themselves… just my opinion 🤙🏻
New T-shirt idea for you: “…droppin’ pennies in their heads…”
just say it ... if anyone underestimate me or us
leaders are leaders
let them
it makes it easier
I know that feeling, I want to eat it too. We are so lucky to be Engineers
You know what kind of person I am 😂
Underestimating? Someone asked me what size shirt I wear. I told her 2X and she said, "No, that can't be right. My son wears a 2X." Huh?