selling yourself short · underpriced
Ask PrometheusA self-model reading its own worth below what its reach would get from others, so it asks them for less than they would give.
Selling yourself short (verb) means: A self-model reading its own worth below what its reach would get from others, so it asks them for less than they would give. It emerges from self-model, reach, value, others: An under-reading of the self is carried into an exchange; others' models would have granted more, but the claim is made from the self-model, so the lower price is the one that gets set. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
ordinarily means: undervaluing your own abilities or worth, so you ask for or attempt less than you could
Examples
- Salary negotiation guides warn candidates against selling themselves short by naming a figure below the usual pay for their role. work
Emergence
- an under-reading that becomes a price
- a wall set by the self on what others give
- loss made at the point of asking
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (382 steps)
- selling yourself shortL15
- self-modelL14
- reachL13
- valueL13
- othersL2
- readL7
- seeL6
- informationL6
- entitiesL4
- belowL12
- getL5
- asksL7
- giveL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| contrasts-with | impostor-syndrome.validation | impostor syndrome keeps the skill out of the self-model; selling yourself short admits it but prices it low when claiming from others |
| contrasts-with | insecurity.proximity | insecurity reads a wall as near; selling yourself short reads the worth as low and acts on it in an exchange |
| contrasts-with | learned-helplessness.under | helplessness under-reads the reach of action; selling yourself short under-reads the worth others would grant |