Why do I only join in things I'm already good at?

There was a boy who watched the oil wrestlers every year from the same spot on the hill. Fifty years later, he was still watching from that spot. His nephew found him there and said, 'Uncle, you never lost once in fifty years. Congratulations.' Nasreddin said nothing. He kept watching. You already know the trick you're doing. You call it 'I'm not good at this,' but really it's 'I have decided the only acceptable outcome is winning, so I will not risk the other outcome.' That's not humility. That's a very tight grip. Do this with people, not alone. Alone, you can quietly avoid the game forever and nobody notices. With a pod, a team, a partner — someone will notice you're on the hill again instead of in the mud. Let them.