Today's workplace culture is very different from what it was 30-40 years back, now it requires employees to show up their abilities and remain productive all the time, the higher-ups observe what their employees are delivering to the organization.

Today there are various measuring tools for performance appraisals, every task is time limited, employees not in line with the policies are kicked out with one termination notice.

Well, We know, showing up is good but showing out is selfishness.

The perception of average is completely skewed by the internet.  By definition, half are above average, half below.  But the perception of above is judged by Ted Talks and the like.  So someone that is an above average presenter is perceived as a bumbling dipshit.  

So having said THAT I have a quote from a Ted Talk by Brene Brown.
> If you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked I really am not interested in your feedback

For me, it's all about my perception of my self and how I did.  She also said something like 
> Don't try to win over the haters.  You are not the jackass whisperer.

Showing up is important.  Showing out is important.  Consistency and effort are absolutely essential.  

I used to hate those days where you are pretty much on the clock the whole day. I always like a couple of hours to myself and look forward to getting home from whatever city I was in. I started to learn some tricks of the trade when away travelling from the people who were always on the move. One colleague told me if she was to go for dinner every night, she would be both an alcoholic and obese so she just slips away at 5pm or 6pm and colleagues soon just don't ask her out anymore. She's happy out in the hotel room or in the hotel pool or gym and fresh as a daisy the next after not having drinks after a meal. You know yourself. I started to do this too when I got older and I began to enjoy my time away. I would come into sore heads the next day where as I was refreshed and i think that stood to me in the long term. 

They is this saying in Nigeria " where your money stop na there another person own start" if you think you are the most skillful person in your team or organization,it just a step to send you down the drain.
Just as you say "if you judge a fish by his inability to climb a tree he will spent his full life thinking he is a failure" maywhile his ability is to swim, 
     So we should look inward and check what we are really good at,and spent our time developing  it, i think everyone is gifted,just that most of us fail to discover our talent.

> It is rare that there are people who show up and show out consistently and as much as I would like to say I am that person, I definitely can't. 

It is a vice versa scenario where everyone engage differently expecting miracles they aim for to happen without delivering something unique especially those that show out. We are all entitled to our own opinion on how we go about things to get positive results which depends on the action taken to do so.

Well the strange thing is that a company does need both types. The show ups and the show outs.
Just like a company does need dreamers and workers. The ideal company has the ideal mix between all types of persons. Don't have any clue what the correct ratio would be!
What type of person you are is more or less defined in your genes. Some things can be improved other are just there. In these aspects everybody is "unconsciously competent" in something. But of course you also do have the opposite "consciously incompetent" which I am in some fields of expertise and I don't mind it.

Hope that you could chill a little bit during dinner!

Cheers,
Peter

I believe in life competition is not the best, tho if one would competition,one should do that in a minimal way because we all aren't born to this world the same way and not the same day..

You really think people love to be individuals in all regards, or maybe they just wanne be heard and comforted. just sain

In our life conditions, living with people has become an intellectual obstacle, it doesn't make a person bring out all his abilities, but rather follow what the majority do. It is important for a person to have confidence in what he can do, even if everyone opposes it, as long as it's logical.

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What is showing out?

>I wonder though, is it better to feel not enough, or is it more useful to overestimate ability, to be overconfident. For example, my sister is a confident driver - no matter how many accidents she had.

This is the question I ask myself very often. I envy people like your sister, because I often lacked self-confidence. I guess that's why I've always disliked people who were too arrogant.) Or maybe it's related and goes with each other... As always, I think a middle ground is optimal, but a middle ground of what? Where is that fine line?
I love your posts just for this self-reflection and opportunity to think!
!ALIVE

>how many talented people we have working in the organization and in many ways for me, it has illustrated how limited I am...

Fifteen years ago when I started to work, I was thinking that I was younger and more talented than others. As the time goes by, I have started to think that I am not as talented as the new generation, except experience.

We all make mistakes, so making a simple slip may be a reason for your failure in life because of excessive criticism. We are human beings who help each other in all fields.