I think you should be honored for your honest reporting of your life's path and your willingness to share your advice, not criticized. We could benefit from having a lot more of people telling their own stories instead of speculating about other people's.
I don't think you came off strong at all. It inspires me to read about others successes and especially how they got there.
Re:Winning Isn't Normal
by dpritchett on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @04:55PM
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I concur. The accomplishments mentioned were of the "I was an exceptional high-school student" variety and hence don't necessarily inspire jealousy from an adult. Perhaps if he'd closed with "and now I'm a jet-setting playboy" I'd have been put off.
I realize that I came off a little strong in the article but it was to raise a point. I could have referenced more about others - clearly Richard Branson, Lance Armstrong and PG have done abnormal and extraordinary things to get to where they are. But I know much less about them and feel much less qualified to talk about them.
I do know that my life has certainly not followed a "normal" path and that when I was younger, I resented that fact. Now I don't. I do know something about winning and I wanted to share that with people.