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Re:Most people won't by WalterBright on Thursday October 24, 2013 @11:40PM (#6609628)
If you are looking for reasons to not try, you're going to find an endless supply of them.

I've done a lot of things that people relentlessly told me I had no chance of accomplishing.

Re:Most people won't by delluminatus on Friday October 25, 2013 @12:21PM (#6612537)
You are either...

1. Extraordinary, and able to achieve what others cannot. 2. Lucky, and by chance successful in an area where success is hard to find. 3. Being told that you have no chance of accomplishing things that are actually not very hard. 4. A living example of how anybody can do that which they set their mind to.

If you're 1, then other people can't use your experience as a guideline. If you're 2, then people can't use your experience as a guideline. If you're 3, then people can't use your experience as a guideline.

If you think you're 4, then you're either 1, 2, or 3, and just don't realize it yet.

Re:Most people won't by mindcrime on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:21PM (#6613894)
I've done a lot of things that people relentlessly told me I had no chance of accomplishing.

Same here. I just use the commentary from the naysayers as "fuel for the fire", if you will.

On that note... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-qhWahjOgY