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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: news.admin.peering,news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: Young people peering
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:03:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:35:54 +0000,
  Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
>  Grant Taylor wrote:
> > On 4/19/24 09:56, The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning wrote:
> >> I'm 24 and I've rattled the idea around my head a couple 
> >> times. Each time, I am demotivated by the kind of person I 
> >> come across,
> 
> > ProTip:  Aspire to more.  You will fail.  But failure part of 
> > the learning process.
> 
> > Even if you fail when aspiring to mire, you will quite likely 
> > be in a better position than you were before you tried.
> 
> > I think I'm qualified to say Pro because I've been paid for 
> > the last 20 years for 10:aspiring, 20:failing, 30:goto 10.
> 
>  I agree. Fear of failure will just keep a person from 
>  accomplishing much of anything.
> 
>  It's good to realize that people who end up producing something 
>  awesome didn't just get it done on the first try, they tried, 
>  and tried again with persistence.

You responders are of course correct about the benefits of not 
letting fear stop action, but I read the OP more as a matter of 
asking why make the effort when it just increases contact with 
unwanted folks (and behaviors).  Maybe I misread.

-- 
Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA