On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:10:04 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> Hmm... perhaps this is why I have never accomplished anything in my
>>> entire life?
>> 
>> IMO, the best approach is not to worry about pleasing other people or
>> about what other people think.  Just be yourself.
> 
> Heh. Just imagine what must be possible if you possess
> self-confidence...

I don't have to.  :-)

But one way of gaining some self-confidence is to not care what others 
think, or at least to not care as much what others think.

>> Overall, the group (several hundred members) has appreciated what I've
>> done.  The subset that are unhappy with me are a small minority, but
>> they can be very vocal.
> 
> ...and this is why I'll never be a leader. ;-)

Give yourself time; never say never.  10 years ago, I was an IT person, 
and had no ambitions to be any kind of people person or to lead in any 
way.  Yet here I am, and I've found that I'm not bad at it.

Jim

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