> I'm impressed that you're willing to try different things.  A lot of
> people who get into your mindset stop trying new things because they're
> afraid of failure.

More like, failure is something I /expect/, as a matter of course. 
Success isn't something I see very often...

> Courage isn't the same as being without fear.
> Courage is having fear and doing something anyway, taking the risk to try
> something new.

Well now there's a true word.

>> It's a pity really, because impressing people seems to be what I'm
>> hard-wired to want to do...
>
> Most people want to impress people.  The trick is to just keep doing the
> thing you like doing and get better at it.  You're only 30 years old -
> contrary to what you believe, that doesn't make you an "old man".  You've
> got decades ahead of you, and there's a good chance that you'll (a) find
> something you feel you excel at, and (b) you'll be good enough at it that
> people will say "wow" often.

Heh, well, here's to hoping. Sadly, all the things I try seem to be 
things that don't impress anybody. :-(

>> Truly, the greatest knowledge is in knowing that you know NOTHING.
>
> They say "ignorance is bliss" - and there is a certain amount of truth in
> that.  But ignorance leads to lots of bad outcomes as well, and I for one
> would rather have a chance at a better outcome than to be blissfully
> unaware of facts.

Agreed.

(Speaking as somebody who's spent most of their life cluelessly unaware 
of everybody laughing behind my back...)

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