quicksand wrote:lochaz-index wrote:innairobi wrote:"The man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the man who is trying to do it." - Chinese? proverb
I couldn't have said it better.
There is a cliche for just about everything. Proverbs are not the same as reality. Here is one
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study - Chinese Proverb
It is very possible to ignore wise counsel and persist with unachievable folly while immersed in chinese proverb nirvana or in the false belief that whoever is telling to desist from a course of action doesn't want you to succeed.
There are things that simply can't be done - regardless of whether you take an ocean of self-motivational koolaid.
Always assess advice, weigh its merits. Those offering it may be wiser, smarter, more experienced than you, and they may be interrupting you from diving headlong into a catastrophic mistake.
If all humanity had this attitude we would still be living in caves scratching our balls afraid the sky would fall on us.
'To chart the uncharted and deliver novelty, originality and innovation... blood
must flow' - me
It’s what you learn after you think you know it all that counts.