As I've mentioned previously, you want to be aware of friends and family who offer supposed “advice” because they love and care about you. Many of them may suggest that they don't want you to be “unrealistic” and then disappointed. The vocabulary and mind-set of average people, even those you love, is always the same—be careful, play it safe, don't be impractical, success isn't everything, be satisfied with what you have, life is to be lived, money won't make you happy, don't want so much, take it easy, you don't have experience, you're too young, you're too old—and on and on. When you hear
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