I understand this feeling. When you don't feel good about yourself, hearing praise from others (Especially people who don't know you well) can be crushing. As

I understand this feeling. When you don't feel good about yourself, hearing praise from others (Especially people who don't know you well) can be crushing. As if they're being dishonest, in a way. I can't speak for Tony, but he fit the pattern of a highly intuitive person with sky-high expectations for himself. That's what made his journey so fascinating to me, anyway-- his constant pursuit of and personal and professional ideal that's always just out of reach. “If I get hit by an ice cream truck and they’re peeling the bumper out of my head while I’m dying, I’m not going to wish that I had eaten more or traveled more or taken more drugs. I’m just going to regret how much I disappointed people in my life.”