Ignore whatever expectations people put into you, and go at something with a clear and unprejudiced (in either direction) mind. Take things on their own terms,

Ignore whatever expectations people put into you, and go at something with a clear and unprejudiced (in either direction) mind. Take things on their own terms, that way you'll see far easier that a lot of well-known stuff is nothing special and that a great deal of common, overlooked stuff is actually a damn sight better than people give it credit. It's a net win.