Nearly every great accomplishment I've ever had in my life was destroyed before it even began. I would share my idea with someone, many someones and 90% of the

Nearly every great accomplishment I've ever had in my life was destroyed before it even began. I would share my idea with someone, many someones and 90% of the reaction would always be negative. "That won't work", "It's a dumb idea, here's why", etc... But the 10% that had positive things to say and youthful stupidity and stubbornness often made me pursue them anyway. Often enough, if I really put in 100% effort it ended up working out. Not every time.... but looking back, it was often enough that I could string together a bit of confidence and start ignoring the naysayers. I don't know if I would have had the confidence to continue if in the beginning I hadn't had some bit of success often enough to keep my hopes alive. I think that a lot of that has to do with the way I was raised. Parents that encouraged you to think and do different things, that gave you positive feedback and encouragement. Schools that did the same. Sports. Different classes. Interaction with different children at different schools. Which as a kid were scary and painful but also they prepared you for unexpected things. The new world, social media, etc... really doesn't promote that stuff well. We have information at our fingertips but we don't put nearly enough effort into the positive stuff. It seems to be human nature at this point to default to the negative. I fear it will only get worse. Thick skin, willingness to put yourself out there and fail over and over are necessary. My best advice is to just tell yourself over and over to never stop trying. You haven't failed until you give up... nothing wrong with moving onto another project. But, be like a shark... once you stop swimming, you die.