Website owner: James Miller
Q. Why do you see a fellow with a PhD degree in physics pulled
down all his life by lack of confidence, by an inferiority
complex, while on the other hand, you see some ignorant
country bumpkin who never finished the fifth grade in
school going through life brimming with confidence? It
does happen. I have seen it. Explain it.
A. The doctor has tried to do difficult, hard things all his
life and hard things intimidate. He has had a hard time,
put in a lot of work, and has high standards for himself.
The country bumpkin, on the other hand, may have never
tried to do anything very difficult in his life. If he
does encounter something difficult he just backs off and
avoids it. He only attempts to do easy things and in those
he is successful. He is light-hearted and doesn't take
anything very seriously.
Dec 1988
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