People fail forward to success.
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.