WHY???

Not really. When I began forum eXpert, I was way nicer, way back then. :stuck_out_tongue:

Good timesā€¦ but I love the here and now as well :slight_smile:

would you say you were more or less helpful then or now?

Thereā€™s something to be said here, not about this forum, just about life.

Itā€™s all about how you say, not what you say.

If you suck, flat-out, genuinely, suck at something, and I go to you and say ā€œYou suck,ā€ then that wonā€™t make you any better, itā€™ll just get you down, and youā€™ll be discouraged.

If you suck, and I say to you, ā€œHey man, good try, I got a few ideas to make you better at it for next time (ideas go here)ā€ then the person gets a few things:

  1. Somebody cares. Thatā€™s a big deal, actually.
  2. You can improve.
  3. You have a reason to continue; to work on the skills or whatever that this mentor has given you.

You still suck either way. But the second way, you suck for a reason, and youā€™re going to stop sucking pretty darn quick.

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