Hi!

Just finished reading the essay. Really liked the part where your face hurts when you don't say what you really feel! I think it's so true that we generally tend to bend to the whims of those we think are 'more OK' than us and forget our own worth... and then be clueless about how other people can be great achievers while we can only be great strivers!

However, I'm a firm believer in 'assertiveness' skills and can't bring myself to agree that one should go around being rude and scare people off. I think it's sufficient to be honest rather than brutally honest.