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"People tend to automatically devalue that which they do well, seeing it in reductionist terms. I've heard countless interviews with virtuosi of all stripes, and one common thread is their feeling that what it is that they do so well is 'nothing special'." -- jadegirl, who then goes on to explain why that's tragic.

(I wonder whether Paul Graham's comment in "Being Popular" -- "People who do good work often think that whatever they're working on is no good. Others see what they've done and are full of wonder, but the creator is full of worry. This pattern is no coincidence: it is the worry that made the work good." -- could be considered the flip side of Jadegirl's complaint. ?)