Some days it feels like this.

They rarely believe what you show them.

They often believe what their friends tell them.

They always believe what they tell themselves.

I encounter these problems on an almost daily basis. It drives me INSANE.

Interesting Theory found in a comment on Ze Frank’s The Show:
“Here’s a theory I’m working on. In short, people hold on to their ideas, brain crack, because they fear rejection and thus transform any lack of accomplishment or the following-through of these creative ideas by hording i.e. the selective collecting of shit, engaging in impulse buying, “Let’s Go Shopping!” or forming other bad collecting habits, drinking, gambling, etc. Hording produces a temporary sense of security and gratification; certain amounts of chemical endorphins are released into the brain similar to the amounts that are released when humans are engaged in the creative process, the arts. IMO, one is like a fine wood (creating) the other like plastic (collecting and shopping); natural vs. synthetic. Shopping and the selective collecting of shit temporally fulfills a natural need to create. Distinction, buying a painting is not painting a painting; this is not a pipe. – The arts in education are important, they develop the physical tools and discipline of following though in the creative process; which is often long, painful and takes tons of practice. Shopping and hording take little practice, it’s base, instinctual. – . Finding a balance between the two is the hard part. In conclusion, the more we are addicted to the collecting of shit the less creative we become. A society that favors hording to creativity makes it-self vulnerable and slaves to the corruptive power pimps of the world, the merchant cartel. These guys constantly work to cut funds in education and the arts, because they know that knowledge is power and creativity is the expression of that power. – it’s needs a little work, but you get the gist.”