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Old 01-03-2005, 03:58
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MaRKuS-DJM you are definately NOT "less skilled." And I hope your took my comments in the spirit of gentle ribbing in which they were intended.

A "challenge" is often hard for the competitive spirit to resist accepting, and a competitive spirit usually enjoys demonstrating that they have defeated the "challenge" and particularly if they can demonstrate that they have arrived at the finish line "first." There is nothing "wrong" with that concept and it is encouraged in most societies.

Sometimes, however, the really successful competitor can advance to the point where they come to enjoy more the encouragement of others to sharpen their competitive skills and in such games of skill they tend only to offer "hints," rather than "solutions." This form of encouragement is highly valued and, in truth, more useful than being the "first' to find a solution, because it represents a sharing of knowledge and the passing on of such knowledge to the next group, who, ultimately, will need to pass it on, and so on and so on.

So take my comments as a compliment that I judge your "skill set" to be in that group "from whom" others can benefit and that as a mentor of "less skilled" you simply need to understand that the true value is not is giving the answer, but in teaching others how to find their own.

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