Being genuine and faking it (4)

Were you ever unfairly accused of cheating or faking your results after you accomplished something extraordinary? 

Pipe dreams

Did someone ever thwart your dreams? What did you want to do, and who thought that you couldn't do it?

This week's theme is childhood memories.

This can't be right

What is something that seemed extreme, off-balance, or even scary when you first tried it, but that now seems normal and routine?

This week's theme is extremes.

The road not taken

Sometimes you have to choose between two roughly equivalent — but mutually exclusive — opportunities. And sometimes you have to make a choice with precious little solid information to go on. What is one choice that still haunts you, years later, with the niggling (but unprovable) suspicion that the other path might have worked out better for you?

This week's theme is missed opportunities.

Wet blankets

We all know people who like to rain on parades. How do you deal with people who belittle or discourage your plans and ambitions?

This week's theme is strategies.

D'oh!

What, in your opinion, is the single dumbest thing you've ever done? If you were watching someone else do it, how would you feel? Would it really seem that dumb if done by someone else, or are you just harder on yourself than necessary?

Without doubt

What would you set out to do this week if you weren't held back by doubt — if you had no doubt at all about your ultimate success?