The thing with this advice is that it's really great and very sound <i>but</i> I wonder who it is aimed at.
If it is aimed at those that really want to take heed of this advice and learn a lesson from it, then great, but if it's aimed at the likes of those mentioned in the article, then i'm afraid to say the advice is going to fall on "deaf ears".<p>The biggest thing with people like Thomas is that they never learn.<p>There's a very good reason why he's still acting like a 19 year old at 31. He's clearly got deeper issues regards his self-esteem. Remember, Self-esteem and Narcissism are flip sides of the same coin. People like that are very good at painting a picture of their own versions of reality or making it look like they completely understand what it is you're trying to say, but in reality, their ego gets in the way, and they never really understand your message. It's a never ending battle.<p>The sad part is there are many wannabe entrepreneurs out there with ego issues such as Thomas, that are very good at convincing the rest of the world that they know what they're doing and that things haven't gone the right way because of 'this reason or that' - and while they're at convincing the rest of the world, they wreck other people's lives in the process because they're so not adept at taking responsibility for their own success (self-esteem issues) and usually wreck other people's sense of self-esteem in the process.