Thanks for the thoughtful replies.

Ms. cac, you have some good points. No doubt there have been some successes. On the other hand, my review of this board seems to indicate that they represent a minority of the situations.

Originally Posted By: cemar2
When you confront a LD person, even in a nice way, about their lack of desire, your essentially telling them that they are failures. Deep down, they KNOW this.


I suspect you're onto something. I believe it was the great Jackie Robinson who once observed that "you don't accomplish much by giving someone the lowdown on themselves". The hurt must be profound(of course, HD's can counter with the fact that no one has the "hurt" market cornered).

I think it takes a really big person and a lot of courage for a LD to acknlowledge that they're not quite right and resolve to do something about it.