I was going to audition for Juilliard but my piano teacher said I wasn't good enough and I believed him and now I work in marketing and hate classical music.
More people experience this than they realize.
Authority figures' judgments can become internal truths that shape decades of choices, often inaccurately.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost possibility — paths not taken?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.