Stuttering is only one facet of ourselves. Many of us believed that we were doomed to be socially, educationally, and economically relegated to lives of quiet desperation. That’s not true unless allowed it to be. Pursue your life’s goals. Develop the social relationships that lead to the same career contacts fluent people share. Seek out high-quality people. Associate yourself socially with the best people, whatever that means to you. There is so much more to us than our stuttering and never allow anyone to lower your expectations or your standards.