I think one thing I do pretty well is not taking myself too seriously.
I have an ego the size of a small planet.
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
No problem is too big it can't be run away from
Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.