Today: I woke up late for school. This brings up a good topic for discussion. Turning “Shit to Sugar” as 50 Cent would call it (Read the 50th law of Power). What that means is take the best from every situation. This does not necessarily mean optimism. Optimistic people refuse to acknowledge that there is shit in the world. They attempt to convince themselves and other everyone and everything is okay. That is by far, evolutionarily speaking, one of the most counter-productive thought processes. How can we fix the shit if we refuse to acknowledge its existence?
I’m not optimistic, I’m an opportunist. I see a problem, accept it’s real, analyze its possible solutions and hypothesize the possible outcomes. From there, I make a decision. For example: Being late today, I decided that there was no handicap for arriving 15-30 minutes later then I was going to anyways. The class I was missing meant little or nothing to my real goals. I decided to have a healthy breakfast, relax, and get to school before my next course. Now it falls into place, I arrive at school, not hungry, not tired, and ready for my day, compared to rushing to school, tired, unprepared, and hungry as fuck. Turn your blunders into outlets for success, every move must look like it was calculated meticulous. Adopt the thought process “I’ve never been unprepared. Everything happens because I want it to.”
Note: For those of you, if you run into a similar situation at work. Remember showing up to work is different than school. You are in debt to these people, compared to a school system where the opposite is true. If you must arrive late, visibly work harder that day than any other day that month, but make it appear as if it were a coincidence.
On another subject: Chances are you have been in a situation where you had the choice to get involved or to not get involved. This is directly related to the opportunistic views expressed above. Look at the situation, is it worth getting involved? Does it directly benefit you? Can it benefit you in any way? If the answer to either of these is no, stay away from the situation. But if they are yes then by all means get involved.
Ex: My girlfriend recently got upset at a comment I made making fun of her bitch friend. Her text response was “He took me home because he knew I had a bad day and he’s a good friend.” There are plenty of hidden meanings in messages like this. People unintentionally or even may intentionally leave these subtext meanings in their words, Verbal or text. I’ll dissect this message now.
Starting off “He took me home…” People will intentionally test your emotional frame; this is part of normal interactions. We constantly are tested to ensure we are truthful with our persona. This specifically was testing my frame to see if I would care. Otherwise she would’ve said something along the lines of “My friend…” which is completely unisex; which would illicit no emotional response.
“because he knew I had a bad day” This is where it gets interesting, This is an obvious invitation for me to ask “What happened?”. This was more likely to be an intentional attempt to get a response. But like I said earlier, is it worth getting involved? From my perspective, No. absolute waste of my time, why would I care how her day went? Does it affect me? Not really. My day went great; I don’t want this Debbie Downer on my case making me feel like shit.
“he’s a good friend.” Finally, this is directly meant to compare me to her friend. She once again is testing me to see if I care what she thinks. I do not; I know I’m a good friend. I don’t need her to reinforce my own opinion.
So the solution you may ask? Evade. Politicians do it all the time, they do it damn well. How many politicians do you see actually answering the questions they were asked? Not many. I didn’t text her back, not getting involved. If I were in person, I’d probably say “He is a good friend” and move onto a new subject.
Be Amazing, Be Awesome, Kick ass.
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