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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
As I mentioned earlier, I care. So I will actually offer some constructive criticism. Here is what I imagine when I see the words you wrote above. I imagine that I have accidentally stumbled across the Instagram page for a failed salesmen who is trying to re-cast himself as a motivational speaker. Under his screen name, where his bio info should be, is the following: "Student ~ Teacher ~ Speaker ~ Listener - Thinker." His latest post is a posed picture of the guy, whose name is Ryan, standing on stage with a wrap-around microphone on, pretending to speak to an audience. Behind him is a screen on which is displayed an oversize image of the wannabe-motivational speaker as he appears at that moment on stage, and this creates a kind of hall-of-mirrors, infinite douchebag effect. His loud checked shirt is open one too many buttons. And while he thinks his comically disheveled hair and two-day beard create the image of a man who is too hard at work to worry about appearances, they actually just betray his all-consuming cocaine addiction. His eyes are sunken and dull, and his smile is hollow. At the bottom of the post, superimposed over the picture, are the following words, in all-caps bold Helvetica: "Stupid and smart are measured in results. Nothing else counts."
Do better.
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How is success measured in politics?
So if one succeeds by playing to the dumb, is he dumb? On the other hand, if one fancies himself smart but fails to connect and so loses to his opponent who plays to the dumb, is he still smart?
Try this. You’ve two options:
1. You get lots of what you want, but people don’t respect your intellect;
2. You get the satisfaction of having others tell you you’re smart, but you don’t get the material success you want.
Which would you pick?
Stated otherwise, are you the kind of person who values most what others think of their abilities? Because that’s how you seem to measure “smart.” And that is a valid measurement. But it’s also an insecure measurement.
Smart as you measure it is cheap. Millions of people shake their heads every month and wonder why they can’t pay the mortgage with it.
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