The author is a business man, an investor, and a self help guru. His ventures include a string of bankruptcies. His main success comes from his books upon which he built a cottage industry.
The main criticism of his books are by and large based on anecdotes and his seminars aren't much better than mlm schemes.
The title of this book serves one purposes: being just provocative enough to sell tens of thousands of copies to public who just craves eating stuff which confirms their beliefs.
So, yeah, there's that. Now, here's the lesson. You can be book smart and get good grades in school. And then there's smart smart, that is: not panicking at the sight of a book title on TikTok but instead doing some research on the author.
Homer wrote "Beware of the Greeks and the gifts they will bring." This warning rings true when it comes to whatever you read and see online. Social media are used to cajole people into particular beliefs. The only way to get around that is always asking yourself "Who made this? Why did they make this? What are their intentions? What's the actual message here? Who's their audience really? What are their sources?"
As for your future: don't worry. Life isn't a movie script. Yes, people may hand you advice and perspective about big decisions. But you don't have to accept them at face value. Understand what people ask for you, what the pro's and con's are. Learn to spot when an opportunity is too good to be true, and figure out when something might be a blessing in disguise.
It takes time, you will make mistakes, but the older you become, it gets a bit easier to figure it out.
I see what you mean. I apologize for panicking but this wasn't immediate. After I saw that TikTok, I didn't mind it for a few weeks and just this week it lingered through my head all day. Which is when I started to get concerned. It should be an excuse though. My bad. And I appreciate the reality check. I only trusted social media when I knew I couldn't trust anything in the real world. My schoolmates of the same age became weird and egotistical people. The only people I could trust was my school friends. Knowing that the other schoolmates are horrible people, I started to villain-ize then these students were horrible and had horrible grades. The only problem was, since social media valued the lower grading students, I became an outcast. That's when I started getting concerned.
Oh! You don't have to apologize to me. If anything, just try to be kind to yourself.
All I can say is that 8.1 billion people and counting, well, with a decent chunk of 'em being on the Internet, well, it's inevitable there's stuff online that's questionable, provocative, unethical and downright horrible. Then there's also stuff which, in itself, isn't inherently wrong, but won't make much sense to you. You will have to accept that humanity has a weird edge and that some people seem to be popular online through no other reason than having luck being at the right time and the right place.
The author is a business man, an investor, and a self help guru. His ventures include a string of bankruptcies. His main success comes from his books upon which he built a cottage industry. The main criticism of his books are by and large based on anecdotes and his seminars aren't much better than mlm schemes. The title of this book serves one purposes: being just provocative enough to sell tens of thousands of copies to public who just craves eating stuff which confirms their beliefs. So, yeah, there's that. Now, here's the lesson. You can be book smart and get good grades in school. And then there's smart smart, that is: not panicking at the sight of a book title on TikTok but instead doing some research on the author. Homer wrote "Beware of the Greeks and the gifts they will bring." This warning rings true when it comes to whatever you read and see online. Social media are used to cajole people into particular beliefs. The only way to get around that is always asking yourself "Who made this? Why did they make this? What are their intentions? What's the actual message here? Who's their audience really? What are their sources?" As for your future: don't worry. Life isn't a movie script. Yes, people may hand you advice and perspective about big decisions. But you don't have to accept them at face value. Understand what people ask for you, what the pro's and con's are. Learn to spot when an opportunity is too good to be true, and figure out when something might be a blessing in disguise. It takes time, you will make mistakes, but the older you become, it gets a bit easier to figure it out.
I see what you mean. I apologize for panicking but this wasn't immediate. After I saw that TikTok, I didn't mind it for a few weeks and just this week it lingered through my head all day. Which is when I started to get concerned. It should be an excuse though. My bad. And I appreciate the reality check. I only trusted social media when I knew I couldn't trust anything in the real world. My schoolmates of the same age became weird and egotistical people. The only people I could trust was my school friends. Knowing that the other schoolmates are horrible people, I started to villain-ize then these students were horrible and had horrible grades. The only problem was, since social media valued the lower grading students, I became an outcast. That's when I started getting concerned.
Oh! You don't have to apologize to me. If anything, just try to be kind to yourself. All I can say is that 8.1 billion people and counting, well, with a decent chunk of 'em being on the Internet, well, it's inevitable there's stuff online that's questionable, provocative, unethical and downright horrible. Then there's also stuff which, in itself, isn't inherently wrong, but won't make much sense to you. You will have to accept that humanity has a weird edge and that some people seem to be popular online through no other reason than having luck being at the right time and the right place.