With a 10 mm and 13 mm socket, socket wrench, and a philips head screwdriver a bug owner can disassemble half the car.
I am a winner.
How is that so?
The winners do it.
Do what, Allen?
They just do it.
They do it, and do it, and do it, and do it until it gets done.
They are excited, enthusiastic and passionate. And they stay that way for however long it takes them to win.
..:: I'm a leader ::..
When I was merely a mid-teenager, I was captaining a private research vessel through three oceans to study wild dolphins up close. I was young, and it was a vessel I did not own nor steer. But I plotted its course, I did the research, and my word to stop or go was the word to be listened to. It was more impressive than I make it sound, and there will be a whole book about it. However, it needed 12 years of training with (wild) animals, including 1.5 years living in the Australian wilderness to prepare me for this journey. Such things don't come simple or easy. To get there, you have to do it. And you can.
..:: I'm confident, but not arrogant ::..
Don't mistake these two for each other. Arrogance is false-confidence, a fake used by people who have less than they are comfortable with. I am confident and not arrogant because I do it. I work on my mindset, on my behavior, on being humble, on controlling my pride. I read about it, I do mental exercises, I cultivate my conduct. I have done so since I was very young.
Sometimes it all fails and my reactions aren't nice at all - I have observed that this only occurs as a defense mechanism against really bad treatment or in times of extreme trouble. Even a trained personality can be pushed too far, so be good to each other.
..:: I'm educated ::..
I'm that because I never started nor stopped being a student. I have always been a student, even as a small child, and I have always used the scientific method to build the model of the world I have in my head. It was never distorted by doctrine. What I don't understand I deconstruct and analyze at the most fundamental level available to me, then put it back together and build a model of it in my head that I can draw and make predictions from. I gain deep insight. Be it the laws of nature, the laws of human attraction and behavior, behavior of other life, the evolution of life on Earth, or the Earth itself. It does not matter, because I continue to do it. A very close friend of mine is exactly this in terms of her understanding of animals, specifically birds. I admire her experience, and I marvel her great knowledge, her enthusiasm and her artistic abilities, which I all love to share in, as my enthusiasm is the same. And yet, she is very young. She succeeds like no other at this age, because she's already been a student as a small child, and I foresee she'll continue to be a student as well.
Don't be intimidated by great minds and their accomplishments. These people are great because they do it. They do it, and do it, and do it, and do it until it gets done. And they have the passion, enthusiasm and excitement to do it for however long it takes them to win.
..:: I'm a good teacher, sometimes a great one ::..
I'm that because I have never learned much in school, but taught myself and know how to gain an understanding of something, which means I can convey it to others. I enjoy teaching and opening a person's mind, exhilarating them, astound them of the marvels of the universe. I enjoy helping them to see something they have never seen before. And I continue to do it and think about ways to deliver it. After all, you are reading these words.
..:: You are safe with me ::..
I work on relationships that mean something to me. I nurture and guide them, I deepen them, I strengthen them, I move them forward. I am trustworthy. I'm likely to accept you. I will catch you. I understand you, no matter how weird your quirks are to those who don't do it. Weird is only what is not understood.
Got an unusual taste in food or music? I understand you.
What we like is based on our emotions. What we dislike we can come to like by experiencing it and by attaching good emotions to it. If by any chance you were exposed to unusual foods and music while you grew up, this is how it will freeze out in you. I used to be disgusted by olives, but I started to try one, and another one the next day. Then two, then one, then three, being disgusted every time. Now I love them.
Got a weird fetish? I understand you.
It's not weird. Everybody has a fetish outside the norm. Me too. But nobody says so openly, creating the illusion of a norm that doesn't actually exist.
Got a homosexual brain? I understand you.
It's natural. Homosexual relationships increase the survival rate of a species, the human animal included. I'm glad we had you 40,000 years ago when survival was a struggle and only 10,000 to 30,000 humans lived on the Earth. Don't sweat it, but beware of those who don't do it or do it wrong by following doctrine.
..:: I'm a good person ::..
As a mere 3 to 6 year old, I was in touch with wild deer in the woods behind my home. I observed them for a year, learned their behavior, then approached them and formed a bond. Walking with these deer made me an adventurer and a gentle person. I treat a nervous heart with great care. My mind is in constant practice, as I cultivate my conduct. I try to get over my fears. I give to others; I lead them if they need a leader, I teach them if they need a teacher, and I understand them if they need someone to see into their heart. I enjoy being kind. I enjoy being gentle. And of all the girls in a public gathering, I like the shy one in the corner the most; the one who is unsure of herself and doesn't want to be there rather than sitting alone under a tree, for I can be good to her in ways I can't be to any other.
..:: I have purpose in life ::..
I am passionate about saving the oceans, saving the natural world, increasing the quality of the future. I have an online business and I am going to continue to grow it and create more, which will give me freedom to do what I want, live where I want, and the funds to help create the future. I am also a writer and I have my own science-fantasy world as rich in detail as some of the most popular out there. I plan to publish a whole saga settled in that world. I will travel the world more, find and capture its beauty. And I will make a very special person happy throughout her life, if she so chooses me and the adventure our life would be.
..:: I don't give up ::..
I fail to succeed perhaps more than others, because I do more than others. All failures are learning experiences and thus have intrinsic value that I shall never dismiss.
..:: I am flawed ::..
There is much I can still do to better myself. But if life is a novel, then I'm a Mary Sue in many ways. Not because reality is unrealistic, but because I do it. And I will never stop doing it until I am no longer able.
If you want to be a star, do it. If you want to be successful in business, do it. If you want to lead a happier life, do it. If you want to be healthier, do it. If you want to learn how to draw, do it. If you want to deepen a friendship, do it.
Listen to your heart, but don't wait for something to happen on its own. Most people in the world almost do everything they need to win. Almost is the word. They are almost ready to go, almost over the hump, almost out there at work. Tomorrow, they'll start. Always tomorrow.
But I'm a winner.
And I do it
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