All that's missing from this Friday is an invitation to a BBQ. Any takers? No? Well, I know I don't have body odor (or do I...?), so that's not the reason I haven't been invited to any BBQs lately. I used to think my social isolation was due to there being something wrong with me. I'm not...just fill in the blank. In general, I don't connect with people well. Phoning people is a herculean effort, much less making small talk. I don't talk small.
Neither do I talk big. Therein lies the problem. I haven't been thinking well enough of myself. According to this lovely article, the majority of people think they're better than average. We think we're more beautiful, smarter and probably more funny. I am funny. Of course, I just don't open my mouth enough for anyone to know.
I've heard this conversation from friends on various topics (and yes, I do have friends even though I don't phone them). Over beer, this unnamed friends, shall we call him Mike, usually lists some study, such as 95% of people are stupid. Mike will then follow up with an example of how other people are stupid and he is not. Good for you Mike. Of course, I always think, how do you know that you're not in the 95%? And how could that even be a reasonable study? Lastly, I've heard you say things that definitely does not place you in that tiny-weeny top 5%. Shall we arm wrestle?
The article concludes that self-aggrandizing behaviour helps boost confidence, which in turn may get us places our current abilities don't warrant, but may eventually merit. Here's to leaping ahead of myself and to thinking I write better than I do. This dissertation is going to be awesome!
Neither do I talk big. Therein lies the problem. I haven't been thinking well enough of myself. According to this lovely article, the majority of people think they're better than average. We think we're more beautiful, smarter and probably more funny. I am funny. Of course, I just don't open my mouth enough for anyone to know.
I've heard this conversation from friends on various topics (and yes, I do have friends even though I don't phone them). Over beer, this unnamed friends, shall we call him Mike, usually lists some study, such as 95% of people are stupid. Mike will then follow up with an example of how other people are stupid and he is not. Good for you Mike. Of course, I always think, how do you know that you're not in the 95%? And how could that even be a reasonable study? Lastly, I've heard you say things that definitely does not place you in that tiny-weeny top 5%. Shall we arm wrestle?
The article concludes that self-aggrandizing behaviour helps boost confidence, which in turn may get us places our current abilities don't warrant, but may eventually merit. Here's to leaping ahead of myself and to thinking I write better than I do. This dissertation is going to be awesome!
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