This is a test to see how much of a people pleaser you really are.
Select each of the following ideas below and match it with one of the actions above:
1) Social harmony
2) Avoiding conflict
3) Gaining acceptance
(Yes, those are your only three options... and yes, there are differences between the three.)
Imagine having to stay married to one of those concepts for the rest of your life.
Imagine having to go through life living by others' beliefs rather than your own.
Imagine having to live like a Yes man 24/7, even though you know saying No is the better choice.
Imagine having your self-worth being determined by the approval of others... forever.
No one I know knows the key to success, but I once read that the key to failure is trying to please everybody. So if you still haven't decided on which idea you'd marry, congratulations on not failing in life.
Let's play a round of "Fuck-Marry-Kill."
Select each of the following ideas below and match it with one of the actions above:
1) Social harmony
2) Avoiding conflict
3) Gaining acceptance
(Yes, those are your only three options... and yes, there are differences between the three.)
Imagine having to stay married to one of those concepts for the rest of your life.
Imagine having to go through life living by others' beliefs rather than your own.
Imagine having to live like a Yes man 24/7, even though you know saying No is the better choice.
Imagine having your self-worth being determined by the approval of others... forever.
No one I know knows the key to success, but I once read that the key to failure is trying to please everybody. So if you still haven't decided on which idea you'd marry, congratulations on not failing in life.
"The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving."
A fixed "key to failure"..... requires a standard "success"
ReplyDeleteI think I agree with that statement (if I'm interpreting it correctly).
DeleteFrom what I understood from the quote, "The key to failure is trying to please everyone," your statement follows that logic.
If we can assume the "standard 'success'" (as you put it) refers to YOU receiving a favorable outcome regardless of whether someone else benefited from that success...
...Then the "key to failure" (trying to please everybody) REQUIRES you to not think about yourself at all.
This stays fixed, due to our standards of success.
Me writing this comment to you is not aimed to get you to agree with me. It is an attempt to strengthen MY way of understanding the aforementioned quote after being challenged by my interpretation of your statement.
Was I successful? Maybe, maybe not. But that's irrelevant, because 'failure' and 'lack of success' are two different concepts to me.