I want to beg of you much as I can to be patient toward all that’s unsolved in your heart, and learn to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, or like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not seek the answers, which cannot be given you, because you would not be able to live them, and the point is to live everything. Live the question now, perhaps you will then, gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
From “Letters to a Young Poet”
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Make yourself a challenge, use intermittent reinforcement, always, always, always pay, and never ask her out using an interrogative: “Wednesday, 8 p.m.” No question — just a period. It’s unbelievably sexy. Women look for reassurance that you’re in control, that you can handle things. Be “that guy,” the guy her girl friends wish their boyfriends were more like, the one who’s always planning exciting new adventures — plays, trapeze, a surprise trip to an island or a day roadtripping in a rented van — not just another restaurant and a choice between the fish or the meat, the white or the red. Be the guy who’s up for anything. Be the guy who makes it happen.
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So to all my future employers out there, here’s what you can expect from me: I will show up to work every day ready to work. Unless I’m meeting with a client that day, I’ll probably be wearing something comfortable, but I promise to shower and put deodorant on before I come in. When I’m working, I might listen to my iPod or I might chat occasionally with people through Gmail, but you can be rest assured that I will do excellent work for you. I will expect to be promoted quickly, not because it’s my birthright, but because I want to learn more and take on more responsibility. I expect regular feedback on my performance, but I don’t need you to hold my hand. Call me a Trophy Kid, but I’m entitled to a fair assessment.
Trophy Kids: Entitled to a Fair Assessment
