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Give people plenty of opportunities to betray you. Extend trust they haven't earned over not so trivial but tolerable losses, and wait to see if they honour your trust, or dishonour it.
If they cut and run and betray, what you lost was the price paid to ascertain who they are.
If they cut and run and betray, what you lost was the price paid to ascertain who they are.
They'll think you're stupid because you seem naive
"Haha that idiot barely even knows me and he trusted I'd keep my word LOL what a LOSER"
But that's because they don't realise unearned trust is a test of character
You're not gullible
They're just too dumb to see you're smart
"Haha that idiot barely even knows me and he trusted I'd keep my word LOL what a LOSER"
But that's because they don't realise unearned trust is a test of character
You're not gullible
They're just too dumb to see you're smart
"Thanks for showing me who you are, enjoy the charity"
This should be your attitude.
Taking small losses now will ensure you don't have to take significant losses down the road
This is how you vet people
Boyfriend, girlfriend, friend, business partner - all the same
TELL SON
This should be your attitude.
Taking small losses now will ensure you don't have to take significant losses down the road
This is how you vet people
Boyfriend, girlfriend, friend, business partner - all the same
TELL SON
They didn't trick you if you gave them the opportunity to trick you and they took it.
They took the bait and revealed themselves to be who they would always claim they are not.
So who's the real winner?
You. Because knowledge and truth are power. Trinkets are replaceable.
They took the bait and revealed themselves to be who they would always claim they are not.
So who's the real winner?
You. Because knowledge and truth are power. Trinkets are replaceable.
If your garden is full of snakes, it's because you haven't cut the grass.
Only when stripped bare through tests of character will you ascertain who is really worth keeping around, and who isn't.
And let's be clear - most people are untrustworthy.
Test the ones you're unsure of
Only when stripped bare through tests of character will you ascertain who is really worth keeping around, and who isn't.
And let's be clear - most people are untrustworthy.
Test the ones you're unsure of
"Why are most people untrustworthy?"
Because they aren't grounded in anything.
People who flex their IQ or atheism by saying "morality is relative" although technically correct signal "I have no grounding in any solid moral principle, therefore I am fluid - unreliable, fickle"
Because they aren't grounded in anything.
People who flex their IQ or atheism by saying "morality is relative" although technically correct signal "I have no grounding in any solid moral principle, therefore I am fluid - unreliable, fickle"
If you're unreliable and fickle and stand for nothing, you will fall for anything.
If you are like water because you fancy yourself a strategist, which is all well and good, you also cannot be held, and what I cannot hold I cannot give.
Will not explain if you don't get this.
If you are like water because you fancy yourself a strategist, which is all well and good, you also cannot be held, and what I cannot hold I cannot give.
Will not explain if you don't get this.
This is the thing about people new to the art of war.
They try to apply these aspects of cunning to themselves in totality.
They think having morals is for idiots.
They don't realise the tools of warfare ONLY apply to warfare - not cooperation - that all things have a place.
They try to apply these aspects of cunning to themselves in totality.
They think having morals is for idiots.
They don't realise the tools of warfare ONLY apply to warfare - not cooperation - that all things have a place.
You should know how to treat enemies.
And you should know how to treat friends.
But you should also know how to pick friends.
So your friends don't turn out to be enemies.
You live and die by your own judgement.
Quite literally.
And you should know how to treat friends.
But you should also know how to pick friends.
So your friends don't turn out to be enemies.
You live and die by your own judgement.
Quite literally.
You have trust issues because you have judgement issues, when there are no judgement issues, there are no trust issues.
These things are inextricable, inseparable, the latter always precedes the former.
Get good at vetting, and you will never have trust issues ever again.
These things are inextricable, inseparable, the latter always precedes the former.
Get good at vetting, and you will never have trust issues ever again.
I will end this thread by linking to the first post within it & leaving this comment:
Do not be afraid to take risks - take calculated risks, for when risk is calculated, loss is acceptable.
You'll never lose what u can't afford to. This is how u win. https://twitter.com/TellYourSonThis/status/1203557718495256577
Do not be afraid to take risks - take calculated risks, for when risk is calculated, loss is acceptable.
You'll never lose what u can't afford to. This is how u win. https://twitter.com/TellYourSonThis/status/1203557718495256577
