I love the phrase fake it till you make it. Its incredible how much success is a byproduct of just acting confident about whatever you are doing.
It’ll make them feel better and you’ve still shown everyone how awfully clever you are.
Studies show that kids who think they’re hard workers outperform kids who think they’re smart.
You would be amazed about the bad information people use to make life choices.
It’ll drop the difficulty by two or three levels. No joke. People will treat you VASTLY differently. The opposite is also true.
… you can actually get pretty far in most jobs without being that good at anything or trying very hard.
… and pay a compliment and a “thank you” about the server/host/staff. Usually people want to see a manager to complain, and a compliment is nearly always welcome.
I’ve gotten countless free drinks/appetizers/chips/% off my bill – all for just making a polite comment to management.
Now tape a 5 dollar bill and tape it to the end of the upside down single with as little tape as possible to make it secure. Now feed the five dollar bill into a change machine. The coin machine reads the five, gives you quarters, then reads the upside down single, rejects that, and boom, you got yourself a felony.
You can then follow it up with a comment if you’d like to continue the conversation.
Say you’ll achieve less than you think you will and then do more and everyone will be impressed (works well at a job)