The people who don’t give a damn about you are never going to give you the truth. The reason why I don’t often publish fluffy posts that try to make you feel better about yourself is because I don’t want you to stay stuck in a suboptimal situation that you’ll regret years later. It was then that I also realized I was firmly stuck seeing the world for what it truly is, a merciless place where only the fittest survive. Instead of publishing an “attaboy attagirl” post, I published What If You Go To Harvard And End Up A Nobody? I didn’t even realize I did exactly the opposite of what I wanted to do until the negative comments started rolling in. I was determined to write a post that made you guys feel good about yourselves the next week. “Feel good, create love,” is what I jotted down in my notes. The more they feel good about using your product, the stronger the connection, and the greater an ambassador they will be. I went to a marketing get together the other week, and the speaker told the audience how it was important to make your clients feel loved. Then I ran into trouble with the law and somewhere between sitting in a jail cell one night to facing the judge, I snapped out of my funk and stopped taking my life for granted. Why him? And why so soon? Why was there so much poverty juxtaposed with so much wealth? Why did another friend have to go so young due to cancer? When will it be my turn? Shit got real, quick.Īs I grew older, I felt myself slipping away, not really caring what became of me. Since that unfortunate evening I’ve seen the world with an extremely critical eye. This was the first time she had ever gone out. Not only did he die, his front passenger also died as well.

He was driving too fast at night when he lost control and hit a tree. When I was 13, I accidentally swallowed the red pill when one of my close friends died in a car accident.

You take the red pill: you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” – Morpheus, The Matrix You take the blue pill: the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.

Take the red pill