Faking it till you make it

Someone told me the cliche that I have to fake it till I make it. Maybe it works for some people but not for me. I am a firm believer that eventually the truth will come out. And i don't wanna be there when everything crashes and burns.

Some people like "chilling around" and just steps in when everything is about to break. They love being the hero. That oftentimes I feel that they let things go from not so bad, to bad and then to worse so that they can show everyone that they are the hero.

Some people are so good at faking it that I think they are already believing their own lies. They are so caught up with their pretensions that they do not know anymore what they really like or want.

Some people are so desperate to be on top that they are willing to do anything even if it means losing a friend, using a friend or pretending to be a friend.

Secrets

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

Sigmund Freud, Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

1 Timothy 5:8

1 Timothy 5:8

What would Machiavelli do?

He would delegate all crummy tasks - except the ones he enjoys.

You don't have to be a powerful prince to start on the process of getting other people to do the stuff you don't want to do.

- from What would Machiavelli do? By Stanley Bing

No matter who you are

No matter how you are, where you come from, your race or religion, it is vital to have a higher power - something bigger than yourself that you can turn to for comfort. -Demi Lovato

Occam's razor

The simplest explanation is usually the right one.

What would Machiavelli do?

This is an important concept for obnoxious people: selective niceness. This guy considers himself to be nice in specific, but not in general, that is, he's nice to certain people when he wants to be, but most unpleasant and difficult the rest of the time. And he feels good about it.
- from What would Machiavelli do? By Stanley Bing