It's All Star Week for Major League Baseball. So here are some baseball analogies!
The alpholes of the world have somehow been conditioned to believe that getting someone upset is a win. It's mas puntos. It's a trip, it's fun, it increases their status. Or, some might say, it makes them the strikeout kings!
Getting angry and flying off the handle is like a ground ball to them. Losing control is like having them run into the stands to catch a foul ball for an easy out. Hitting below the belt and having you admit that you can't take what they said is a third strike down the middle! Instead, what we need is a base hit between third and short, an RBI, or a home run. In other words, we have to get hits off their pitching!
Any ballplayer will tell you that you have to be smart at the plate. Look at where the infield and outfield have moved. Look where he's aiming the pitch. Watch for the curve. If it's going outside, be smart and quick enough to not swing at that pitch. If it's going inside, don't be scared, but get out of the way. But if you know that it's your pitch, swing for the fences!
By the same token, accept this reality. About 90% of what these would-be aces are throwing are bad pitches. If we're smart enough to avoid swinging at these bad pitches, we walk. They fail. They missed a beautiful opportunity to fake us out and win over us. Guess we're not like those bush-league hitters, huh?
But when we're Bold and Bulletproof, we're ready for them when they throw strikes. As outlined in the last post, we can foul off those pitches when we capture evidence of their misdeeds and present them to the authorities. That means we are quick enough to get a piece of their pitching and not let them manipulate us. And if they find a curve or change up, we can see it coming, and we can send it downtown! That means that we know what they're going to do, we won't fall for it, and we'll use their tactics against them.
And more importantly, we will not let any emotional reactions impair our judgment. That is the only way they can beat us, and we'll deprive them of that opportunity! They can't force us to play by their rules if we stick to our rules and resist all distractions.
So that's the jam for now. Enjoy the All Star Game on Tuesday night!
I EXIST. I MATTER. I BELONG. I DESERVE.
I AM BOLD. I AM BULLETPROOF. I AM BETA.
The alpholes of the world have somehow been conditioned to believe that getting someone upset is a win. It's mas puntos. It's a trip, it's fun, it increases their status. Or, some might say, it makes them the strikeout kings!
Getting angry and flying off the handle is like a ground ball to them. Losing control is like having them run into the stands to catch a foul ball for an easy out. Hitting below the belt and having you admit that you can't take what they said is a third strike down the middle! Instead, what we need is a base hit between third and short, an RBI, or a home run. In other words, we have to get hits off their pitching!
Any ballplayer will tell you that you have to be smart at the plate. Look at where the infield and outfield have moved. Look where he's aiming the pitch. Watch for the curve. If it's going outside, be smart and quick enough to not swing at that pitch. If it's going inside, don't be scared, but get out of the way. But if you know that it's your pitch, swing for the fences!
By the same token, accept this reality. About 90% of what these would-be aces are throwing are bad pitches. If we're smart enough to avoid swinging at these bad pitches, we walk. They fail. They missed a beautiful opportunity to fake us out and win over us. Guess we're not like those bush-league hitters, huh?
But when we're Bold and Bulletproof, we're ready for them when they throw strikes. As outlined in the last post, we can foul off those pitches when we capture evidence of their misdeeds and present them to the authorities. That means we are quick enough to get a piece of their pitching and not let them manipulate us. And if they find a curve or change up, we can see it coming, and we can send it downtown! That means that we know what they're going to do, we won't fall for it, and we'll use their tactics against them.
And more importantly, we will not let any emotional reactions impair our judgment. That is the only way they can beat us, and we'll deprive them of that opportunity! They can't force us to play by their rules if we stick to our rules and resist all distractions.
So that's the jam for now. Enjoy the All Star Game on Tuesday night!
I EXIST. I MATTER. I BELONG. I DESERVE.
I AM BOLD. I AM BULLETPROOF. I AM BETA.
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