Humble Pie

Humility
     The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's importance, rank, etc.
Synonyms:
      Humbleness
Antonyms:
     Prideful

Sometimes I feel like I’m writing a self help book when I do these blog posts.

Oh well.

Personally, I think a lot of people could use a lot more humility. A lot of people can go on and on about themselves forever. Now in some situations this can be a good thing i.e. job interviews, auditions, etc. Being able to modestly brag about yourself is key if you want to get a good job or a fantastic part. But in the everyday world, it’s just plain annoying. No one wants to listen to you drag on and on about yourself and discuss how wonderful you are. If you are so wonderful, chances are the people around you know it, and don’t need/ don’t want to be reminded about it. What you should do is brag about other people. It’s so much cooler if you discuss how awesome other people are. Now, don’t be a kiss-ass, but you can make your friends feel really good about themselves if you talk them up, rather than talking yourself up. Don’t be prideful and don’t be insufferable. Be humble.

“Those who exalt themselves will be humbled,

but those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

See ya in class, 

Brenden

Attitude

Attitude is very important. The way others read your thoughts and feelings can drastically affect the outcome of your day. Now I'm not saying that everyone can be a little bucket of sunshine all of the time, but on the same note, you can't be a Debbie downer one-hundred percent of the time either. Chances are things aren't as bad as they seem. I'm sure that if you try you can always find something to be cheerful about. You're alive! That's good. (Right?) If you're reading this then you're in an awesome English Class at a college. That's pretty cool, huh?

Don't let the small things get you down. Especially not people! No one can take away from how incredible amazing you are. So try to always have a positive attitude, if you can.

Attitude tends to be the make it or break it factor for a lot of things. It's incredible how often you will succeed if you go into situations or projects with a positive attitude. You might get a job, or write a fantastic essay, or keep a blog going for weeks. Who knows!

Go into everything with a positive attitude! Oh and uh, keep this in mind.

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And don't forget it!

I leave you with a quote:

"Non illegitimati carborundum."

"Don't let the bastards get you down."

See ya in class

Brenden

No post this week huh? Well where's the fun in that? Video time!

Ok So I really like this video and I hope you do too. This girl is a Youtube comedian and she's just incredibly funny. I feel like these would be much more entertaining things to occupy my day too. Enjoy!

See ya in Class,
Brenden