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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:08 PM Original message |
Why do successful people make me feel like a piece of shit? |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because you let them? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'm pretty sure it was Eleanor Roosevelt... |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Eleanor Roosevelt was Dear Abbey? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The truth is out there... |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. oh |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Time to redefine success |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. self-pitying crap deleted |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Then I'll be a successful drunk |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Comparing yourself to others can only make you sore. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. What excellent advice! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Only if you're remind me of the same advice |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. ... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. There will always be greater and lesser men then you. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. How do you define success? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. yeah, my last big hurrah was 4th grade, when I was reading at a 6th grade level |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. What I meant was that you shouldn't allow others to define success for you. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Rationally, I have that perspective. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Yeah. Luckily, emotions are biochemical and can be altered. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. And you're not successful? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Not sure I get your dad's point... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. IOW, money isn't a yardstick. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. You mean you're NOT? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yeah, I'm the one. |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
20. I feel that way sometimes. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. Snap out of it, gmoney!!!! Right now, stop everything and do this: |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I agree with Shine |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Reminds me of a great sermon |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. I dunno. Do shitty people make you feel successful? |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. Define what you consider successful. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
26. You're talking to the King of self-flagellation here. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. My dear gmoney... |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Wow, I've even managed to bum out California Peggy |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Awww, sweetie... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
33. g, |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Thanks Heidi |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's how they function |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
36. I have moments of self doubt as well. I think it is meant to keep us |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
37. I don't know |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thanks sweetie... |
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