#Davy's upbringing was very Trust No One Not Even Yourself
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🔺for davy; how would YOU describe your upbringing?
"1 to 10? 10, certainly."
"Okay, if I had to admit it, I'd say I wouldn't have survived as long as I have if they hadn't taught me what they taught me. I know cruelty and human nature aren't synonyms for each other, but I learned early that they're pretty damn close, and it's better to be cautious than foolish. It wasn't an easy lesson, and it wasn't one I enjoyed learning, but if I'd grown up naive and trusting and open - would I have lived this long? Not likely. Someone would have taught me, along the way. I guess in a sense I'm lucky it was Agatha. That way there was never any real loss in it. A lot of people mourn their naivety; when they lose it. I suppose it's a blessing to never have had it at all."
#Davy's upbringing was very Trust No One Not Even Yourself#Everyone Will Use You And Eat You Alive#If You Aren't Able To Support Yourself You Will Be Left To Rot#If You Aren't Valuable To Others They Will Allow It To Happen#Human Life Is Poison And Has No Intrinsic Value. Steal And Lie And Kill For Your Own Advantage#etc.#he has a few complexes
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1/2 Hi! I really liked your review of Sanditon ep. 7! I wanted to ask for your thoughts about the Heraclitus comment but the conversation around it. I agree Sidney absolutely did not intend to insult Charlotte, but Eliza turned it into an insult and the rest of the party (except Lady Susan) all laughed at Charlotte's expense. And it cut to Charlotte's insecurity about not fitting in with the London crowd, which we also saw at the ball in ep. 6.
2/2 But while at the ball Sidney told her “not to doubt” herself and “you’re more than equal to any woman here,” in ep. 7, he doesn’t laugh, but he doesn’t say anything reassuring either when he catches up with her. He only says he hopes she wasn’t she wasn’t offended by Mrs. Campion, and that it was all “in jest.” He clearly meant well, but that’s the worst thing to say to someone who is clearly hurt and upset by said “jest.” And he didn’t reassure her, which hurt as well. What do you think?
Hi! Sorry this turned into a 3/3. I would have really liked to see more of Sidney and Eliza, especially after her behavior toward Charlotte. Because we know Sidney doesn’t agree with her assessment of Charlotte, but not if he said anything about it to Eliza. I wish we had seen their last conversation! We know so little about their story. Did he realize how mean she actually is and how her behavior was inappropriate?
Hey, nonnie!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed my review.
I wanted to ask for your thoughts about the Heraclitus comment but the conversation around it.
Oh, good! We get to talk about my current favorite subject: Sidney Parker. You have unleashed the cracken, nonnie! Get your tea, biscuits, sausages or whatever and strap in. This is going to be a loooooong one!
I actually thought it would be interesting to try and analyze Sidney throughout this episode because, as I said, the narrative choice of making Eliza’s reappearance all about Charlotte’s unrequited love drama has robbed us of some insight into Sidney. For all intents and purposes Eliza was his plot, not Charlotte’s and it’s a shame Davies didn’t explore it.
That being said, I do think that enough was given in order to create a pretty clear picture of what Sidney was going through if you are willing to look more in depth. And let’s face it, we’re all willing since we’re spending inordinate amounts of time watching these scenes.
Btw, I’m at my 87th rewatch of the dance scene. Anyone else keeping score? And speaking of that glorious tv moment to be treasured for all time, that’s where our clue hunt must start. In this particular moment to be precise:
This is the genesis, the big bang if you will of Sidney’s crisis and the word that can describe him from this moment on is: CONFUSION! Sidney spends the entirety of episode 7 in a state of confusion.
You can see it in this moment above. He goes from complete calm decisiveness in regards to what he feels for Charlotte and what he wants from her to completely losing the plot in a matter of seconds when faced with the return of Eliza Campion.
Look at him! I don’t think we’ve ever seen Sidney this flustered. And the way he walks towards her, like a moth to the flame? In an instant it’s very clear just how much he must have loved this woman and that, for the time being, he’s forgotten all about Charlotte.
There is a brief moment where he remembers her that will be echoed in episode 7, when he brings Eliza to Tom’s house:
Episode 6:
Episode 7:
Theo James is really bringing his A game to these micro expressions because you can see very clearly that Sidney hesitates and also feels a bit uncomfortable having Charlotte see him with Eliza. He is, however, spellbound by Eliza in the London scene:
Incidentally we will never see Sidney this happy in her presence again. On the subject of micro expressions, I would like to draw your attention to this smile Theo James does over and over again. It’s almost a tic at this point:
Once you see it, you can’t really unsee it. This is the face Sidney does every time he doesn’t actually want to say what’s on his mind and it’s his way of keeping people at arm’s length. The reason why this is important is that he has this expression in every single scene he shares with Eliza:
Beach scene:
Boatus interruptus:
Tent of doom:
The don’t make me do this scene:
He’s also pretty much retired this expression when talking to Charlotte, instead hitting her with the irresistible combination of:
and …
My guess is Eliza didn’t see those pearly whites once during her whole stay in Sanditon.
So, given all of this distant body language, why is Sidney confused to begin with? Clearly Charlotte makes him happy while Eliza makes him indifferent at best and unpleasantly surprised at worst (we’ll get to that).
In order to answer that, we need to pay a little attention to this line Sidney says, during his scene with his brothers:
Sidney: It is a strange feeling. You’ve wanted something impossible for so long and suddenly it’s within your grasp.
If we were to do an exercise of imagination, we could go back in time to a young Sidney Parker. What would he have been like? I would argue he wouldn’t be all that dissimilar to Charlotte. Basically a happy, go lucky kind of guy who grew up in a loving family. Or as Eleanor Tilney in Northanger Abbey would put it, a person with a dangerous upbringing.
Sidney grew up thinking that the world was a basically wonderful place and everyone was “as pure of heart”as he. With the romantic notions of a young man, he fell in love with the pretty and witty Eliza and perhaps turned a blind eye to her more disagreeable traits. That was until those traits hit him right in the emotions organ and she left him to marry an older, richer man.
I don’t think it can be understated just how cruelly Eliza behaved. This isn’t Anne Elliot refusing Fredrick Wentworth’s proposal because she’s a young girl who’s a little too trusting when it comes to the adults in her life. This is a girl who knowingly strung Sidney along, through an engagement, only to leave him in the dust the moment a more “appealing” option came along.
Despite all of this, Sidney isn’t angry at her (supposedly at least). Moreover, he admits to having dreamed about their reunion for years. Usually when you dream about getting back with someone who showed so little care for you it’s because you’ve idealized them in your head and you probably remember that relationship through rose colored glasses.
That’s why Arthur is truly the genius of the Parker family. Just look at this smooth motherfucker smashing those glasses of delusion:
Arthur: Do you know that for years all I knew about my brother Sidney was that he was driven to the West Indies with a broken heart?
He instinctively understands that if he were to outright tell Sidney that getting back with the woman who used his heart for minced meat, that would make his brother dismiss him immediately. Instead he gently reminds him of the pain she caused. Which still elicits a defensive answer from Sidney:
Sidney: And what is your point, Arthur?
So in his very jovial, kind way, Arthur kicks Sidney right in the feeling nuts:
Arthur: I admire your spirit of forgivness. That is all. If it were me, I do not think I could bring myself to trust her again.
Still, Arthur’s intervention can only go so far. Sidney’s wanted to be with Eliza for so long … How could he help himself from being in her company when given the opportunity?
Well actually he can help himself quite easily …
Coming back to the whole topic that you were talking about, we need to separate Sidney’s actions from Sidney’s words because his failure to understand himself is displayed in this marked difference.
Let me give you an example: Sidney says he’s wanted Eliza for a long time. But how does Eliza Campion get to Sanditon? Does Sidney bring her, eager to have her near him?
No … Sidney doesn’t bring her because Sidney left London after the ball and is now spending his time waiting for Charlotte in Mrs. Griffith’s drawing room. Eliza gets to Sanditon on her own, surrounded by her minions. And this creates a trend throughout the episode, where Sidney might be talking about Eliza but seeks Charlotte out every chance he gets and it’s actually Eliza that is pursuing him.
Sidney’s true confusion doesn’t even really come from having to choose between Charlotte and Eliza but rather because he can’t get his mind around the fact that he is no longer in love with the woman that has occupied his thoughts for years. He’s carried her around with him for so long that now that she’s here and available, he can’t really grasp why he’s no longer interested.
It must be because:
Sidney: I haven’t picked up an oar in years.
Or because
Sidney: I had convinced myself that I was destined to remain alone. That I was ill suited for matrimony.
These series of excuses go on and on throughout his interactions with Eliza because what Sidney really loved was the way he had loved her and not Eliza herself. And that idyllic image of what might have been is shuttered by reality because:
Sidney: A man cannot step into the same river twice.
Charlotte: For he is not the same man and it is not the same river.
How fitting it is that it’s Charlotte who finishes this quote for him. Because in Eliza and Charlotte, Sidney has the opportunity to either go back and relive the what might have been or go forward and live the what can be. To go back means to try and be the same man on the same river. To go forward means to leap into the unknown with someone new.
What does Sidney do?
Might I just point out that if he wanted to balance the boat he could have invited Eliza? But he doesn’t … He might not be ready to admit it, even to himself, but only Charlotte can truly balance his boat.
However things don’t end up coming to a head until the tent scene. That’s because the last stage after releasing yourself from someone you used to be attached to is to see them for what they truly are. To discover the chink in their armor to quote Lady Susan. And boy, does Eliza wreck her freaking armor!
Did he realize how mean she actually is and how her behavior was inappropriate?
Of course he did. He actually realizes it much sonner than you’d think.
Eliza: There must be a boy in your village that’s caught your eye.
That’s not a happy face.
Also it’s very important to note that when Sidney says Charlotte would be happier reading a book, he doesn’t actually say that even though that’s what she understands. What he says is exactly this:
Sidney: I have no doubt Charlotte would rather be sat somewhere, quietly reading Heraclitus.
If he had said anything else, then it might be debatable whether or not he was making a joke at her expense but because he mentions Heraclitus in particular, this becomes his attempt at bonding with her, one outlier to another.
He doesn’t say anything reassuring either when he catches up with her. He only says he hopes she wasn’t she wasn’t offended by Mrs. Campion, and that it was all “in jest.” He clearly meant well, but that’s the worst thing to say to someone who is clearly hurt and upset by said “jest.” And he didn’t reassure her, which hurt as well. What do you think?
I get how from Charlotte’s point of view she feels hurt by his lack of reassurance and by feeling like she’s a “source of amusement” for him. But you know …. Charlotte’s in the whole “I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy …”phase. She’s not thinking all that clearly.
Sidney runs after her because he realizes she’s upset and tries to comfort her. But I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect him to understand why she’s upset. I’d argue most people have the source of her sadness wrong.
Eliza isn’t the first person to make jokes regarding Charlotte’s marriage prospects. Lady Denham did the same thing to her in episode 1 and 2. Only Lady Denham was far harsher and rudder about it. And Charlotte wasn’t the least bit upset. She responded in kind and, in Lady Denham’s own words, “couldn’t help but stand up for herself”.
She doesn’t do it with Eliza because what’s causing her pain isn’t the lame ass attempt at making jokes about her not finding a husband. What’s truly hurting her is that Sidney is revealing something personal to the two of them to this woman that, in Charlotte’s mind, has made it impossible for her to ever be with him. She feels exposed, vulnerable and insecure.
When Sidney runs after her, trying to comfort her, there’s truly only one thing Charlotte wants to hear:
Charlote: What is it you want from me?
That’s something Sidney can’t answer at that time. He can’t really formulate what he wants from her because he’s just coming out of the whole Eliza spell and is himself uncertain about what Charlotte may or may not be feeling for him.
However, as I said, at this point his words are less important than his actions and given the sequence of events, it’s pretty obvious that the tent scene is the last time he is actually in Eliza’s company until she seeks him out at the end of the episode. So he might not have found the words to reassure Charlotte but he made certain he taxed Eliza for hurting her.
And when Eliza finally does track him down, what’s the first thing he tells her?
Sidney: You know, you didn’t have to wait for me.
Well … color me swooning. What girl doesn’t dream of hearing that?
I truly wish they had given us this complete scene because I really wanted to see how he would resolve this chapter of his life but given that she says this:
Eliza: The truth is now that I have found you again, I can scarcely bring myself to let you out of my sight. (beat) You know I never lost hope that we would stand besides each other once more and here we are! Fate has gifted us a second chance.
And he looks like this:
I’m willing to bet Eliza’s minions wasted all of their handkerchiefs on her on the coach ride back to London.
Which leaves us with:
Sidney: [Mrs. Campion] has already left. I decided against joining her. On reflection, I realized I would rather be here. I am a great deal less than perfect. You’ve made me all too aware of that. But, for whatever it’s worth, I believe I am my best self, my truest self, when I’m with you.
Sidney’s words finally match his actions. He chooses to go forward as the man he is now, wanting the woman that’s in front of him and not as the boy he used to be, chasing the dream of the girl that never was. Because …
A man cannot step into the same river twice. For he is not the same man and it is not the same river.
Thanks for the ask!
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Introducing...
Leonardo Davis
Nickname: Leo
Age: 27
Eye colour: baby blue
Height: 6ft 2
Hair: blonde
Persona and upbringing.
Leo comes from a well to do family, born & raised in a wealthy upbringing. Due to that wealth, he's had the best education paid for by inherited riches. He uses this against his rivals, outsmarting their little minds before shooting them.
While he's a rich guy, he doesn't act like it! He'd be happy to get his hands dirty and is not just a pretty face. He goes out hunting a lot and runs into a lot of unpleasant beings and will happily take them out, guns or fists.
Parents/associates:
His father owns one of the biggest companies in Saint Denis and his mother is a former infamous outlaw turned housewife. His father and mother mostly his father) forced him into a marriage with another rich lass, but Leo wanted nothing to do with it.
When Leo was younger, his father knew a family from Ireland whom he did a lot trading and deals with. He made a friend called Ryan.
His mother was an outlaw and she knew many other gangs around the state, including coincidentally Stevie and Harrison’s father William George “Wolfgang” Carwyn. She got to know him rather well, as they did jobs together and spent a few “nights” together. Even after Leo was born, she would still go and see him or write to him as they remained close friends after their rendezvous.
His father would get paranoid, knowing full well where her mysterious trips were taking her to. He knew who she was with so he paid a gang to get rid of “Wolfgang” so his wife would love him again. As far as his mother knew, they had succeeded. The gang had failed to kill him, which Leo would be glad of in the future.
Leo saw Stevie a few times and the name “Miss Blackheart” spread across every newspaper. He made the connection as her and this “Wolfgang” fella both shared the same last name. He always thought she was a badass, young woman and knew that she would end up in a notorious gang in the future.
He would meet both of Wolfgang's offspring later on through Roxy. Little would they know of what his father tried to attempt on their father.
His mother would take Leo out for days and nights on end. She would teach him how to steal, kill and loot anyone, as a way of defending and fending for himself.
His mother eventually succumbed to her depression over how her life had panned out at the crippling grip of his father and ended her own suffering, never really coping with her trauma and her change of lifestyle. She left a pile of letters to Leo about her past, about Wolfgang, and about his father's evil schemes.
On days where it was just him and his father, it was nothing but education, being pushed to reach his full potential.
His father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and he did for the most part, but his mother's teaching’s had started to lead him into a different path.
Roxy: a quick story of how they met.
He met a young lady being harassed by a man.
Leo being extremely kind hearted and heroic, decided to step in, only to be thrown to the ground with a gun to his head. Unfortunately Leo was unarmed, so he tried to talk his way out of it
All of a sudden there was a “click” of another gun, held to the strangers head whose gun was held to his. A mysterious figure. The only word that was uttered from her mouth was “valuables”. It surprised Leo that the voice wasn't deep or male like, more so feminine. He started to look closer and realised that the mysterious figure was a woman! At this point Leo was now the one getting mugged.
The aggravated stranger decided to try and be smart and without a second look, she killed him within the blink of an eye. She removed her hood and bandana showing her face without a care in the world.
The girl ran away shouting “DEATH-RIDER! IT'S HER! SHES GONNA KILL ME!”
Leo didn’t move, because he knew that name very well, he read the newspapers frequently and knew how dangerous she was, how capable she was of killing him within an instant.
As she told him to leave, Leo got up and wanted to turn and run, but there was something about her that drew him in. There was something about the way she just let him go and the way that she gave him choice to before killing him.
He looked into her divine blue eyes and saw nothing but fearlessness and beauty.
“Your name miss?”
He pondered on her face for a moment as she looked at him curiously.
“Robinson, Miss, Robinson”.
After a moment she disappeared with only a feather left in her tracks. Leo took her parting gift and decided that he would find her once again, if it was the last thing he’d ever do.
In the meantime, he had to deal with his father. He asked his trusted friend, who was involved in nature studies to find out the breed and location of the bird. His father had arranged a meeting with the family of the daughter that he would be set to marry, but he didn’t care about some girl he felt nothing for.
He wanted Miss Robinson.
A week after his encounter with her, Leo packed a bag and set his excuse of “I’m going to hunt down a legendary buck” in stone for his father. He had gathered the research and found a reliable source as to where the feather could be located exactly…
Somewhere at the top end of Annesburg...
3 days into his search and he found absolutely nothing. He set up a decent camp site and called it quits for the night. His brain then clicked from reading research articles about Miss Robinson in the paper. No one has ever found her during the day, because she roams and robs during the night. All of the robberies and the gang attacks have taken place after sunset. He got up to the sound of gunshots… Was that her? Stupidity got the better of him and he went towards the noise, pinpointing the location of the smoke..
A a gang hideout in a small valley. He got his binoculars out and started to scan the campsite. Thinking he had found nothing but bandits, he started to move away until he noticed a wooden cage built for a wild animal. He peered for a closer look and there she was. Hogtied inside of it
He felt a sense of protectiveness to free her, but how? Everyone in camp was awake.
Slowly, he quickly but quietly assassinated each and every one of them until they were all dead. He strutted over to the cage, feeling rather good about his accomplishment. He then stopped in his tracks as he noticed that she had been beaten up abit, but it was nothing she couldn’t handle. She had gained a gunshot wound to her right arm and a knife slash to the side of her waist, which was bleeding.
“Are you ok miss?”
She looked at him and then looked away. She was racking her brain, considering every scenario of how she would escape but it seemed like he was her only one. She couldn’t just ask him to leave? Not after what he did for her. He approached her again but this time moving closer, close enough to see the face with the dim lantern that he had… and she was stunning.
“Miss?”
All of a sudden she flinched back and tried to crawl away like he was the bad guy. Why was she, the most wanted female outlaw of 5 states, so scared to be helped?
“Easy, I ain’t gonna hurt ya.”
She stopped for a minute and looked at this stranger that she gradually came to recognise and quickly tried to manipulate the situation.
“Come on! Let me go like i did you”
“No you didn’t, you were gonna kill me!”
“That bullshit! You’re alive ain’t you?”
Leo crossed his arms
“Well you’re coming back with me then, so i can stitch those wounds up.”
“Well, undo me then, you fool!”
“I will once i've got you safe and I’m still unsure after last time.”
He picked her up and placed her upright on the back of his horse,
“So what's your real name then, Miss?”
As she went to say her surname he interrupted.
“REAL name.”
“Roxanne, but you can call me Roxy”
Leo smiled contently, like he had found out some good news.
“Im Leonardo but call me Leo”
Roxy didn’t respond whatsoever.
“Where are ya taking me?”
Leo stopped the horse and thought about her question for a moment. He couldn’t take her home because his father would either kill her or give her to the law that would deal with her accordingly for the money that was on her head.
Then he remembered a small cabin in the woods not far away from home, that he used to run away to as a boy. He could leave her there while he got supplies.
“There's a cabin not far off, you’ll be be safe there until you get better”.
She look at him and laughed.
“What’s so funny?”
Roxy rolled her eyes as she tried to process how unintelligent he was coming across as.
“Do you really think that I’ll be safe right next to town in your cute little cabin!?”
“I’m an assassin, who robs little rich boys such as yourself... So why the hell would you even think about helping me?”
Again... He had to think about it, because he knew she was right, but none of that mattered. The way she made him feel. It would all be worth it to him.
Thanks to @theunholyoutlaw for helping/re-writing this for me and credit photo’s to her too!!! Thank sis! ❤️❤️❤️
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The Basics
Yesterday a long time acquaintance messaged me that they were hoping I might be able to give some advice to a young millennial who was expressing an interest in entering my vocational field of professional photography. This student was seeking advice on how to find a mentor, what type of equipment to buy and how to make money right away. I told my acquaintance that I would be more than happy to help.
I feel it’s important to help up and coming talent to climb the ladder of success whenever possible. Being a mentor is a responsibility we all should shoulder in our lifetime. We know things from personal experience that can help make the path of the next generation a little smoother. Mistakes are inevitable regardless of the work you choose in life. It’s always nice to help prepare those bright new minds and egos for what you know, from experience, may dull the enthusiasm if good council and help aren’t around.
I began an email dialogue with the millennial, looked at samples of their work, and could see that they were at the cusp of passion, reality, confusion and ambition. In my eyes they were standing at the intersection of discovery and overconfidence in their ability and understanding of what photography is and making a living as a professional.
As I composed a response to the questions I was asked I began to get a sense that this is a point where most of us early on in our career choices either excel or fail. We have initial excitement, follow the path laid out for us, or strike out on our own to discover what works, and in most cases, what doesn’t. Trial and error can be a good teacher, but it can also be a cruel task master.
When I had completed my response I looked it over to make sure the grammar was correct and that the flow of consciousness, which marks much of my editorial style of writing, was correct and would make sense to someone other than myself. As I took this mental step back and looked it over I realized that what had emerged was an outline that didn’t just apply to this millennial and their specific questions. It was an outline that anyone who seeks to find what I refer to as their “Smile” in life can follow.
Here’s what I came up with:
Rule 1: Know yourself
It’s vitally important to spend time not only contemplating your strengths and weaknesses but your motivations, interests, passions and goals in life before settling on a career path. Just because you’re good at math doesn’t mean that being an astrophysicist is something you will enjoy and excel at. Just because you like playing video games doesn’t mean you have the interest in the time it takes to code, create and market new ones. Just because being an attorney, a doctor, a singer or a sports star pay a lot of money doesn’t mean that you will be happy or content doing these things. Be honest with yourself. What do you like? What do you dislike? What do you get the most delight from and feel intuitively is right for you? Just because you’re good at or really like something now doesn’t mean you always will. Take some time to honestly explore yourself as much as you explore your potential career.
Rule 2: Seek the difference you can make
It may be cool to dream about creating the next big thing that comes to market and that everyone will want to own, but it’s also very rare that these things happen. A reality check is always a good starting point. Ask yourself how you can make the most impact in your community before you start looking further out. What problems can you help solve close to home that aren’t being addressed as they might be by others? Whose life can you impact in the most positive way by learning what can help improve basic needs? How can these things improve your own confidence in your ability to make a difference in your community?
Rule 3: Learn the basics
Regardless of what you may identify as the work that will put a “Smile” on your face make sure you learn everything you can about those who are already involved in this line of work. How they are succeeding? What physical, mental, emotional and spiritual tools do you need, to not just perform, but excel within the vocation you have chosen? Don’t try to jump to the head of the line by forgoing the proper understanding and education you need. Learn the basics, learn the rules and then figure out ways to use these two things to create even better tools and opportunities for others.
Rule 4: Others first – always
Regardless of what you may think, what you may have heard or seen, and even what you have been taught, the quickest way to climb the ladder of success is to put others first. You are not the center of anyone’s universe but your own, and everyone’s universe is just as important as your own. In fact this is exactly the attitude you must accept and display if you are to succeed. You must be willing to give and to view others needs as just as important as your own in order to be worthy to receive the recognition and advancement you seek. Be a giver not a taker. When you give you send a message that you trust and respect others. The more you show trust and respect the more these things will come back to you. When you do this enough you begin to build integrity with those around you and the most valuable asset you have, besides your time, is your integrity. It’s not always easy, but the best things in life never are easy.
Rule 5: Show genuine interest
People can tell when you don’t care. Those vibes come through loud and clear. If you want people to take an interest in you then you must take an interest in them. It’s perplexing that we claim to be the most connected generation in history, yet there is such an epidemic of loneliness and disconnectedness within and across our generations. Put down your phone, your tablet, turn off your TV, your computer, your gaming device and have a meaningful conversation. Get to know people in ways that digital connections will not allow you to. Be interested in them and people will be interested in you. If you do this one thing alone it will set you apart and give you an advantage over those who don’t.
Rule 6: Give back
Regardless of where you find yourself in life and in your career, always strive to give back. There will always be someone who needs your help. There is always someone who can benefit from a kind word, a pleasant smile and a polite and accepting attitude. Never forget where you were when you began and learn to recognize this in others who are on their own path. Age has nothing to do with it. Neither does race, religion, political affiliation, nationality, sexual preference or upbringing. Be a giver by helping others succeed and you will always be a success in someone’s eyes, no matter what.
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