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blancheludis · 5 years ago

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Fandom: Marvel, Avengers Characters: Tony Stark/Steve Rogers, James Rhodes, Pepper Potts, Bruce Barton, Steve Rogers Chapters: 17/?, Words: 95.679

Summary: Tony meets his soulmate under the worst possible circumstances. It is not just a kidnapping gone wrong. It turns out Steve and his gang picked him on purpose and they want some personal revenge. If only he had managed to say the words written on his soulmate’s arm before they threw him back out into the streets.

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The next morning, Tony is glad to be greeted by Thor. They left things very amicably the night before, but a part of him still expected Thor to be gone when he left his penthouse for the day’s work.

Tony lay awake most night, mulling things over, and thinks he has come a little closer to peace. Choice is the big problem he has with this whole matter. Common sense tells him there is only one thing to do where it comes to Steve, but his own body is fighting against that. Or rather something new and terrifying that has settled inside his body as a chance of fate. Reason has nothing to do with the longing he feels. And yet he does not want to give it up completely either.

If Bruce is right and the bond will settle, even if it takes a while. Tony’s brain will be its own again and he can choose for himself.

“How is your apartment?” he asks Thor by way of greeting as they fall into step with each other on the way to Tony’s office.

For the duration of his contract, one of the guest apartments in the tower has been made available for Thor. Pepper overlooked their furbishing and Tony knows they are above standard – only the best for visiting investors or tech specialists. Thor has just assumed a more important role in Tony’s life, though, so Tony wants to make sure he has everything he needs.

“Very generous,” Thor answers, his brow slightly furrowed in surprise.

“Where’s Bruce living? At the base of –” he trails off. Nobody is close by to overhear them, but the nearly constant presence of the police and FBI has made Tony somewhat paranoid. The less they mention the Avengers, the less are the chances of anyone finding out about them.

“Yes,” Thor answers with more vehemence than Tony expected. “We wouldn’t have met up here without your knowledge.”

“Oh, that’s not –” Tony stumbles over the words in relief that his offer was not rebuffed before he could even make it. “He is welcome here. In your apartment, I mean, if you want to meet up somewhere out of sight.”

Thor looks at him from the side, but Tony keeps his eyes ahead. He does not particularly want to see what Thor is thinking, whether there is doubt visible on his face.

“Thank you, Tony,” Thor then says, his tone measured and unreadable. “We appreciate the offer but we don’t want to crowd you.”

Unable to help himself, Tony laughs. That could have come right out of Bruce’s mouth. He has an entire tower to hide inside here and JARVIS to look out for him to boot. Few people could disturb him here.

Tony stops walking and waits until Thor looks at him. “I don’t need space from you,” he says firmly, wondering since when he needs to convince people that he is not afraid of them. “You are welcome. Down in your apartment or up in mine.”

For a moment longer, Thor’s expression remains thoughtful, studying Tony’s face. Then he brightens and nods.

“Thank you,” he says, still not making any commitment, but that is enough for now. “We’ll keep that in mind.”

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One of the unforeseen best things about having a bodyguard, Tony decides later that day, is that he has a viable excuse not to take things other people are handing him. He does not mind appearing eccentric, but things go so much more smoothly without others judging his character every time he refuses to take something from them.

Thor also has that quiet insistence that makes Tony punctual more than JARVIS’ reminders and Pepper’s disappointment do. Although that might be a situational thing. Once his world is not falling apart around him, Tony guesses he will be right back to being an irresponsible hermit hiding away in his workshop who does not come out for anything.

They are on their way to some meeting, when Tony decides to make a detour to Pepper’s office. He cannot get Agent Coulson out of his head. There had been something about him that goes beyond the doublehandedness of good investigators wanting to catch people in lies. Perhaps that is just his paranoia speaking, but he would like to avoid being caught off guard another time.

When they arrive at Pepper’s office, Tony wants to simply march in as he is used to do, but Thor quickens his pace for a moment and knocks. His expression does not change when he glances at Tony, but his eyes are swimming with amusement.

Pepper calls them in and Thor opens the door, staying in front of Tony until he has checked for potential threats. Tony keeps telling him that the tower is secure enough, that no one is going to sneak up on him here without JARVIS noticing, but a part of him appreciates the fact that Thor never seems to take his security lax.

“Tony, you have an appointment down in R&D,” Pepper calls when she looks up at Tony but takes the time to flash a smile at the both of them.

“I know, we’re on our way. I just have a quick question,” Tony promises. He gestures at Thor to stay in the room. This will not take long. “Do you know anything about Coulson?”

Pepper stares at him, caught off guard. “Agent Coulson? From the FBI?” Her expression evens out into something pensive, even as she shakes her head. “No, why?”

Because he ambushed Tony long after business hours were over and he has reason not to trust anyone at the moment.

“He’s digging,” Tony says simply. “I don’t know whether he knows more than he says, but he certainly pretends to, which means he is looking for something. Perhaps he needs me to confirm any of his suspicions.”

He tells himself this is why he was reluctant to allow the police into his home and company. They are making certain things more complicated than he is comfortable with. And now he finds himself in the unenviable position of having to cover up having been kidnapped and almost murdered.

“The only thing he could reasonably suspect is that you were part of Stane’s deals,” Pepper points out, although she too sounds as if she knows what is at stake. “Since that isn’t true, we don’t have anything to worry about.”

At any other time, Tony would be glad to have her reassuring him. These days, though, that is not enough. He cannot let his guard down.

“He was asking about my injuries and knows I had broken ribs before the car crash.” Tony is still angry about the FBI accessing his medical records without permission. “He tried to get me to say that Obadiah wants to harm me, but that doesn’t make much sense. It would not make much of a difference to add attempted murder to the charges.”

Tony also does not want it on public record that his godfather almost succeeded with that, and so easily. So much of his life is already on record, people are always watching. If he can keep that part away from the vultures, he might sleep a little easier.

Sighing, Pepper looks at him, probably seeing the wariness stitched into his very posture. “Perhaps he is just taking his job seriously and wants to keep you safe,” she says but does not sound entirely convinced herself.

It is no surprise that she tries, anyway. One of the has to remain calm about all of this, and Tony is prone to reacting emotionally.

“Yeah,” he says, shrugging for good measure as if she is going to believe his nonchalance. “Just, be careful when you talk to him?”

Pepper smiles, but it is full of sharp edges, threatening to cut anyone daring to cross her. “I’ve been guarding your secrets since the day we met, Tony,” she says, her tone almost gentle despite the ferociousness with which she usually fights for him. “I’m not going to say anything about them, even if I don’t completely agree with you covering for them.

When all of this is over, he owes her a vacation and a wagonload of shoes. And when she is back, he will have the paperwork ready to make her CEO. Stark Industries would not be standing anymore without her, and Tony includes himself in that.

“Thank you,” he says, hoping she knows how much he means it.

Pepper nods, looking at him for a moment longer before she turns back to her computer, nothing soft in her features anymore. “Now, get out of my office so I can get back to work.”

They leave and Tony grins to himself as they do. Pepper is a miracle and a saint, and he does not know what he would do without her.

As they reach the elevator, Tony does not call it to them but looks whether anyone is within earshot before he turns to Thor.

“You heard everything, right?” he asks. Ignoring the occasional danger, Thor’s job must be riddled with interesting tidbits about his employers. He might usually sit outside the office or stand in the back like a golem waiting to be activated, but he does have functioning ears.

Thor turns to him, expression serious. “I’m not going to repeat anything I hear while I’m employed by you.” If possible, he sounds hurt that Tony would insinuate that.

“That’s good to know but not what I meant,” Tony reassures him. Thor already knows too much to even contemplate the idea of not trusting him with this. Also, he is invested in Bruce’s well-being and is therefore unlikely to betray the Avengers. “Have you noticed anything strange about Coulson?”

Another thing Tony likes about Thor is that he thinks before he answers, like he takes every question seriously and does not just aim for the answer that is most likely to please whoever he is talking to.

“I am sure that he is more dangerous than he appears, and good at his job too,” Thor replies slowly, looking at the wall like he is picturing Coulson, remembering their last meeting. “But I don’t think he has any malicious intent.”

The problem is, even good intentions can harm all of them at the moment. Tony was hurt, and denying that harbours as much danger as admitting it.

“Do you think he might know about the Avengers?” Tony asks. He keeps his tone low and is still worried someone might overhear, although they are alone in front of the elevator.

Life would be much easier if Tony could be selfish in this matter. Still, he does not even consider it.

“Why would you ask that?” Thor counters, looking instantly more alert.

Beyond how insistent Coulson had been, Tony only has his gut instinct to go on. “He seemed adamant that I consider that Obadiah might hire someone to harm me. He –” Tony interrupts himself, searching for the right words. “He didn’t explicitly ask if that happened, but it felt like he knew more than he was saying.”

That could range anywhere from knowing Tony was taken to Tony covering for the Avengers. He is not sure how dangerous Coulson could be even if he does not have any proof.

“He appears to be rather correct when it comes to sticking to the law,” Thor says. Then, as if he read Tony’s thoughts, he adds, “If he knew about a group of vigilantes operating right under his nose, I’m certain he would have already done something about them.”

In a way, that makes sense, even though it does not soothe the worry sitting inside Tony, welling up whenever the world quiets down around him. There is so much he has to keep in mind, so many loose ends and possible problems, so many things that can go wrong. The Avengers’ fate is currently intertwined with his own and that makes all of them vulnerable.

“He can’t find anything out,” Tony says, surprised by the urgency in his own tone, even while Thor looks like he expected it.

Thor takes a step forward, almost looking like he is going to offer comfort, but then he stops at a distance where they can simply talk in lower tones without attracting attention if someone were to pass by.

“They have protocols in place to vanish if someone were to come after them,” Thor reassures him, then shrugs right after. “I obviously don’t know any details, but Bruce told me enough to know that Black Widow is efficient.”

Tony believes that without any doubt. He cannot forget the ease with which she hoisted the unconscious body of his would-be attacker onto the motorbike, the way she never faltered or stopped to think like this was all mere routine. Natasha does not leave anything to luck. She probably has a dozen protocols in place if Tony becomes a danger to them too, although he does not like to think of that. For the moment, they are allies. Until this thing is over and they can all go their separate ways, he wants to keep it that way.

“I’d rather they did not have to disappear,” Tony says before he knows what he is doing.

It takes effort to keep his face under control as he realizes what he just admitted. He cannot even blame it on the bond because it is almost quiet at the moment, just a low hum he barely notices when he is not actively concentrating on it.

He drops his eyes, studying the carpet beneath their feet as if that is going to keep Thor from following up on that.

“Why?”

And there it is. Tony shrugs, aiming for nonchalance, although he knows Thor is not going to believe it. “I’ve got enough on my conscience,” he says, still looking down.

It is not as easy as that, of course. They are connected and they do protect each other to a certain point, but Tony is not responsible for keeping them safe. With how much damage he has done to the world over the past years, it is impossible not to want to keep something safe for once.

Thor makes a movement that Tony is sure only serves to get him to look up, but he does so anyway. He should not get into the habit of appearing ashamed. The public would eat him alive.

“What they have done and whether they will be prosecuted for it is hardly on you,” Thor intones firmly, as if words will be enough to keep Tony from feeling guilty.

Now that he has raised his eyes again, it is hard to keep them away from Thor, who looks so earnest that it is hard to argue with him.

“No, but if they are found out because I’m careless would be. If not for –” Tony cuts off awkwardly and gestures vaguely with his left arm, trusting Thor to understand this is about the soul bond without having to say the words out loud where anybody could hear them. “I would never know enough about them to pose a danger to them.”

They would have thrown him out and Tony would have crawled home, perhaps never finding out about Obadiah until the next time someone tried to kill him.

“You shouldn’t burden yourself with that,” Thor says, sounding serious enough that Tony almost wants to give in. Almost.

“Well, too late,” Tony quips, forcing a wry smile on his face.

He does not know what it is that puts him so at ease with Thor. They barely know each other and Tony has not the best track record with letting people close, but he has felt safe with Thor from the very beginning. Since sitting down with him and Bruce, they seem to have stepped over some threshold, catapulting them firmly into the realm of friends without stumbling through the awkward phase of learning to trust each other first.

The thing is, he does not even mind. Thor is capable and smart and probably dangerous in his own right, but Tony believes Thor is on his side. That is apparently all it takes these days.

Tony turns towards the elevator and finally presses the button. “J, find out everything you know about Philip Coulson,” he says out loud while they wait.

“I’ll get right on it, sir,” his faithful AI answers, and Tony feels the same wave of gratefulness rush through him he always does when JARVIS is on his side, even though it is arguably written into his code albeit Tony leaves his creations enough free will to think for themselves.

Quietly, Thor steps forward to be in front when the elevator doors open. “It might raise eyebrows if you dig into the FBI agent in charge of the investigation,” he says, not quite an admonishment but having the ring of one.

“Then it’s a good thing they’ll never find out.” Tony glances at him from the side, trying to gauge what he thinks. “You don’t approve?”

Thor takes a minute to answer, and then he does not look away from the elevator. “It’s not my place to approve or disapprove.”

For a moment, Tony is taken aback. Thor has never withheld his opinion before, even though he is often careful about wording it.

“Bullshit,” Tony says, louder than he planned. It serves to get Thor to look at him. “I think we passed the normal employer-employee relationship already. You’re good at hovering menacingly in the background, but I like to hear your thoughts, too. Whoever said one can’t have brawns and brains was obviously wrong.”

A smile tugs at Thor’s lips and Tony sees his shoulders relax marginally. “I’m not sure anybody ever said that,” Thor says, the humour back in his voice.

“I did. Just now. Or I negated it.” Tony waves his hand dismissively.

The elevator arrives and they both file in. Thor presses the button for the R&D main floor. Tony waits until he turns back around before he asks, “Anyway, what do you think?”

Thor keeps smiling, although it turns a bit sharper, like he hoped Tony would drop the matter. When he looks at Tony, he is completely serious, though. “It must be tempting to look for treason at every corner right now, but perhaps Agent Coulson is just doing his job and does not want to risk a civilian getting harmed.”

What Thor is saying makes sense. Tony is tempted to expect everybody to stab him in the back, but he was raised that way, with a ton of expectations on his shoulders and the knowledge that there is no other way but forward while people from all sides will always try to trip him.

“You know that I’m still going to look into him, yes?” Tony asks, mostly to lighten the mood a bit.

“Yes,” Thor replies, almost a sigh. “I just think you shouldn’t read too much into whatever you’re going to find.”

Tony will try not to, but he cannot let go of this. Perhaps he is becoming too distrusting, but after having been lied to for most of his life by his own godfather he should be allowed a bit of paranoia.

“You’re welcome to remind me when we’re at that point,” Tony says, grinning when he catches Thor rolling his eyes. When the elevator doors open, he adds, “Now, we’re going to be late for – where are we going?”

He is staying in the tower all day, he knows that, so he figured he would not have to prepare too much for any meeting he might have. This is his kingdom, he should know how to handle all problems arising here. Potentially, at least.

“The interviews for the project manager for the new StarkPhone,” Thor reminds him with humour in his tone. It is only a question of time until he will sound as exasperated with him as Pepper does. “Which is a rather pretentious name, if I might say so.”

Tony mock-gasps as they step out of the elevator. “My old man started the tradition of plastering our name easily visible on every one of our products until our name was seen equal to weaponry, even though we did a few other things,” he says, more serious than his initial reaction might have suggested. “So, I’m not going to break with that in the hopes of turning our public image around a bit through it.”

Making their products recognizable is a valid marketing strategy. If people start using Stark as something other than an insult or alias for objects of destruction that will be a nice side effect.

“Then let’s get going and make sure that the project doesn’t flounder before you’ve even properly started it,” Thor remarks good-naturedly and starts leading them towards the conference rooms.

It surprises Tony time and again how well Thor knows the tower despite having only worked here for such a short time. He must have scouted the entire thing to never flounder, no matter where they are going.

“If you’re going to act as my conscience and make me stick to my schedule on top of being my bodyguard, you should talk to Pepper about a raise,” Tony says and means it. Already, Thor has been worth all the money they are paying him, if mostly because he enables Tony to feel safe.

Thor chuckles quietly, even while he shakes his head. “I’ll cash that in if we really get you alive through this.”

“Nothing has happened since we hired you,” Tony says, although he knows that could easily be due to Obadiah biding his time. He does not believe for a minute that his godfather is giving up. That is just not in his nature, which means that Tony is not yet safe.

Before his mood can sour, Thor looks at him, his expression fond even while he appears exasperated. “And yet you insist on torturing your body with too little food and next to no sleep.”

Everybody is conspiring to get Tony to change his self-care behaviour. One might think that they have bigger problems than whether Tony had dinner or stayed up all night trying to come up with more projects to keep his company afloat. But no, Pepper has found a valiant ally in nagging Tony.

“I liked you better when you called me Mr. Stark and still respected me,” Tony mutters, glaring at Thor half-heartedly, which only serves to make him laugh out loud.

“That was literally only for the first minute after meeting each other,” Thor says, still sounding too amused.

That is enough to make Tony smile too. Thor is infectious that way. “Better times,” he muses. Then he nods at the conference room ahead and smooths his face over into an appropriate mask of seriousness. “Now, let’s get our game faces on and get to work.”

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Steve has not slept since the attack on Tony’s life. He had been feeling guilty before that he was going against Tony’s explicit wishes by having him followed. While that turned out to be a wise decision, he cannot help but think now that they should have done more. The attack failed, but Tony’s driver still got hurt and it could have easily been worse.

The moment they got the offer to take Tony out, he should have called Tony and made sure he was aware of the renewed threat. He just did not want to put even more on Tony, even more ugly realizations, more pressure. Steve is still not sure why Tony chose to believe him even before he went to look for more evidence.

Over the past days, Tony has been very visible. Every day there are new articles about Stark Industries. Accompanying those more often than not are pictures of Tony. He looks fine in them. Better than fine. The bruises are all gone, his eyes look less empty. Still, Steve wants to reach out and gather Tony up in his arms.

Even more so since Stane’s disappearance. Knowing that he was so close to Tony all this time is one thing, but being unable to guess where the next strike is coming from is much worse. It is like Stane disappeared into thin air. He must have planned for it for a while, and Steve does not like it when a target is always two steps ahead of him.

Since Tony apparently hired Thor, they can at least loosen the strict schedule of keeping an eye on him so they can concentrate on finding Stane. Strangely, that just makes Steve feel even more removed from Tony, even though Steve has never gone out himself to shadow him. That, he figured, would have been even more of a betrayal.

The involvement of the police now complicates matters further, of course. He half-expects the police to burst through their door any moment now, although he immediately feels guilty for that. Tony has all the right in the world to give them up, but it is not fair to him to think that he would. He protected Natasha after the assassination attempt, he did not swear revenge on Bucky and Clint, he never even threatened Steve with setting the police on them.

Word could still get out. Either Tony or his friends could accidentally – or on purpose, of course – reveal information about the Avengers. They should have already left New York. With sending word about Stane to Tony, they should have considered their job done and disappeared for their own safety. Steve has not considered that once, however, and none of his teammates said anything about it either.

He cannot leave Tony now, not while he is still in danger and Stane’s next, and hopefully, last strike is imminent. Dealing with their situation afterwards will be hard enough, but he cannot even contemplate abandoning Tony in his hour of need. He would send the rest of the team back to DC if it became necessary, but he would stay himself.

Steve is restless, unable to sit or sleep. Walking the base, he finds Clint and Natasha in the office, staring at their screens and barely looking up when he enters.

“Any sign of Stane?” Steve asks, although he knows there is not. They would not have kept that information from him.

“He’s a slippery bastard,” Clint says without even glancing at Steve. “The money he has hidden away certainly helps.”

Since their last argument, they have taken care not to be caught alone with each other. Steve cannot get Clint’s words out of his mind, waiting for the moment that Tony decides he is really done with him. Rejecting a bond comes with an emotional toll, but more so for the one who is being rejected than the one who is desperately trying to get away.

Already, Steve’s entire life has been turned upside down. His priorities have always been clear. Bucky, his team, their mission. Logically, Tony should not replace any of them or push them down the line. He does not know Tony, not beyond this mess they have found themselves in.

Feelings are another matter altogether. The soul bond might have not been formed by choice, but Steve is holding onto it anyway. Voluntarily. Desperately even.

He has always fallen for people like that. Abruptly, not doing anything half-heartedly. Categorizing someone as friend or enemy usually only ever takes him a split second. Some part of Steve has decided that Tony is his friend and that is that.

“So nothing?” Steve asks, despite knowing better.

“No, Steve,” Natasha drawls, a clear warning in her tone. “We know exactly where he is, but we’re waiting to pounce to add to the drama.”

She is invested in this search, Steve knows, and that is not just due to wanting to take down another criminal. Steve is not sure what happened between her and Tony the night of the attack, but she came home with renewed determination to make this right.

“I was just asking.” Steve raises his hands in front of him. He has asked a dozen times today already and he probably will keep doing so.

Natasha looks up, focusing only on him for a long moment. Whatever she sees, she is not happy about it. “You should get out of here for a while,” she then says, her tone just short of an order.

Instinct has Steve taking a step back as if Natasha is going to bodily throw him out. “I’m not going back to DC while Tony is still in danger,” he snaps, insulted that she thinks she could cut him out that easily.

Also, Sam is doing fine in DC. They do not need him there, running around heedlessly, unable to concentrate on anything but Tony.

“I wouldn’t have dared to propose that,” Natasha says. Her expression clearly says that, if she wanted Steve out of New York, she would manage that no matter what he says. “I just meant you should talk a walk, look at something else than security feeds and dead ends.”

A walk? They do not have time for that. What if something else happens while he is out stretching his legs? He could never live with himself.

“I don’t need a break,” Steve says, fighting the urge to cross his arms. There is nothing to get defensive about.

“I agree with Natasha,” Clint speaks up. Of course, he does. “Get out of here. You won’t make us find Stane faster if you’re hovering.”

The both of them stare at him, urging him to take them by their word. It is only when Bruce appears suddenly at his side without Steve having noticed him coming into the room at all, that he thinks they might be right. He does need a break. All his senses are running haywire, pulling him into every direction without making anything easier.

“You might even miss something if you keep staring at screens,” Bruce says when Steve still does not move. He knows exactly how to push Steve into doing something he does not want to do. Orders have never worked well on him, but dangling the mere thought of failure in front of him will make him run as fast as he can.

Steve takes a deep breath, acknowledging to himself that he is going to do the smart thing before he says it out loud. “Call me if you find something. Anything.”

Clint opens his mouth, likely to offer another comment dripping with sarcasm, but Natasha cuts him off. “We will,” she promises. “Now shush. We’re working.”

He should probably point out that they have been looking for Stane nonstop too. Steve is not even sure when Natasha came back in last night after doing who knows what, probably rounding up old contacts or sniffing out sensible hiding places. Clint is gone quite often too. While Steve does not envy them their past as spies, it feels like they are able to do a whole lot more than him, who has to stay back and sort through data, worrying about Tony from the safety of his home.

“And if –”

“Steve, go,” Bruce interrupts him in a firm tone, leaving Steve no other choice but to comply.

Nodding his head abruptly, Steve turns around and marches out of the room and out of their base without looking back. He barely takes the time to pick up his jacket, just so he will not slink back into the office, hoping they will have changed their mind.

He cannot help being nervous. Part of that is certainly the soul bond, but mostly it is simply the feeling that he has failed Tony. After preaching a dozen times that he wants to keep Tony safe, Stane still managed to get a hit in and vanish afterwards. And now they are not any closer to finding him. He does not regret letting Tony deal with this in his own time, but he should have kept a closer look on things. If something happens to Tony now, it will be on him.

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just-a-dreamer23 · 7 years ago

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The daughter of the Lestranges!

A/N: Hello guys! I hope that everyone is having a good day, I finally have the time to write something and I decided to write the story of character from a story I made with a friend of mine a few years ago. This story focuses on the development of the character and well, I love this character so I decided to write her story. I will be working on the fourth part of “The case of a Pureblood” once I start my vacations. Hope you enjoy this story :D. (Ps: I might do it multi-parts but I am not sure)

It seems like time does funny things to people and is constantly changing the situations one finds themselves in. I have been thinking about that fact and it lead me to want to let my story be known. Though many won’t read it or find it interesting what matters to me is to not stay quiet because perhaps someone might be in need to be inspired and to know that there is always light in the darkness. My name is Scarlett Arabella Weasley Tonks and yes, I am a Weasley but also a Tonks; however, my biological parents last names were Lestrange Black. I am biologically the daughter of Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange; two death eaters that made horrible things in their life. I can’t say that I consider myself their daughter or that I didn’t get to know them personally. But what I can say is that even if I did, I would be a shame for those two and also their biggest mistake. Now, you are probably wondering, “How come the daughter of two death eaters wants to inspire others in a positive way?”. Well, there are plenty of reasons you know...but I can assure you that darkness has never being my way of living, in fact I am the opposite to my biological parents.

Unlike any other child, I was born on the wizard prison named Azkaban on May of 1980; nobody knows the exact day I was born. Actually, nobody knew how I survived in my biological mother’s womb...perhaps I was just meant to be part of this world. After I was born the ministry of magic took me away from Azkaban and tried to find me a loving family that would raise me far from that environment; a family that would educate me well enough to not end up like my parents. They handed me over to my aunt, Andromeda and my uncle Ted Tonks who had a daughter named Nymphadora that was seven years old. Random fact, people say that I look a lot like my biological mother and my eyes are naturally brown but for some reason when I get nervous or excited they change to blue.

Andromeda and Ted hesitated a bit when they knew who’s daughter’s I was and to be honest, I wouldn’t judge them. My adoptive mother and aunt, Andromeda, was a member of the Black family which meant that she was a pureblood. Now, my adoptive father, Ted, was a muggleborn and well, they fall in love and that’s when things came downhill for my mother. You know, Bellatrix, my aunt Narcisa and Andromeda were sisters and all of them were Slytherins; Ted was a Hufflepuff. Therefore, they didn’t like them being together because of course, they judge by his blood status and Hogwarts house. Anyways, mom was thrown out of her house which basically meant that she wasn’t longer consider a “Black”.

Even though at first they were not sure if to accept me or not, they ended up taking me into their family and gave me the name of “Scarlett Arabella Tonks”. Throughout my childhood I considered myself their child and never knew about my biological parents, learned about my magical abilities and fantasized about going to Hogwarts one day. My sister would always send me letters and tell me about her adventures in school which actually made me more excited about it. She was sorted into Hufflepuff just like dad was and even though mom was a Slytherin; I didn’t know if I fitted into that house but always thought it would be cool if I did, you know, Dora was in dad’s house and I would be in our mother’s.

Turning eleven was the most exciting thing I could ever think of as a kid but I never thought that I would be told something that was going to change my life. When I received my Hogwarts letter I waited until father arrived from his work to open and read it with all them. After he arrived, the four of us gather in our living room and I opened it, then proceeded to read it. My parents and sister congratulated me and gave me warm hugs; well, my parents hugged me, my sister well... she did hugged me but also spanked me for growing up too fast. She had graduated from Hogwarts a year before I received the letter and I felt a little upset about it since I knew nobody in the school meaning that I would be on my own. However, Dora said that she would always write to me and that she was sure that I was going to make friends.

Days before going to Diagon Alley to buy my wand and the materials that I needed for my first year at Hogwarts I heard my parents talking in private. I was not ready to hear those words come out of my father’s mouth but I did. He told my mother, “Dromeda, we have to prepare Scarlett for what is to come. She does not know anything about her real parents but I am certain that a lot of students do. Scarlett is the girl that was born in Azkaban and you better than anyone knows what being related to Bellatrix Lestrange is like. We need to tell her the truth out of the love we have for her”. My heart stopped when I heard him say that and to be honest, even though I didn’t understand much of it as I do now, I did understood the fact that I wasn’t their daughter as I thought I was.

That day I couldn’t resist but enter their room to asked them what was he talking about and though my presence surprised them. They were able to tell me everything about my past and biological parents. The reason of why they told me all of these was because they were afraid that other students would bring it up to bully or hurt me because the students were probably going to think I was just like my parents. Though I was hurting for the fact that I felt as if I didn’t know what my reality was anymore, I was thankful to them for what they did for me and warning me. A few days later I came to the realization that no matter if they were my biological parents or not they were my actual real parents; okay realize that later on but the point is that I kept on seen them in the same way I did before.

The day I went to Diagon Alley I was very excited and couldn’t wait to get everything I needed. Is not like it was my first time going there cause I went every year with my parents and Nymph to get her things. However, that year was different because I was going to get things for me and well, it felt beyond real. My parents and I had bought everything I needed including my beautiful owl by 1 pm but we had this tradition in which we went to eat in one of those restaurants and then get ice cream before heading back home. As we were going to the restaurant I noticed two red head guys that were looking at me and laughing. I got curious and annoyed for the fact that they were laughing at me so, I told my parents that I would meet them in the restaurant soon. I went up to where they were at and asked them why were they looking and laughing at me.

They said that they were not laughing at me but at jokes they were telling each other and that they were looking at me for the fact that they had bought candies at some store of Diagon Alley. Supposedly their mother didn’t want them to eat many candy and told them to give them to one of their other siblings. However, they preferred to give it to someone they didn’t know because they wanted to make friends. Anyways, I ended up accepting the candy that they gave me and left to go to the restaurant. As I was walking towards the restaurant they yelled “OUR NAMES ARE FRED AND GEORGE” which caused me to yell “MINE’S SCARLETT” back at them. Being honest I was excited because I thought I had made potential friends but after I ate that candy I got so mad at them and promised myself that I was never going to let them be part of my life; a promise that I broke.

When I arrived to Hogwarts I was thinking about the qualities and characteristics one had to have to fit into each house. I honestly had no idea in which house I was going to be sorted to but I was ready for any of them. At the train I was with Neville Longbottom and Hermione Granger, they were nice people. The thing I will remember most from that ride will be the candies and the moment in which Hermione and I ended up walking through all the train looking for Neville’s frog named Trevor. Anyways, as I was walking through the Great hall for the first time, I was listening to Hermione talk about how the roof was enchanted to look like the real sky.

As the sorting ceremony began I began to feel nervous but I didn’t know if it was because I was nervous about what was about to happen or because all of the first year students were speaking about it. I found interesting how most of them thought that every Slytherin was a bad person and here I am thinking about the fact that my mother is one of the greatest and loving person’s I know. However, my biological mother was another case. I remained silence and payed attention to the professor that was holding the hat and giving the instructions. I didn’t want to talk about my biologically family and knowing that when I am nervous I say things that I don’t want to well, lets say is better to stay quiet and keeping things to myself.

By the end of the sorting ceremony I founded myself sitting in the Ravenclaw table along with the first years and other students of my house. Turns out that I was sorted into Ravenclaw and it made me feel very proud of myself. I knew that back home my family would be thrilled and in fact they actually were. Remember Fred and George? yeah, well, after that day they followed me everywhere.

Well guys, I will be telling more about my story soon, I have to get going since I have got to help my husband and his brother George with the new products of their store. Yes, I married Fred Gideon Weasley, I will say everything about it later.

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Be Rich, Not Famous: The Joy Of Being A Nobody

When I first started Financial Samurai, I was proud of finally creating something. For too long, I had just followed orders. Yet, I couldn’t tell anybody about my hobby because I was still employed. I was afraid if my employer found out, they’d tell me to shut it down or at the very least, dock my bonus for being unfocused. After all, the site was started in the middle of the financial crisis and they were always looking for reasons to cut costs.

When I finally engineered my layoff three years later in 2012, I still felt it was unwise to tell anybody about my site even though I was internally beaming with pride about the site’s growth. I felt like a new parent who wanted to annoy the crap out of all his friends by cooing about every milestone their child hit.

But because I had five years of deferred compensation on the line, even if there was just a 1% chance my old employer would withhold payment, I didn’t want to risk losing six years of living expenses. And so, I kept my mouth largely shut until I had a decision to make on 4/21/2017, when my last severance-related payment hit my bank account.

In a way, the five-year time period when I was collecting my deferred compensation was like a mental jail. Like Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption reaching for the stars as rain spatters his face, full emancipation only came years after leaving Corporate America.

With nothing holding me back in 2017, it would seem like finally, I could brag to everyone that I had created a website large enough to support a family in San Francisco. With some publicity would come growth. But alas, I felt it was much better to keep a low profile.

For those of you who are thirsty for attention, let me share some thoughts about being a nobody for so long and why it may be in your best interest to do the same.

The Joy Of Being A Nobody

1) You focus on what truly matters. Whenever you create something you’re proud of, there’s a natural tendency to want to tell everybody about your success. Look at me. I am so great! The more you share, the more addicted you become to the attention and the less you focus on the work that made you proud in the first place.

There are people who are trapped in a cyclone of self-validation, e.g., constantly posting selfies of a new look on Twitter, showing off a new car on Facebook, or writing about yet another fabulous vacation on Instagram. Think about it. If your self-esteem is strong, why do you need to tell anybody about anything you do?

We all need some sort of attention or validation. I get it. But moderation is the word. Don’t let such need to be recognized get out of control.

Not being able to publicly disclose I ran Financial Samurai for eight years made me focus on the only thing that mattered to its growth: writing regular content. I couldn’t leverage my network of entrepreneurs and financially savvy folks. I couldn’t leverage my resume. I couldn’t leverage my Asian heritage. Nor could I leverage my fabulous good looks to get on TV (ok, not really).

The only way I could grow was to compete on quality of content. Could I tell an interesting enough story that kept people engaged? Could I write valuable enough content where people could learn and grow their wealth and happiness? Could I write a post so polarizing that it would turn off a bunch of readers, but attract a bunch more because they saw the reality in what I was saying?

These were the challenges that I focused on every single week for years. And due to the focus, this site grew.

2) You become impervious to insults. After you’ve been called a loser, an idiot, a dumb ass, arrogant, out of touch, shameful, a dickhead, a chink, and the many other epithets, your mind turns bulletproof. After all, when you’re already a nobody, nothing can be any lower.

And because I’m a nobody, even the smallest words of kindness are meaningful. Today, I get more joy from a nice response to my private newsletter than I would if I was a public personality being lauded with praise all the time. I also developed the ability to ignore or instantly forget anybody who shows hate. It’s like having the super power of selective amnesia.

Developing a thick skin can really help the relationships that matter most to you. For example, let’s say your husband or wife comes home from work extremely grumpy one day. If you’ve been able to develop a thick skin, you’ll more easily brush off his or her boorishness as a temporary phase.

What’s also interesting is that while insults no longer hurt as much, they still very much act as motivators to keep on going. I often use negative feedback to create new posts, thereby buttressing the survival of Financial Samurai, which in turn allows my family to continue living free.

3) You can live your life in peace. Being famous is a curse. Yet, for some reason, kids seem to have an insatiable desire for worldwide attention. What the hell happened? Is it due to social media or bad parenting or both?

When you’re famous, many people want something from you, mostly your time. And given time is more valuable than money, being known robs you of your most precious asset. Thank goodness I’m not famous. However, FS has grown large enough to where I get emails every single day asking for help without the person ever attempting to build a relationship first. If this scale of inquiry frequency were to transfer into the real world, I probably wouldn’t be able to step out of the house.

For example, one day my friend blew me up while we were soaking in a hot tub after tennis at a club. He asked me, “How is Financial Samurai doing?” in front of five other fellow soakers, and one of them perked up and began asking me at least 10 questions ranging from whether she should buy property to whether she should go back to grad school. She had been a reader of Financial Samurai for three years.

Of course I had to be nice and answer her questions. I’m always honored to meet a long-time reader. But after 2+ hours of grueling tennis, all I wanted to do was soak in the hot tub, drink a beer, and relax.

Now imagine if you were actually famous, and didn’t just have some small-time website. You would never be able to do anything in public in peace. Every single move you make would be questioned. Your words will be twisted to fit an agenda. You’d never be able to be yourself.

4) There are no expectations of you. When you’re a nobody, nobody expects you to do anything or do anything special. Therefore, you can regularly surpass expectations.

As a 5.0 rated tennis player, I’m supposed to readily beat 4.5 rated tennis players. If I do, nobody cares. But if I lose, as I’ve done before, it’s a disaster. I’d much rather be a 3.5 tennis player and beat up on 4.0s, 4.5s, and 5.0s instead. This is why there are so many sandbaggers in any competitive activity.

Think about all the celebrities out there who are expected to always look good in public. What a drag! Most of the time, normal people just want to put on some comfortable clothes after washing their faces, and go for a leisurely walk without anybody taking their picture.

What about if you are a Harvard alumni? You are expected to do great things because you were so great in high school. But the sad reality is, a significant majority of Harvard alumni end up doing the same thing everybody else does in society. What a let down.

It’s no fun having the weight of the world on your shoulders. Life is so much better when you can surprise on the upside and be judged based on what you do.

5) You allow your children to be their own people. I feel sorry for the children of celebrities who find themselves in the limelight because of parental transgressions. Children shouldn’t have to suffer due to the sins of their parents. Nor should children be forced to feel the pressure of matching their parent’s success.

If you’re always posting pictures of your kids who aren’t old enough to consent to public exposure, consider slowing down. You’re exposing them to public scrutiny which they haven’t asked for. Please don’t exploit your children to further your ego or business interests.

Protect them until they are old enough to make rational decisions for themselves.

Be Rich, Not Famous

All this desire for fame and prestige is truly a waste of time. Get your 15 minutes of fame to satisfy your curiosity. Maybe get 30 minutes just to be sure.

Unless you’re a completely insecure person, you’ll realize the attention you seek is really just a band-aid for some deeper problem that needs fixing.

Work on accumulating enough passive income so you never have to listen to anybody again. Accumulate at least 20X your annual expenses in liquid net worth so you can start feeling the joy of financial freedom. The only things that matter are your friends, your family, and your freedom.

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Readers, why do you think people seek so much attention nowadays? Why do people pick fights with others and say stupid things over social media if they still depend on a job to survive? If you want to be famous beyond your circle of people that matter, please explain why. What are some of the positives of being famous over being a nobody?

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mcjoelcain · 6 years ago

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Be Rich, Not Famous: The Joy Of Being A Nobody

For those of you who are thirsty for attention, let me share some thoughts about being a nobody for so long and why it may be in your best interest to do the same.

The Joy Of Being A Nobody

We all need some sort of attention or validation. I get it. But moderation is the word. Don’t let such need to be recognized get out of control.

These were the challenges that I focused on every single week for years. And due to the focus, this site grew.

4) There are no expectations of you. When you’re a nobody, nobody expects you to do anything or do anything special. Therefore, you can regularly surpass expectations.

It’s no fun having the weight of the world on your shoulders. Life is so much better when you can surprise on the upside and be judged based on what you do.

Protect them until they are old enough to make rational decisions for themselves.

Be Rich, Not Famous

All this desire for fame and prestige is truly a waste of time. Get your 15 minutes of fame to satisfy your curiosity. Maybe get 30 minutes just to be sure.

Unless you’re a completely insecure person, you’ll realize the attention you seek is really just a band-aid for some deeper problem that needs fixing.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

The Rise Of Stealth Wealth: Ways To Stay Invisible From Society’s Rage

The Stealth Wealth Compendium Of Useful Phrases To Protect Your Freedom

Are You Smart Enough To Act Dumb Enough To Get Ahead

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Be Rich, Not Famous: The Joy Of Being A Nobody

For those of you who are thirsty for attention, let me share some thoughts about being a nobody for so long and why it may be in your best interest to do the same.

The Joy Of Being A Nobody

We all need some sort of attention or validation. I get it. But moderation is the word. Don’t let such need to be recognized get out of control.

These were the challenges that I focused on every single week for years. And due to the focus, this site grew.

4) There are no expectations of you. When you’re a nobody, nobody expects you to do anything or do anything special. Therefore, you can regularly surpass expectations.

It’s no fun having the weight of the world on your shoulders. Life is so much better when you can surprise on the upside and be judged based on what you do.

Protect them until they are old enough to make rational decisions for themselves.

Be Rich, Not Famous

All this desire for fame and prestige is truly a waste of time. Get your 15 minutes of fame to satisfy your curiosity. Maybe get 30 minutes just to be sure.

Unless you’re a completely insecure person, you’ll realize the attention you seek is really just a band-aid for some deeper problem that needs fixing.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

The Rise Of Stealth Wealth: Ways To Stay Invisible From Society’s Rage

The Stealth Wealth Compendium Of Useful Phrases To Protect Your Freedom

Are You Smart Enough To Act Dumb Enough To Get Ahead

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My past.

1. I was 14 years old. I had my first boyfriend with who I had sex with (J). We had a very nice relationship for the first one. We were together for 7 months. I knew his family, he knew mine. Everything was so nice. We had sex after 6 months. I didn’t want it before, I wasn’t ready. The day we had it for the first time, was spontaneous. It was cute, on Christmas eve. Anyway, after a month we broke up. I don’t remember much but what I do remember was, that we broke up as a ‘break’ the day after his birthday, after I helped him clean up the mess. I was crying so much... He wasn’t. I felt like the whole world ended. Few days later we got into a fight because I heard things and then he was like “fuck this, I wanted to give it another chance but you ruined it.” It felt so bad... It just felt like the first break-up you’ll ever have. Just like that. He really fucked me up by talking shit about me and that made me feel so insecure. That’s where it all started. From that moment people were bullying me about everything. I also started smoking weed a lot, like 5 joints a day. It was a dark period. I was depressed but I met people who made me go through it. We were called the “Turkish Airlines” because we were the only foreigners on that school. So because they bullied me, my friends got bullied too. Even teachers were against us and talking shit about us. Nobody did anything about it.

2. (15 years old) Anyway, I made a mistake after my first ex-boyfriend. I was at a party (well just a chilling type a thing and we were drinking). I texted my ex to ask if he was coming. Well, he didn’t. And his best friend (KY) and I were pretty close... A bit too much. To get to the point, I slept with his best friend. I told my ex about it, because I’m an honest person, and he said he didn’t care and he thought it was funny. I was like okay good, I’m glad. Because I didn’t do it to hurt him or anything. After that night that I slept with him, it happened one more time. The way it happened... I’m so embarrassed. It was outside... Close to my ex’s house and we didn’t have a condom so we asked my ex for one... LIKE OH MY GOD WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME?! I was still 15 years old brooo I couldn’t think straight man. I was foolish, stupid, dumb. Even though I could wait with sex with my ex boyfriend for 6 months and then I do something so stupid? But okay, after that time we had sex, it never happened again. Never. And I still regret that that happened. I’m judging myself for it.

3. (15 years old) After that, I started to pick myself up a bit. I had my friends, we had each other and we didn’t really care about people who were hating. Of course we cared a bit, since the school didn’t even do a thing about it and also 2 boys attacked me in school while there was an argue and I was the one who was suspended at school. Like, what is wrong with them? I didn’t even start or whatever. But OK, springbreak was coming. I met a guy (TY), not from school or anything, just randomly. We got into a relationship and it was nice. I still had problems with myself with insecureness and I always thought people didn’t care about me. That was always the problem with me saying that, also with my ex. But we had a good relationship for 3 months. Then he got offered a scholarship for basketball in America (I live in Holland). So it was hard but he needed to do it of course. It is a chance once in a lifetime. Anyway, that happened. I still have contact with him, he lives in Holland again but not that long ago we spoke and he told me he could never have a relationship with me. That felt actually pretty bad, not because I wanted him at that moment but because I actually feel like I’m not good enough for anyone anymore. I’ll explain later.

4. (16 years old) After my second ex-boyfriend, almost a year later, I was getting back with my first boyfriend. But I knew this guy (KZ) and we became pretty close. I was always attracted to him but I didn’t think about him that way. Until, here it comes, this shit is really fucked up lol, I was with J in bed and I said KZ his name... LOL THIS IS SO NOT FUNNY BUT WOAH. I was so shocked... He was pretty mad... Anyway, KZ slept at my place but we had no intentions. But it happened. We had sex. The next morning I called J to explain what happened and that I was so sorry. It was so stupid. J didn’t like it of course but we were in a good place. After that day, KZ and I were kinda getting together. Another stupid thing: he had a girlfriend. DON’T DO SHIT WITH ANYONE WHO HAS A GIRLFRIEND. It’s just disrespectful. Anyway, KZ girlfriend somehow texted me (I don’t really remember how I got in contact with her) and I told her the truth and she broke up. KZ and I were kinda getting together... I slept at his place every week and I knew his mom and friends and stuff... Then that bastard went on vacation and he acted pretty strange to me. After he came back, he ignored me at first and then he said to come over. I was like, finally, I can see you again. So, how this happened? I came over, slept at his place (of course we had sex cause we already did and we kinda we getting together. Then I left the next day and I texted him, he never, never responded ever again. Never. And he told one of my best friends that I wasn’t his ‘type’. That shit hurt. But I wasn’t devastated for that long, maybe because I already knew he was a fuck-boy... I just thought he was real with me.

5. (16 years old) It was events-week in my village. I was with a friend tryna be funny by flirting with this guy T. I always liked him before J (my first ex-boyfriend). But at that time, I didn’t. But in that week, we just talked a lot and we kept talking. Somehow, we got into a relationship. It was so unexpected (shows that relationships are most of the times unexpected). Anyway, we had a relationship for 2/3 years, with a little break. I wasn’t at a good place with myself and the relationship wasn’t always that good for me. Also because I thought no one cared about me and I always said to him, you don’t care about me when we were fighting. I can understand that it is not nice to hear that every time while you do care. I hate it, that I feel like that... We had big fights, so big he yelled at me that I was a stupid hoe and spit in my face. I don’t wanna get into the details too much but we broke up after 2/3 years because it just didn’t work out. He also smoked a lot and therefore I smoked a lot too. In our break, we both had sex with someone else. I did it before him (with one of my exes)... I probably should’ve shut my mouth because of course I’m honest and I told him with the result that he called me a hoe and shit. It hurts when your ex says that. When you had a relationship for so long and you know he knows you the best out of everyone and then he speaks about you like that. Can’t blame him tho, I probably would’ve spoken bad about him too if he fucked someone after the relationship so fast. I guess if anyone ever reads this, no one is going to take me serious. I’m not even at half of my story. I don’t even take myself serious anymore...

6. (19 years old) OK, if you don’t think I was stupid before (you probably think I am) then here it comes. After my relationship of 2/3 years, I don’t know what happened with me. Somehow, i was at a good place with myself. I was studying, had my own place, stopped smoking, started to sing more (because in my previous relationship I kinda stopped singing, he was my priority too much). I also started to work out and I started boxing. How could it not, but my boxing teacher (AY) was hot as fuck. So damn hot, exactly my type. So suddenly while I was working, he called me to ask if I wanted to go to his party. In my head I was like oh my god, YES. And I told him to stop by for a moment. Well, a moment turned into bottles of alcohol, joints and stuff. We were downstairs talking and somehow we started kissing. In the closet. And that turned into me sleeping at his place (it was the place of his uncle by the way but call it his). I didn’t remember much. Don’t ask me how or whatever, but I just didn’t remember from the moment we went into the bed. I do remember we were a bit fooling around but not that we had sex. The next day he said we did. I felt bad of course because I fucking didn’t remember and I didn’t want to give him the impression that I was so easy. Fuck apparently I fucking am damn I hate myself for that. Why can’t I just hold back? Yes I got needs but how about everyone else who can hold back? Damn. Anyway, after that we did meet up a few times and I still went to his classes. I gave a party and I invited him also. At the end of the party he stayed but I still didn’t wanna have sex. It just didn’t feel right but he pushed me and pushed me and shit until I pushed him off me and he got mad and left. The next day he said we had sex and I didn’t remember. How come I remember everything but not that we had sex? Was he lying? Because he insisted me to get the morning after pill and I did, just to be sure. That period was weird... Like how... Well, that period also passed.

7. ( 19 years old) There was this guy (SN), he was also in my boxing class. We were just friends, also pretty close and we talked about everything. I also told him about AY and stuff. Not to get too deep into it, we had sex. We both just, only did it for the sex. We did it twice, then it never happened again. I do see him sometimes and it actually feels like it never happened. I don’t really know how to feel about it? Is it bad that I gave myself to him? I don’t know. In my defence, everyone got needs right? But still, I wish I didn’t give myself so quickly to so many people. Even though there are so many more. I will never judge anyone by how many persons they’ve had but for myself, I wish I didn’t.

8. (19 years old) Okay, I was still being ratchet. I went out a lot, drank a lot, and I had my first one-night stand. Well, the rest I had sex with I do not call a one-night stand. Right? Anyway, that happened. He got my number, he just fucking never texted me. I felt pretty used. Don’t like to do that. What if you run into them? And, I want to be a famous singer. He can say he had me?? Or am I being stupid... I should care so much damn!!! Why do I? Please GOD help me get rid of it. I care too fucking much about everything. OK. Next story.

9. (19 years old) Apparently, I wasn’t done making mistakes. I went out, got waaaay to drunk and went with someone to his house (AD). So yes, we were going to have sex. But as a way saying I CARE TOO MUCH, I cried. L-O-L I cried during sex. I told him I couldn’t move on and we stopped. He was pretty sweet I guess. For all I can remember, he just said he understood and let me. Next day early in the morning he brought me to my scooter in the city. I remember I asked him, “Do I have anything to reach you?” He put his Instagram in my phone. I was pretty surprised because I was like, what the hell. Seriously, your Instagram? But OK. I went home and visited his Instagram. He was a fucking famous rapper in the Netherlands and I didn’t even knew. What the fuuuuck. Well, that happened. He asked me to come over again but I told him I didn’t want to for sex. Just to hang out was OK but at that moment he wasn’t really interested I guess. I now have contact with him on a normal level. We never did anything anymore. We now sometimes make music together since I saw him again at the club in the VIP. He did remember me and gave me his number (I didn’t even ask for it tho). He is a good guy, I do not regret it but still, it would’ve been nicer if it didn’t happen.

10. (19 years old) OK. Springbreak was coming and me and best friends were going on vacation to Marbella. My god it was nice there! I also met this guy (KN) (yea no, I wasn’t done being ratchet). He was so nice!!! I slept at his hotel. We were fucking in another country and I slept at his hotel. What was wrong with me, so many things could’ve gone wrong! But it didn’t, God bless. He was so nice! Anyway, we had sex. Like at night and in the morning. He made me squirt tho, I don’t know if I told it yet, but I never came by a guy. Even now, never never did! Only KN made me squirt once lol. We spoke a lot after that and we still do, but he lives in England and he never saw each other again. If he comes to Holland, I definitely wanna see him and I really do not regret having sex with him. I’d do it over again if I could.

11. Okay, I’m now 20 years old. My birthday was on 30th of September and it is now the 16th of May. I’ve had sex with 4 different people since I’m 20. Yes, it is a lot I guess but to be honest? I am doing better than I did when I was 19?? Lol I’m sorry, just wanna feel better about myself. Anyway, there was this guy (OR). We went to parties together with others (bookings and stuff) and we were just friends. Some day we made a bet. Pretty funny story actually. The bet was if he won, I had to kiss a guy randomly who I was attracted to at that party and if I won, he had too. So I won and he said he wanted to kiss me? I was like, no that wasn’t what we had agreed to! But we did. Wasn’t bad tho, it was nice. Since then we spoke a lot and he slept at my place, the first time he really tried to have sex but I wouldn’t let him. The second time he slept at my place, we had sex. We hooked up a while but I guess it became too serious for him because I wanted that. From that moment we stopped and hooked up once or twice after that but we are on good terms. I do kinda regret it tho but I didn’t know that beforehand so.

12. There’s this guy (AT), he started chatting on Instagram about music. And since I’m 20, I am investing my time in making money and making music. So I was interested in what he had to offer. He was nice, we became friends and he helped me with my music. But then, this day came and I can’t really explain why or how. I just want to make this one a short one. This is actually my biggest fault. We did it eventually and I don’t wanna get too much into it. I really get a fucking cringe feeling about this one. We are OK now. No hard feelings.

13. Okay, we’ve arrived at this guy I met at a party. (Um I was reaaaally drunk by the way). I saw him (TI) and I was just impulsive. I went to him and the first thing I asked was “U single?” He said he was single and we started to chat. Don’t really remember a shitty thing or whatever. Eventually he asked my Instagram and I said “U not asking my number?” So well, the next day he texted me. In the beginning I wasn’t really into him. I don’t really remember everything, I only remember that after a week or so, he asked to call me. From that night, we called for like 4-6 hours and he called every night. Two weeks later I went over to his house and to be real fucking honest, it was some gooood damn sex. I really liked him. He was nice also, funny but also a dickhead (((: He wasn’t all the way respectful to me, I guess maybe it got too serious or whatever, I said to him that I started to have feelings and he began to be a dickhead. He was just not serious with me. So I ended it. Now, we don’t talk anymore, we did have sex a few months ago but now I’m like fuck you. I’mma not talk to you no more disrespectful bitch. Done with that bs.

14. We arrived at the last one. This is the present. I still like him (JD) but it’s complicated. We were working together and from the first time we saw each other well, I was attracted to him. We didn’t do it straight away but from the moment sex happened... Only drama and shit. I’mma leave the past let’s just say, it didn’t work out and we didn’t talk anymore because of a discussion.

NOW THIS IS PRESENT. A week ago, I saw him at a party. When the party was almost over, he came to me. He was so sweet and to be honest, I didn’t know I felt this way for him, THIS MUCH. It felt so good... I’m still wondering why? Well anyway, at the ending of the party he also was a dick a bit, he went to other girls and shit cause he couldn’t get me into the hotelroom I guess... I cried tho, while going home. But I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it I mean, we didn’t see each other for a while and we are nothing. I was just like, okay, get over it.

Next day he texted me, we had a real boring ass convo and now I’mma tell you about yesterday. Well I called him, asked if he’d wanted to chill. So we did, and I actually wasn’t really into him as much as that other night. I actually tried to see the bad side of him so that I wouldn’t like him anymore. Well.. We did kiss and cuddle and it did feel good. I’m now thinking about him again and I actually don’t want that. But on the other hand it does feel good. So I... Don't know what to do about it. Love is just so hard. And I don’t love him? But I do feel something so good, them butterflies and safe feeling with him. We laughed...

I DUNNO men... Anyway this is it. This is my sex/love life now. Well no sex right now lol. And idk about love. I don’t even know what love is anymore. I just know I wan to focus on my carrier right now and the rest is extra. By the way, I got more bored and more bored to type this so sorry if I was more into the story in the beginning of this message. But yeah. This is it.

Don’t be ashamed of your past.

NonamedGirl

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botnika1 · 7 years ago

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150 Funny and Witty Answers to the Question "How Are You?" 1. Somewhere between better and best. 2. All the better now that you asked. 3. I'm still sucking air. 4. I love you. (This is a good response to catch them off-guard and fluster them.) 5. I feel much better now that you are with me. 6. At minding my own business? Better than most people. 7. I am as happy as a tick on a big, fat dog. 8. Somewhere between blah and meh. 9. Armed and ready! 10. My lawyer says I don’t have to answer that question. 11.What do you want? (Hahaha. This might across as rude especially that you are assuming that they’re greeting you because they need something from you.) 12. I’ve been going through some crests and troughs in my life. Is everything stable at your end? 13. Better than nothing. 14. Well, I'm still alive. 15. “Could be better," then pause and continue with "Could be worse." 16. Like you, but better. 17. I could really go for a massage. 18. They told me you would ask me that. 19. Do you really care? 20. I’m all set up for the end of the world. 21. I'd say I'm a [insert number here] out of 10. 22. I was fine until you asked. 23. If I were doing any better, I'd have to hire you to enjoy it with me. 24. As fine as the maiden’s flaxen hair. 25. Oh stop it, you. (Say it like you’re receiving a compliment even though you are actually not. LOL 26. Overworked and underpaid. 27. Nothing much. (This is one of the most basic reply. It is very overused that it comes across as really funny whenever you hear it.) 28. I don't know, you tell me. How am I right now? 29. Navigating through the twists and turns of life. I hope yours is a straight road. 30. Can't complain. Nobody listens to me anyway. 31. Good enough. (This one will definitely keep them guessing.) 32. I’ll let you know when I figure it all out. 33. If I were any better, I'd be you. 34. Quite how, thank you. (This makes no sense, but funny.) 35. Not so well, does it bother you? 36. Nice and dandy like cotton candy. (Dandy rhymes with cotton candy!) 37. Do you want an honest answer or the answer you were expecting? 38. Hunting some dragons, you? 39. Average. Not terrific, not terrible, just average. 40. If I were any better, I'd be illegal. 41. So far, so good! 42. How dare you! (If you don’t have an immediate reply in mind, just say this automatically. LOL) 43. I'm vertical and breathing. 44. I’m better now that I'm talking to you. 45. Well, I haven't had my morning coffee yet and no one has gotten hurt, so I'd say "pretty good" at this point in time. 46. Different day. Same existence. 47. Trying to get on with life. Thanks. What about you? 48. I have been doing well. However, that is unless the weather has different plans in store. 49. Maybe one day you'll be lucky enough to find out. 50. Trying not to burst into tears. I get an “A” for effort, right 51. I have no way of knowing. 52. Yes. (Woah there, it looks like you weren’t paying attention.) 53. Living a dream. Please don't wake me up. 54. *speaks gibberish* 55. Your attempt at social interaction is hereby acknowledged. 56. Dying. 57. Happy and content, thank you. 58. Just hug me and leave it at that. 59. Compared to who? 60. Well enough to chat with you if you wish to. 61. Going is great. Hope this status quo persists for rest of the day. 62.Do I have to answer? 63. Physically? Mentally? Spiritually? Socioeconomically? Financially? I'm not sure how to answer that!?! 64. Strange, and getting stranger. 65.Not so good, but I plan on lying at my press conference. 66. If I had a tail, I would wag it. 67. I've heard various opinions, what's yours?" 68.How am I...what? 69. Thank you for asking, though you can judge yourself. 70. Why do you ask, are you a doctor? 71. Word on the street is that I'm really good. 72. My psychiatrist told me not to discuss it with strangers. 73. Rolling with the punches. 74. Medium Well. (What are you, a steak?) 75. All right so far, but there's still time for everything to go horribly wrong. (Ah, the forever pessimist.) 76. I'm sure you have that information on your screen. 77. Will you give me money if I tell you? 78. Doing good unless you have an air borne disease and infect me with some pathogens. 79. I'm pretty standard right now. 80. I can't complain! It's against the Company Policy. 81. I'm better than I was, but not nearly as good as I'm going to be. 82. I think I'm doing OK. How do you think I'm doing? 83. I can’t complain, but sometimes I still do. 84. Living the dream! 85. WHY!? WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT ME? (Hahaha! Way to act suspicious of everything!) 86. I'm taking over the world. 87. Well, there’s plenty of room for improvement! 88. Doing good unless you have intentions of shooting me. 89. Better than some, not as good as others. 90.I promised myself I would kill the next person who asked me that question, but I like you so I will let you live. 91. Incredibly handsome (or beautiful). 92."I'm doing really well" then pause and say "Of course, that could be my anti-depressants prescription talking." 93. I am blessed! 94. Way better than I deserve! 95. Oh, you know... every day is better than the next. 96. Shhh...It's too early to tell. 97. I dunno...is it Friday yet? 98.I don’t feel that great but my hair looks awesome, right? 99. I have a pulse. Therefore, I must be OK. 100. Not today, Satan! 101. In order to answer the question, I need to take you back about 10 years. Do you have a moment? 102. Living a life of denial and suppressed rage. 103. Slowly but surely dying. 104. Fair to partly cloudy. 105. "Hey look over there!" *punches person quick in the throat* (Remember kids, do not try this at home.) 106. Groovy! 107. Well, I've got this rash on my left butt... (Way to make the conversation a bit awkward!) 108. Not bad. Could be better. Could be payday. 109. I'm better on the inside than I look on the outside 110. Okay. I'd be better if you asked me out. 111. Okay, since my name wasn't in today's obituaries, that means... 112. Oh terrible, but I'm used to it. (I feel you, friend.) 113. What's with all the questions? You a cop? 114. As opposed to what? 115. Sunshine all day long! 116. You go first so we can compare. 117. I'm not sure yet. 118. Living the dream but half the time it's a nightmare. 119. Not quite there yet. (Where is there?) 120. Dangerously close to fabulous. 121. You're lookin' at it. 122. Real terrible, thanks for asking. 123. I am high quality. 124. The doctor said I'd live. 125. Great, stellar, fantastic, but dead inside. 126. I’m trying really hard to avoid ambiguous questions at the moment. 127. Wondering how you are. 128. How do you think I am? 129. I’ll leave that up to your imagination. 130. Secret. 131. Do you want the short version, or the long version? 132. I would be lying if I said I’m fine. 133. I’m pretty sure I am not obligated to tell you. 134. I’m ready for a nap. (I’m sure you do.) 135. I’m surviving, I guess. 136. Not as good as you. 137. Holy sh*t, you can see me?! (This never fails in bringing on the chuckles.) 138. In need of some peace and quiet. 139. Under renovation. 140. Remembering to stay patient. 141. I'm sober! (Congratulations!) 142. On a scale of one to punching someone in the face. 143. I'm keeping up with dancing to the rhythm of life. 144. Imagining myself having a fabulous vacation. 145. Horrible now that I've met you. 146. You do not want to know. 147. *just stare* 148. That is a really wonderful question. Ummm... 149. Happy and you know it. *clap your hands* 150. Next question, please.

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survivorbouvetisland · 7 years ago

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Episode #3: “Find out next time on total drama suck my ass” - Andrew

Bodhi

I'm pretending to have been told to vote for Kelsey, but in reality I knew exactly who was leaving, and I just wanted to see what happened. So I called out my old tribe in the swapped tribe chat and Kelsey is explaining what happened to me while I call Trixie and Nehemiah snakes. I quite like those two and I kinda regret calling them out for something they didn't do like that, but it's FUN.

QuilLynn

So im on albatross now and I couldn't be happier! so far everyone seems nice, i've only talked really to shea and roxy but i really like both of them so far. The only person i'm with from skua is austin, but he can go tbh if he needs too, noah fence I just don't really have a relationship with him and im here to win and make some drama!

I tried to get a higher score on this reward challenge than i think the other team will get altogether. I hope it will establish me as a threat and serious player in this game. I'm trying to integrate with Shea, Roxy and Ali, because I know old albatross is going to stick together, I'm hoping i'll be able to work with them but I trust nobody 100% in this game. I told Shea that if I get an idol clue i'd share it with him, that's half true. If i get an Idol clue and find myself in the same situation as i was in at Skua then I'll get his advice with the idol, but if i find that bitch its mine!

stop spelling my name wrong @hosts it quillynn (two n's like how you all seem to have two 21st chromosomes) im going to POP OFF..... im jk love you guys <3, but it is two n's

Roxy's opinions are wrong sorry. Also @my tribe thanks for the all work in the challenge. I really feel like i'm going to be dragging this team through these challenges. At least trixie did something at this point she's the only one i wouldn't be okay with voting out.

I feel like with me on this team there is no way we lose a music video challenege, even though pretty much everyone seems to not want to be involved in it. I wanted to take editing too, but i let trixie take it because she said to me she was really good and i didn't want to come off as a total control freak, although i'm sure i still will... I will probably still help with the editing tbh. I just want to win!

I tried confiding in shea that I had an idol clue in hopes that he'd be able to give me some info about old albatross and also build trust, but i don't think it really worked. I like shea, but don't trust him. He didn't give me much and said roxy was the best in the scavanger hunt. When I went to roxy and asked her about the same challenege she said she was too busy to do basically any of it. To be fair I don't believe her either, but i might need to talk to one more person before I really can find out which one is lying and who has the first clue for the albatross idol

There is a crack starting to present itself within the old albatross tribe. Shea and roxy clearly don't get along. I believe i could convince roxy to vote shea out if i needed too, i just would need to solidify the rest of the votes which might be hard since i haven't talked much to the other non-albatross members. I also like shea and would want him to stay over roxy but realistically it would be harder to get his vote and I have a gut feeling that we should take him out asap if we get the opportunity.

We won, DUH. Skua's was shit ours was great, the judges were clearly on crack for lowballing our scores.

Trixie, Nehe, Austin, and myself might make an "outsiders" alliance amongst our tribe. Based on performance in the the last immunity challenge I'm contemplating throwing the next in order to get shea out. If we have our alliance plus maybe the vote of roxy or ali we'll be able to do it.

Jacob

Hey look, new tribes! I'm glad to see Bodhi! <3 And now I can get to know some more new people. I'm pretty excited overall, but I guess only time will tell how this turns out in the end.

Welp. That challenge was a bust. At least Regan is asking us to vote her out so we don't have to worry about the vote. I keep forgetting we have to do confessionals through this thing instead of just dropping them in the Host Chat.

Trixie

RIP dana. She had so much to live for. I can't believe she smacked her head and now she's dead. She deserved it for putting me in this tribe. JK everyone is very lovely and I'm trying to snuff out the problematics from the ppl I can trust.

This. Girl. Is. The. Nastiest. Skank. Bitch. I. Have. Ever. Met. Do. Not. Trust. Her. She. Is. A. Fugly. Slut. #[email protected] JK!!! <3

I'M LIVING FOR THIS FIGHT. BUY PRAYING ON ITUNES.

I just finished the music video, I hope everybody likes it!

I'm sorry but can I just fucking say I spent like 2 hours editing that 5 minute music video and not even a single 10/10 by the judges. Get fucked! I know we won but Skua's was less than a minute long and some bitch judges have the audacity to give us lower scores than them. Yikes @ these judges, learn how to judge

I'm thinkin aboot making an alliance with Quillynn and Nehe. Quillynn is up for this and said that maybe we can add Austin to make an alliance of 4 that way we can have half the votes on our team. I'm worried Albatross will just try to pick us off since we're the leftovers of Skua & Adelie

Andrew

Will Jacob ever agree with anything? Find out next time on total drama suck my ass

Regan

MY TRIBE IS FULL OF ANNOYING FUCKS. I hate this tribe swap no one wants to agree on any song we pick which are all bops by the way. 80s songs in general are bops!!!!!

I didnt think it was possible to hate the tribe this much..... its not a music video if youre using like audio clips from random shit thats just a video idk i dont find it creative i hate rupauls drag race so fucking much. im sorry our tribe is full of weirdos but like????

Nicholas

no offense but why is my entire tribe inbred

Zack

I hope my tribe does well with those music video. I will be in a car for thirteen hours and cannot do lip sync without having to do a long explanation as to why I'm doing it.

Kelsey

Oh my...SO much has happened since the last week lovers, let me catch you all up. So first, tribal. It was quite clear that Trixie and Bodhi were on opposing sides than Ragan and Cole. Trixie really did feel it was best to eliminate Cole from the competition, but Ragan had her doubts as did I. I feel as if Bodhi is not the best...communicator. Cole wasn't either, but he was better. But regardless, I draw up a plan that says that Ragan, Cole, Nehe(who was in the center of all of it) and I vote out Bodhi, therefore keeping Cole around. We all agreed on it and I thought it was sickening...until we get to the vote and myself and Cole are the only ones to vote for Bodhi. Ragan chickened out at the last moment and Nehe said he wanted to force a tie. L U D I C R O U S. Did they HONESTLY think that it would work if it tied? Oh, whatever. Trixie's happy, everyone assumes Ragan was the second vote, I'm still the sweet girl of the tribe. Whatever. And then we tribe swap...oh WHATEVER. I'm going to miss my romance island...especially now that we have to leave it FOREVER. Ragan and Bodhi both end up on the same tribe as me and, while it's nice to have the familiar faces, those two will probably not end up working together. Bodhi has a nice boiling rage for Trixie and Ragan and Ragan herself...is...so much more assertive on this tribe than she was last time. All these new people are also a bit scary to me...I don't think many of them particularly see themselves working with me and I know that's going to be deepened ever more after this challenge. All I can do is hope that I can make people like me like Gwen Stefani and slay...I know I'm not going to participate in this challenge. I have a fake name, I don't feel like revealing anything about myself...and it's tragic. I have to choose between a silly fear and a necessary challenge and I already know I'm picking fear. Not to mention there is a supposed music guru on the other side...I am just preparing myself for the worst. Oh, how I miss the Isles of Romance...no matter how messy it was...

And THAT'S all there is to it~! Can you pay my telephone billz? -Kelsey V Mikaelson

Well...that challenge was a thing. I expected it to be a particularly tough challenge...I did NOT expect to be left with doing the brunt of the work. I never expect editing to be so dificult...but my submission was made and honestly? I'm proud of it. I feel like it's sickening, not because of quality, but because I made it in three hours, odds against and I feel like it's wonderful. It may not be a music video but gosh...I'm proud. If I go home this week, I feel like I made something I can take with me and that's incredible. I do hope I don't leave...some of the reactions to the performance were less the incredible...but my name is Kelsey Mikaelson, darling. A lover's quarrel is nothing more than a love bite to me~! I wish myself the best...for strategy, I know, on my end, these people aren't as welcoming to a romantic such as myself. All I can do is...Pray. *rolls eyes* IT DIDNT EVEN HAVE ALL OF THE TRIBEMATES UGH X'D And THAT'S all there is to it~! Wish me luck, hen-pen-pals~! Yours truly, Kelsey V Mikaelson

Ali

IM LEGIT IN AN AlLIANCE WITH EVERYONE HELP ME!

Austin

OK so I still have zero social game. Apparently I was the last to be picked and that's pretty funny. I'm on a tribe with Nehe and Ali SO I formed an alliance with them and that was literally the first thing I said to them. They know I'm on vacation so I can't really talk much, but Ali seemed to be very into it. I've known Zack just as long as I've known Isaiah/Jay so he's 100% going to be a number for me considering this is his first ORG. I've literally fallen into a position of power without even trying. I told Ali/Nehe that Bodhi and I are a part of a secret twist called "Secret Lovers" and if we make merge then we can decide if we want to give immunity to two other players during round 1 merge. IVE LITERALLY SECURED SAFETY OFF OF BULLSHIT AND BODHI DOESNT EVEN KNOW!! Tbh just get me to merge with Jay, Zack, and Bodhi and I can guarantee final 3....Lmao I haven't even spoken to anyone

#yousuckatthisgame

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alaruine · 8 years ago

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Life Every one of us goes through difficult and beautiful times, and others that need the help of a friend, or help a friend who needs his help

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159 Inspirational Quotes To Inspire Success In Your Life & Business

These are the top 159 Inspirational quotes from great men & woman to motivate you to succeed in your life and your business. Be inspired!

Running a business is hard work, and it can be easy to get down or lose your motivation. You are going to have successes, failures, late nights, stress, frustration, despair, hope, and uncertainty.

With that in mind, remember that you’re not the first person to experience these varied emotions. There are some great men and woman who have gone before you, experienced the full spectrum of these emotions and still achieved greatness.

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“What is success? There are many definitions, but there’s one thing all the greats agree on: Success only comes by persevering despite failure.”

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. – Ray Goforth”

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success. – Thomas J. Watson”

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. – Tony Robbins”

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. – Jim Rohn”

“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. – G. K. Chesterton”

“The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. – Barack Obama”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody. – Herbert Bayard Swope”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer”

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do. – Unknown”

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison”

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. – Zig Ziglar”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality. – Anthony Robbins”

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. – Norman Schwarzkopf”

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. – W.Buffett”

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. – Carlos Castaneda”

“The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm. – Thomas J. Watson”

“Look well to this day. Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day. – Francis Gray”

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations. – Steve Jobs”

“The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do. – Roy L. Smith”

“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. – Sr. Thomas Watson”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight Eisenhower”

“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. – Richard Branson”

“We generate fears while we sit. We over come them by action. Fear is natures way of warning us to get busy. – Dr. Henry Link”

“Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you. – Henry J. Kaiser”

“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do. – Dennis Waitley”

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. – Henry Ford”

“For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. – Bill O’ Reilly”

“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. – N.Bushnell”

“Surviving a failure gives you more self–confidence. Failures are great learning tools… but they must be kept to a minimum. – Jeffrey Immelt”

“To the degree we’re not living our dreams; our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves. – Peter McWilliams”

“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi”

“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. – Howard Aiken”

“It takes more than capital to swing business. You’ve got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by — Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. – Ren Mulford Jr.”

“The NBA is never just a business. It’s always business. It’s always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal. – Mark Cuban”

“Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker. – Seth Godin”

“Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters. – Seth Godin”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. – Dr. Seuss”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin”

“The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer’s place. – Orison Swett Marden”

“I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. – D.Trump”

“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. – J.Von Goeth”

“People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves. – Seth Godin”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. – David Brinkley”

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from. – Seth Godin”

“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them! – C.J. Walker”

“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid – Einstein”

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. – Napoleon Hill”

“To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. – J. Paul Getty”

“If it really was a no–brainer to make it on your own in business there’d be millions of no–brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan. – Bill Rancic”

“Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating. – Denis Waitley”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. – Zig Ziglar”

“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it. – Debbi Fields”

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. – David Rockefeller”

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. – Ray Kroc”

“To succeed… You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. – Tony Dorsett”

“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. – Harold Geneen”

“I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages. – Robert Bosch”

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