Coelho Paulo – The
Winner Stands Alone
Date: 26.8.19
Are we thinking like
this? If so, we may need to change our mind set as per the author to become
winner in life.
11. Spending
years studying at university only to find at the end of it all that you’re
unemployable.
22.Working from nine
till five every day at something that gives you no pleasure at all just so that,
after thirty years, you can retire.
33. Retiring and
discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few
years later of sheer boredom.
44. Believing
that power is much more important than money and that money is much more
important than happiness.
55. Making fun of anyone
who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of “lacking ambition.”
66. Comparing
objects like cars, houses, clothes, and defining life according to those
comparisons, instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive.
77. Never
talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about the neighbors.
88. Believing
that your parents are always right.
99. Getting
married, having children, and staying together long after all love has died,
saying that it’s for the good of the children (who are, apparently, deaf to the
constant rows).
110. Criticizing
anyone who tries to be different.
111. Waking
up each morning to a hysterical alarm clock on the bedside table. 15. Believing
absolutely everything that appears in print.
112. Wearing
a scrap of colored cloth around your neck, even though it serves no useful
purpose, but which answers to the name of “tie.”
113. Never
asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you
want to know. 18. Keeping a smile on your lips even when you’re on the verge of
tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.
114. Believing
that art is either worth a fortune or worth nothing at all.
115. Despising
anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it
obviously isn’t worth having.
116. Following
fashion trends, however ridiculous or uncomfortable.
117. Believing
that all famous people have tons of money saved up.
118. Investing
a lot of time and money in external beauty and caring little about inner
beauty.
119. Using
every means possible to show that, although you’re just an ordinary human
being, you’re far above other mortals.
220. Never
looking anyone in the eye when you’re traveling on public transport, in case
it’s interpreted as a sign you’re trying to get off with them.
221. Standing
facing the door in an elevator and pretending you’re the only person there,
regardless of how crowded it is.
222. Never
laughing too loudly in a restaurant however good the joke.
223. In
the northern hemisphere, always dressing according to the season: bare arms in
spring (however cold it is) and woolen jacket in autumn (however hot it is).
224. In
the southern hemisphere, covering the Christmas tree with fake snow even though
winter has nothing to do with the birth of Christ.
225. Assuming,
as you grow older, that you’re the guardian of the world’s wisdom, even if you
haven’t necessarily lived enough to know what’s right and wrong.
226. Going
to a charity tea party and thinking that you’ve done your bit toward putting an
end to social inequality in the world.
227. Eating
three times a day even if you’re not hungry.
228. Believing
that other people are always better than you— better-looking, more capable,
richer, more intelligent—and that it’s very dangerous to step outside your own
limits, so it’s best to do nothing.
229. Using
your car as a weapon and as impenetrable armor.
330. Believing
that everything your child does wrong is entirely down to the company he or she
keeps.
331. Marrying
the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait.
332. Always
saying, “I tried” when you didn’t really try at all.
333. Postponing
doing the really interesting things in life for later, when you won’t have the
energy.
334. Avoiding
depression with large daily doses of television.
335. Believing
that you can be sure of everything you’ve achieved.
336. Assuming
that women don’t like football and that men aren’t interested in home
decoration and cooking.
337. Thinking
that being a good, decent, respectable person will mean that others will see
you as weak, vulnerable, and easy to manipulate.
438. Being
equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a
“powerful personality.”
439. Being
afraid of having an endoscopy (if you’re a man) and giving birth (if you’re a
woman).
P* Power doesn’t negotiate with
anyone, only with itself. However, all is not lost. In the world of fiction and
in the real world, there is always a hero.
** Normal is anything that makes us
forget who we are and what we want; that way we can work in order to produce,
reproduce, and earn money.
