I love this sign.
We live in a world where the President of the United States opened his very first Cabinet meeting by having each of his Cabinet members praise him as the television cameras rolled. Then he praised himself by declaring himself the post effective President in history with the possibility of Franklin Roosevelt.
Americans laughed at this demonstration of fealty. Ridiculed him incessantly. Even the President’s closest allies mocked this ridiculous display.
What people like Donald Trump fail to realize is that actions like these do not project strength. In fact, they do exactly the opposite. They demonstrate weakness, desperation, a lack of self confidence, and the cloying need to be loved.
If you want to appear strong, you must do exactly the opposite. Vulnerability projects strength. Honesty and authenticity project strength. A willingness to acknowledge one’s flaws, foibles, and failures is the way to demonstrate to others than you are strong in both mind and self.
We all suck. We can all suck less. And if we all sucked less, we might just save the world.
The first step to sucking less is knowing that you suck.
I suck. You suck.
Donald Trump really sucks. The sooner he acknowledges that, the better off we’ll all be.
