As I travel through this world I've met and worked with a lot of different guys. And there seems to be a breed of guy that either lives in the past or the future. They have a tough time living in the present. This particular guy wants to tell me about his past experiences and these experiences are usually pretty spectacular.
One particular example that I use to work with at the tow yard, had done it all. This was the guy that had to constantly one up you. If you had done it, so had he, but he did it way better than you ever could. It got so obvious to everyone that we began to say this person had to be born around the early 1900's, because he had accomplished so much. We also figured he was the only person to have ever looped a submarine, cause he had done it all. The guy lost a lot of credibility and became the guy that people avoided, cause you couldn't believe anything he told you.
I seem to run into this personality mostly in my work environments. So I don't know if this is where these guys are most insecure and they feel the need to pump up their reputation. Because usually their lives are pretty sad and uneventful. If you ask them what they are doing this weekend, they typically have nothing going on.
I don't mind hearing stories of past events, but if that's all you got and for some reason this is all you want to talk about, you're gonna loose me. Especially when your present day world doesn't reflect your exciting past.
The other guy has big plans and that's about it. I always get to hear about his big plans for the future but they never seem to come to fruition. Again, I don't mind hearing about his dreams, but if there's no action to making these dreams come true, I'm over it. He can talk the talk, but i want to see him walk the walk. When I hear a lot of talk about grand plans and no action I'm done putting any energy or even listening to him anymore.
So quit blowing smoke up my butt and just be yourself. You're not impressing me or anyone else by telling us lies. So man up, live your true life, be here now, or you're gonna end up drinking your light beer by yourself.
