Monkeys Throwing Poo

Written by Nez

Tuesday, 21 August 2007

I was pretty disappointed today to read a post made on a blog where a rather large list of many people's Thirty Day Challenge niches was on public display. I wont link to the blog as I really don't like it anyway, plus I don't want to give it any publicity it doesn't deserve. I thought about making a comment on the blog too, but again didn't want to give any undue publicity or waste energy.

I also won't go into full detail here, but I'll summarize the content by saying that the author claimed the information was public anyway, as Ed and Dan had made it public, and then went on to debunk everything that has thus far been taught in the 30DC. Which is of course all complete rubbish.

Ed and Dan have put up with crap like this before, and they will do so again in the future, so it's not really them I'm upset for. They both have pretty thick skins. I'm upset on behalf of the many. many people who are doing this whole internet marketing thingy for the first time. They don't know the ropes that well yet, and they have clowns like the aforementioned offering up their niches and throwing out crap that doesn't help anybody.

Which brings me to the title of this post: Monkeys Throwing Poo

I have a simple philosophy, wherever you go in life there are always monkeys (sometimes gorillas), who for reasons only known to themselves, love to wallow in their own poo. You know the type, they're critical of everything, or they always know better. Or they're just miserable with their lives and blame others for it. Or they play the victim game and are continually jealous of the success of others.

I call these people Monkeys Throwing Poo. Because here's the thing, they never keep their poo to themselves, they always get their kicks throwing it at other people. Always. Whether they feel justified by doing it, or whether they want you to wallow in their poo with them, they just always want to share it. You walk past them, or get too close, and splat! You've copped one in the back of the head.

Not me. Not ever. My reticular activation system is a finely tuned crap detector and I just won't allow it into my life. When the poo throwing monkeys have their tantrums I just walk away. Let them drown in it I say, I've got better things, more positive things to do with my life.

The only reason I even wrote this post is because I wanted to empower a few people. Don't listen to the monkeys throwing poo, let them keep it all to themselves. Every time you hear or read the detrimental comments from somebody, just visualize them as monkey in a really bad mood flinging their poo at passersby. It takes their power away real quick. The world is full of people either throwing it or being on the receiving end of it. Don't be either.