No Apologies
I noticed I say “sorry” a lot. When I run into someone or do something wrong. Or even when someone runs into me or it’s someone else’s fault. WTF? It led me down a long thought chain to understand where this is coming from. I think it’s the weak overly polite Canadian in me. I grew up in Canada and lived there for 21+ years.
I also think it’s from the last decade or two where the Western culture for some reason started to promote weak, inoffensive apologetic men. Or even the ridiculous woke cancel culture, where you had to go on some apology tour if a tweet or something you said 10 years ago offended some rando or set of randos.
This is the system that the matrix propagates. It keeps the populace in check. It’s a pernicious form of societal control. Keeps you docile. You have wide swathes of weaklings now in the UK and Canada. America too. Every Western country. Rudderless passengers in their own meaningless lives. It’s harsh but it’s true.
Language is programming. Specific language leads to specific behavior. Talk like the weak, you are weak. The reverse is true too. You have to “act as if.”
However, if you observe the real world, everyone you know who has accomplished anything or done anything of impact was not afraid of ruffling feathers. I mean you don’t have to be a complete dick all the time as I see in Silicon Valley or Wall Street but sometimes you have to break some eggs to make an omelette. Fortune favors the bold as they say.
Going forward I’ll always be polite but no more “I’m sorry”. The only people I’ll ever apologize to are my family, my friends and business partners. I owe them my best and I also know I sometimes am not at that level or there when I am needed. But for anyone else, no more. If you don’t like it, I don’t care, F—k off!
I’ve finally realized weak behavior and apologizing does not serve me well. Not in the past. Definitely not now. You are just signaling to the predators you are the prey. And as we are operating in a world where it’s the law of the jungle, as prey you are now more likely to get eaten. It is what it is.
So no more apologies anymore. This is what I think is critical reprogramming. No more slave mindset. Onwards and upwards.