I'm calling bullshit on that inspirational/motivational quote.
Good things come to those who wait??
Wrong.
"Fortune favors the bold."
That's where its at.
I can't think of any situation where I've benefited from "waiting" for some spectacular-like-karma to land something I wanted right into my lap.
"Waiting" is for dreamers, who think they'll make their target weight by sitting on the couch all day and walking 3 feet in between the TV and the couch while wearing Sketcher's ShapeUps. "Waiting" is for the bum in the "Occupy" movement yelling at the government to give him a job while he sits in his own excrement and blames the NYPD for inserting rapists into his anarchy-paradise. Or maybe "waiting" is just for the shy guy sitting in the back of the classroom hoping for that special-someone to notice them and ask them out to prom.
If you want to excel the standards set before you, and gain the objective, sitting on your ass and "waiting" for whatever your goal is to come towards you is useless.
Whatever happened to promoting the shameless alpha-male attitude about eradicating problems and gaining what you wanted through being bold?
Oh. Right. Douchebags ruined everything. (Source)
Listen (if you want), younger generations of my readers. When you're problem solving don't be a shameless douchebag. But don't be a wuss either. Man-up, nut-up, and rock 'n roll. Don't be rash, but take calculated risks, to quote one of manliest men ever.
Don't sit around and wait for good things to come your way. You'll only be stuck in la-la land for that much longer and filled with disappointments. You know what they say, when God gives you lemons, you find a new God.
Blast from the past, baby.
