{"id":1119,"date":"2011-05-23T19:22:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T02:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewliberty.com\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2011-05-23T19:22:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T02:22:56","slug":"stop-kissing-ass-its-so-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/matthewliberty\/2011\/05\/23\/stop-kissing-ass-its-so-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop kissing ass, it\u2019s so yesterday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em\">\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lady_Gaga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Lady GaGa concert\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f0\/Lady_Gaga.jpg\/300px-Lady_Gaga.jpg\" alt=\"Lady GaGa concert\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I could never get away with that outfit!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I am so ridiculously sick of ass kissing. This crap goes on constantly in life, and a shit ton more in social media channels. Stop being a groupie and start doing your own damn thing!!<\/p>\n<p>The idea that so many people strive to be like \u201cthis person\u201d is such an utter waste of life. Why would you want to be Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Chris Brogan, Scott Stratten, Brian Solis, or anyone else? You were put here for one reason\u2026to be YOU!<\/p>\n<p>Why is that such a scary proposition to so many people? Are they weak minded? Do they think their words and ideas don\u2019t contain value? Why on Earth would you trade your time here away?<br \/>\nStop comparing your online \u201cKlout\u201d score to Chris Brogan or your off line \u201cClout\u201d score to Lady Gaga\u2026you aren\u2019t them, and thankfully you aren\u2019t. Live your life and learn to spread your message, your ideas\u2026YOUR value.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so disappointing that you are giving up your life chasing something that you cannot achieve\u2026and the only thing you can\u2019t achieve is being someone else!! Write your blog for you, be politically incorrect or correct because that is who YOU are. You can eat cereal for dinner if you want but don\u2019t do it because Gary Vaynerchuk or Stevie Wonder do it\u2026do it because it\u2019s what YOU feel the desire to do.<\/p>\n<p>Please, for the love of all things Holy and un-Holy\u2026live YOUR life and stop living \u201cUP\u201d to \u201cTHAT\u201d person. \u201cThat\u201d person doesn\u2019t give a damn about you!!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, all better\u2026cheers!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=75860910-1054-4e40-8cf8-2fe5b3849d58\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so ridiculously sick of ass kissing. This crap goes on constantly in life, and a shit ton more in social media channels. 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