If someone casts you as the villain, you might as well play the part well
Published: Tue, 05/01/18
sometimes you need to play the part, right?”
— Jordan Belfort
“The Wolf Of Wall Street”
I regularly do a series of teachings on my podcast called:
“The Email Players rules”
These are maxims, philosophies, and rules by which I live my life (business and personal) to have more success, contentment, and peace.
And, one of the more popular rules was:
“If you’re going to be cast as the villain
you might as well play the part well.”
For example:
Back during the last Presidential election, Bill O’Reilly interviewed Donald Trump and showed a cover of Esquire Magazine with a mean picture of Trump along with the headline:
“Hater In Chief”
Bill asked why Trump would bother talking to Esquire knowing they were gonna hammer him like that.
Trump’s response?
Well, he didn’t dispute the cover.
He didn’t try to spin his away around it or deny it, either.
In fact, he didn’t even so much as disagree with its premise.
Instead, he said, yes, he IS angry… that he hates what’s going on in this country, and the way veterans are treated… and health care costs going through the roof for the middle class due to Obamacare… and a whole slew of other problems.
Contrast that to what most other politicians would do.
(Especially the typical cowardly Republican politician more worried about what the elitist SJWs at the New York Times editorial board think than his/her actual voters.)
They’d back track.
Deny they are angry while trying to suddenly act peaceful.
And, weasel their way around what they said, desperately looking to their PR people and advisors to help spin it the next day somehow.
Screw that noise.
This not backing down from the finger-pointing, accusations, and insinuations of the mush cookies and fluffpreneur types mindset is partly what my “Persuasion Secrets Of The World’s Most Charismatic & Influential Villains” book teaches.
You know how many times elBenbo has been attacked, trolled, and vilified?
Too many to count.
When that happens I just keep doing MORE of whatever caused the attack.
The result?
In business, it's almost always more sales.
More amusement (mine and anyone watching).
And, more peace of mind.
Think long and hard on this, my little droogie.
How you react to negativity can change everything for you.
To get my Villains book and flip your thinking around today, go here:
http://www.VillainsBook.com
Ben Settle