nvr liked propaganda

One day, I received an email.
“It’s not what you are that matters, but what people think you are.”
Ok, point taken, very practical, very way-about-world. Marketing perspective.
I sent back an email.
“It’s not what people think you are that matters, but what you are.”
Doesn’t this make more sense? I thought to myself. That’s a rhetorical question. I choose the latter. That’s how I would go about my life. Which would you choose?
In a traffic jam, you get impatient and frustrated. On the road, you get angered and annoyed. Is it the car beside you that angered you? Is it the driver in front who annoyed you? Well, nothing and nobody made you angry. You made yourself angry and frustrated.
You know how teachings would say: “The Source of Irritation is in Yourself.” Yes, agreed. But then I say, let’s try to remove the Stimulus. =)
Never taken to propaganda when it’s too in-your-face. Works best when it’s subliminal. When I don’t know about it.