Shereena Hussein Lives Here

Suppose my friend and I were driving down the road, and another driver got upset at us. Assume that it was a simple mistake or other factors at play.

If the driver starts gesticulating madly, and you can see them furiously mouthing off at you, is it rude to laugh at them? 😵😁😂

Hear me out.

Instead of getting caught up in the moment and reacting with a self righteous how-dare-you – the chosen reaction to laugh breaks the loop.

Instead of getting angry and spoiling your day, you choose an unusual reaction.

But, is it mean and discourteous to laugh at another’s chosen response? I mean, we didn’t ask her to get angry or that worked up. This was her choice.

We laughed because, well, it was funny. We didn’t laugh because we wanted to make the other driver angrier. We are already in a good mood and the angry driver just set us off in fits of laugher. 🤣 😂

What would you do? Would you laugh?

Or would you sit there gripping the steering wheel white-knuckled with a perplexed frown and go about the rest of your day thinking you are surrounded by fools on the road?

Please guide me, friends. I want to be a better roadie. 😇 👼

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As I thought about which party to attend, a new perspective dawned.

PARTY 1
👧 People I had previously coached and mentored
👦 They were HUGE fans of mine
👩 They always told me that I was their role model
👨 They were really nice and successful people, and I enjoyed their company

PARTY 2
💐 They were old friends
🌸 They had helped me in my ups and downs
💮 They were highly successful people
🌹 They were always brutally honest with my missteps
🌺 They had different perspectives from mine and interesting new ideas
🌼 I was a big FAN and ADMIRER of this circle of friends.

I decided to go to the party with the old friends because:

😉 There would be MUCH LESS admiration of me
😁 I admired THEM and wanted to be more like them
😝 They would happily point out any missteps I had taken that year

So I could go where I could just “be”, or I could go where I would “grow”.

On that occasion, I chose to go to an event where I knew I would be the one looking up in admiration of those around me.

As nice as it is being surrounded by people who admire you, sometimes you need to be around people you admire.

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⚜ What studies were done to ascertain this?
📛 Where is the data that proves this to be true?
❇ When does this study done – in which part of the world, and was it a controlled study?
✴ Can this study be recreated – and if so, what results is it likely to yield?

Sometimes, we just accept things to be true.

And countless decisions, perspectives, attitudes and mindsets are shaped as a result of this FALSE premise.

Switch on your critical thinking friends – your mindsets and behaviours will follow. 😁😆

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