Did you ever think you were awesome? 🤦

Not the kind of awesome that you are by being here right now on a platform that could change the future, but the kind of awesome that is egotistical and offensive to almost everyone forced to be in your presence. When I was younger, an ooze of pretentious entitlement leaked from my pores that frankly, I"m offended by when I see it in others now. I used to think I was awesome.

Did it come from Star Wars?

Who was your favorite Star Wars character growing up?

Mine was Luke.

A simple farm boy that accidentally discovered he was the most important person in the universe (kind of).

I thought maybe I was the most important person in the universe. I thought somehow I could change the world. I thought war and lying were stupid, and if we all just told the truth there would be peace.

I was an idiot

I was so naive. The world should work like an easily figureoutable (I probably spelled like this back then too) board game, or video game.

As I grew up I finally realized that maybe I didn't know everything. I began the process of learning things on my own.

Before there was google and a phone with access to all of the information in the world in your pocket, I studied using mostly books, video tapes, and real world practice.