FIRST…we are happy to announce the dates for HEADSPACE 2012 – April 20-21, 2011 in Chicago, IL. This is the best personal improvement seminar that you will ever attend. Just ask anyone who attended HEADSPACE 2010. There will be no hot bed of coals to walk over…no broken glass…no hugs, and no rubs; just the very best information on how to get from here to there…whatever your “there” may be.
Registration for HEADSPACE 2012 will start next week. This seminar is an investment in yourself, your family, and your future. There will be only one speaker, and no one sponsoring a lunch (so that they can pitch you something – lol). We don’t stoop to those levels. HEADSPACE 2012 will be held at The Embassy Suites Hotel O’Hare – conveniently located near a myriad of great restaurants, lots of public transportation, and the new Rivers Casino. It’s going to be an AWESOME seminar, and one that you won’t want to miss. So start saving your money and plan on being in Chicago in April 2012.
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Like many of my blog posts, this too many will find offensive. Consider this a warning. It goes without saying that, in all of our lives, there are people around us (relatives, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and co-workers) who are…TURDS.
What do I mean when I reference
the term TURD?
Well…in my world, a TURD is a person who claims to be aware of the solution, but takes no action. A TURD is someone who looks at a cluster-f__k situation from only one perspective – like a parent who looks upon his or her dysfunctional child with a pair of rose-colored glasses. A TURD is someone who asks the world to “take me as I am,” knowing full well that no reasonable person would ever take her/him for that very reason.
A TURD is someone who is the”captain of a row
boat” – a self-proclaimed big fish in a tiny pond.
Do you know someone who’s a TURD?
I sure as hell do. In fact, I’ve got a written list. It’s called my SH_T List, and it’s full of TURDS.
As you might expect, TURDS believe themselves to be intelligent and on top of their game. Big surprise. For example, I know a very LARGE person (a large TURD) who claims to be “smart” when it comes to nutrition and weight loss, but just not applied. In other words, this individual claims to know how to eat well – but just hasn’t done it yet. As you might expect, they like to take on the role of the anti-establishment mindset – you know, “I’ll show those bastards a thing or two about eating carbs. I’m gonna chug down this box of corn chips. That’ll show those bastids! In fact, I’m going to season the bag of corn chips with extra MSG, aspartame, and partially-hydrogenated cottonseed oil! Ha-Hah!”
I know another BIG TURD whose adult children are anything but perfect, and yet – when things go wrong in the lives of this individual’s children, miraculously, the children are not even partially to blame. It’s ALWAYS everyone else…and everything else. A-MAZING! This person’s children are ALWAYS the victims.
A woman who I spoke to after a presentation told me about her recent divorce, and of course, the man responsible for “ruining” her life. She went on to tell me about what HE wasn’t doing for her, what HE was taking away from her, and how HE made her feel. I listened and then asked her what SHE gave him in exchange for what SHE wanted. In
NOW that’s a TURD.
I admit to not being able to handle TURDS very well. I used to tolerate them back in “the day,” but not anymore. I don’t have the patience for that kind of constipation (if you know what I mean). TURDS slows you down. In fact, TURDS can totally derail your life.
Because TURDS are systemic, you could possibly find yourself in an environment FULL of TURDS (aka full of sh_t). So what do you do? You COULD simply live your life in a state of constant frustration…and constipation (which is what most people end up doing) OR you could take action and do whatever it took to remove TURDS from your life.
Those who I deem to be TURDS never take a bird’s eye view of their own life. Why should they? After all, they believe that it’s you who’s the TURD, not them. It’s not their problem – it’s yours (LOL). Therefore, trying to reason with a TURD is like trying to teach calculus to an infant. You may be a great teacher, but there’s no way their brain can grasp the information.
So STOP trying!
TURDS will never change their perspective nor their actions. When you expend your energy in an attempt to better someone who lives the life of a TURD, you basically whittle away at your own life. Now I realize the reality of having a big TURD stuck in your ass. The diagnosis is not the problem. The PROBLEM is selecting the best solution. Once you understand the solution, you then need to implement that solution in a strategic way so as not to create any backlash. In other words, there’s a RIGHT WAY and a WRONG WAY to deal with a TURD.
You have to understand that a TURD surrounds him or herself with other TURDS (family, friends, co-workers, etc.) to strengthen their support system. In reality, when you deal with one TURD, what you’re really dealing with is a huge pile of dung (i.e. a pile of elephant poo). It’s important to recognize the likelihood of this possibility, especially since the pile of dung with try to spin things around and make you look and feel like the odd man/woman out.
At HEADSPACE 2012, we will be providing you with a step-by-step process that will help you eliminate, or at the very least – significantly reduce TURDS from your life. I’m not suggesting that we can necessarily remove the individuals – but we can certainly eliminate their impact (because there’s nothing worse than an impacted TURD).
Think of HEADSPACE 2012 as the enema for your TURDS. Better yet, think of this seminar as a high-powered hydro-colonic. After all, you can’t really enjoy YOUR life when you have so much sh_t stuck up your ass.
Have A GREAT Day!
…Dr. Marc & The Mind Virus Team