Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog,
I’ve burned a lot of bridges in my life I didn’t intend to. To describe me as volatile and opinionated is a kindness.
On the best of days I’m barely fit for human consumption.
Looking back my life can best be described as a series of bad first impressions interrupted by moments of social competence.
This happens not because I don’t care about what people think or feel, but because I care too much. I see too much. And in my zeal, I put off people when all I want is for everyone else to see what I see.
It’s been a hard-fought lesson to learn that confrontation is not only a poor persuasion technique, it’s aggressively counter-productive.
I’m definitely still working on this.
At the same time, however, those that know me well know that when I’m confrontational, I’m engaged. I’m negotiating for a different outcome, albeit doing it badly. All my Italian flamboyance and bombast isn’t anger, it’s frustration.
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