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 Stupid People Poem
Subject: Leadership, Motivation, Individuality,
Success Poem
How many of us have ever taken
advice from someone only to regret it later on? Many of us I'm sure;
present company included. I don't know why it is that we listen to stupid
people. Now before you get bent out of shape and think I'm being harsh by
using the word stupid, let me accurately define what I mean. You see, I
think there are two categories of people.
Category 1: People who don't know, who have
a genuine lack of knowledge. This type of person can be any one of us.
These are not stupid people.
Category 2: Now, people who KNOW they don't know, but
PRETEND to know...and love telling you how YOU should be doing things...even
though they've never done it themselves...these ARE the stupid people I'm referring to.
These are folks
who always want to give you advice, but they themselves don't practice what they preach. These
are people who are so detached from reality that they perceived themselves as
experts or 'knowing what they're talking about'. You with
me?
Did you ever have an idea, ONLY to be convinced to
do it differently. And by doing it your friend's way, it turned out bad
and when you told your friend they just didn't seem to care? Or maybe even
replied by saying, "Well, you should not have listened to me!" And
at that moment you felt like such an idiot for taking their advice. If
you've had this experience, this poem about category 2 types is for YOU :-)
Why Do I Listen
Damn, O
Damn, why do I listen,
To
stupid people, why do I listen.
I had an idea that I thought
was great,
So off I went to tell my
friend Nate,
As I told him my plan, he
seemed perplexed,
He didn’t like my idea,
rejected at best,
"How can I improve it?", I
asked with fear,
Doubting my own abilities
and wanting to hear,
Change this, change that and
it'll be fine,
Add this, take away that,
it’ll save you time,
Now he said, “Your plan is
ready,
Take each step and just be
steady”,
I did what he said and I
started to try,
But three months later my
plan had died,
I went to my friend who’s
advice I thought true,
He looked and said, “What do
you want me to do?”
No help, no support, only
ridicule it seemed,
A heavy blow to my
self-esteem,
Damn, O
Damn, why do I listen,
To
stupid people, why do I listen.
Now all alone, after a
failed attempt,
My mind now vexed, I felt
contempt,
Some contempt for my friend
who gave me advice,
But more for myself, now I’m
paying the price,
When I changed my idea, to
accommodate my friend,
It was no longer mine, I was
trying to pretend,
I sold myself out, when I
listened to those,
Now I feel bad, why do you
suppose?,
Then a voice inside responded...
The answer is easy, you
failed with your wares,
Not because it wasn’t good,
because the idea was theirs,
You stopped listening to
yourself because you didn’t believe,
That your idea, on it merits
you could achieve,
A level of success,
unimaginable to you,
You
doubted your talents, and now you’re blue,
But it gets worse,...
Now your afraid to try
something new,
Because you past failure is
haunting you,
But it was never your idea,
don’t you understand,
It stopped being yours when
you changed your plan,
You listened to others,
that’s what went wrong,
You doubted yourself, you
just went along
Damn, O
Damn, why do I listen,
To
stupid people, why do I listen.
So go back again, this time
stay true,
To the idea you hatch, you
planned within you.
And if it doesn’t work, you
have no one to blame,
But at least you'll know you
tried your game,
Plan again, keep adjusting,
it will turn,
In your favor, and you won’t
get burned,
Success isn’t easy, you need
time to build,
But in the end, your pockets
will be filled,
With money of course, but
happiness to the letter,
Cause when you do it your
way, oooh, it feels so much better.
Victor Antonio G., October,
2004
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