While some people try so hard to get ahead in life, barely keeping their head above water, others have a secret edge, effortlessly getting whatever they want. At best, these winners are mediocre imbeciles, yet they rise to fame and fortune while the virtuous and talented fall by the wayside.
This is because they know how to play by different rules. Rules which govern a hidden game played by all society, unbeknownst to most of those caught up in it.
Think of it in terms of being kept in the dark. With the naked eye you have no advantage over whomever, or whatever else might be out there. But with a pair of night-vision goggles up your sleeve, suddenly you are in the drivers seat.
If any of this applies to you - if you feel you are held back in spite of your hard work - I can offer you, as it were, a pair of social-vision goggles to enable you to look past received wisdom and give you a glimpse of what’s really going on.
You see, theres a game being played right before our very eyes ” a game most of us will never see ” at work, at the club, even in our own family. If you could see it, how would it change your world? I believe I can show you how to beat the mediocre imbecile at their own game without compromising your integrity.
Most of us will never go far in life because we play by the rules. We believe in treating each other with fairness applying the same standards of behaviour to everyone. As a result we let opportunism pass us by and always come out on the bottom of the heap.
So what is the deal with this so-called ‘game’? How does it affect our lives? And who are these ‘players’ - these ‘winners’ - these undeserving success stories who manipulate the rules to best advantage while we scrimp and save?
It is the Players who get the furthest in life, often coming to occupy positions of great power and responsibility. The rest of us are left trailing in their wake, futilely casting around for some crumbs which they have let fall from their elevated tables.
It’s unusual for any life-skills coach to admit the existence of this game. Most prefer instead to encourage a positive outlook based on meeting one’s goals and playing to one’s strengths. Certainly, this is a part of it. Without setting ourselves goals we have nothing to aim for, and without recognizing and utilizing our strengths we can never hope to advance. To that extent, a life-skills coach could help you get one over on the guy next door. But for all that, the life-skills coach approach will get you no nearer to the secret of what’s really going on - the game played behind your back. While you may win small victories you will remain cut off from the players who go on manipulating the system to suit their own ends.
So, without a roadmap, without something that shows us the lay of the land, warns of quicksand, pot holes and the land mines, reaching our destination is more luck than skill. Without the special goggles life is unpredictable and fate fickle; we remain dinghies tossed about in a sea of fortune that decides whether we make it safely ashore or crash against the rocks of happenstance.