{"id":742,"date":"2014-02-17T17:41:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T22:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/?p=742"},"modified":"2021-05-18T23:08:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T04:08:02","slug":"predictable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/predictable\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Predictable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You are an acceptable level of threat, and if you were not, you would know about it.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I have a single piece of advice capable of changing everything for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do the unexpected.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every day you have a choice. And every day, you make the same choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day you go to work. While there, you do what your boss tells you to do. Just like everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You do this to buy things you want, but don\u2019t need, and end up just as unhappy as before. Just like everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day you choose to eat things that are easy or convenient but aren\u2019t good for you. You do this because you are tired, strapped for time and in a hurry to get it over with. Just like everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day you spout the same surface-level sayings because they require little thinking or caring on your part. Things like, “Is it Friday yet?” or “Just living the dream!” Tired old clich\u00e9s. Just like everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day you watch, listen and consume what other people watch, listen and consume. Because you are just like everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predictable, replaceable, and forgettable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every action you take is expected. If they weren\u2019t, you would know about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were doing something different, people would react. They would look at you differently. Think about you differently. Treat you differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want more of the same, do the expected. But if you want something different, you must do the unexpected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think big when you\u2019re expected to think small. Act boldly when they expect timidness. Speak up when they expect silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defy their expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be the unacceptable level of threat you were meant to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are an acceptable level of threat, and if you were not, you would know about it. I have a single piece of advice capable of changing everything for you. Do the unexpected. Every day you have a choice. And every day, you make the same choice. Every day you go to work. While there,… Continue reading You Are Predictable<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}