The Weekender: Be Confident
thewrap.comth street between Park Avenue and Lex. She lived precisely in the middle of the block, equidistant to both streets.And yet, when anyone asked where she lived, she would say “86th and Park.”This friend is now running a movie studio.Maybe because self-deprecation is in my nature, I’ll sometimes refer to myself as a moron.When I said it this out in public, my L.A.
friend recoiled in horror.“Why would you say that?” She screamed. “Don’t put yourself down! The more you put yourself down, the more you start to believe it.”I noticed that as she said this, she took a step back.
I think it’s important to state: being a moron is not contagious.Even shopping for food, one has to be on their A game. I went into Whole Foods the other day to decompress and I was greeted with a giant sign that said: Feel confident about what goes in your cart!
That’s a lot of pressure. I stood there for about 20 minutes with a box of veggie flour pita crackers in my hand — not sure if I was confident enough for them to go into the cart.I put them back on the shelf.Here are five things to do this weekend that you can be confident about. Love The Weekender?
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