Starstruck!

Det spelar liksom ingen roll om det sker per rutin eller om det sköts av en "Instagram-assistent" - jag blir i alla fall starstruck så att jag nästan kissar på mig, haha:

Nästan lika starstruck som när Camilla Läckberg retweetade mitt blogginlägg "Hur överlever man?". Det var stort...i min hjärna, haha. ♥

Jag skickade en skärmdump och ett "KOLLA!!" till Tina som svarade "Vem fan är det?". Men hallå Sverige, haha. Vakna upp! Vi har en utav de skickligaste säljarna i världen här, haha. En STOR förebild för mig. Ödmjuk och grym på samma gång. En som är så framgångsrik att det gör ont men som skiter i pengarna totalt. Det handlar BARA om att vinna. Att komma först och bli störst och han har tagit sig till topparnas topp. Inte för att hans föräldrar gett honom gräddfilen eller för att han halkat in på TV. Utan för att han är grym och för att han bestämde sig för att bli bäst. 

"Growing up, people told me I shouldn’t think I was better than anyone else. It’s the Swedish way to be. We call it Jantelagen, which means humility and restraint. According to the Law of Jante, you are not supposed to think you’re anything special. Individual success and achievement is considered unworthy and inappropriate. You’re supposed to be average, like everyone else. “Den spik som sticker upp måste man hamra ner!” (The nail that sticks up must be hammered down!)

When I was eleven years old, my neighbor’s dad bought a Volvo Turbo. The day he got it, I saw him in the driveway using a knife to scrape off the word Turbo. I asked him what he was doing. “Well, you know, Fredrik,” he said, “the thieves.” I could see the embarrassment flush across his face. It was a realization for me, a pivotal moment. It wasn’t about thieves. He was worried about what people would think. He was defacing his beautiful car so that he wouldn’t look anything but average. Bless his heart. Fortunately, my grandmother had an opinion about Jantelagen, too. She told me, “Skit i det!” (That’s “Screw that!” in Swedish.)

In my later teens, I thought it was something I had to work on, to diffuse in order to better myself. But I couldn’t. I wanted to be the best. It wasn’t enough to be in the school play; I had to get the lead role. It wasn’t satisfying to just do well in school; I wanted to get the top grades. Over time I accepted my competitive spirit and need for attention as a part of who I am, and I realized that both were integral to my personality. They’re what make me, me. I could feel guilty and try to deny that part of myself, or I could make them work for me. Fortunately, I listened to my grandmother and said, “Skit i det!” Today I am so thankful for this ambition and attribute my success to owning it, rather than trying to scrape it off with a knife.

Escaping the Jantelagen ideology was one of the driving forces behind my move to the United States, and from the moment I made my first deal, my goal was to become the best I could be, to climb to the very top, to be the nail that sticks up and not be hammered down. I want the “Turbo” proudly displayed in everything I do." -The Sell.

Läs boken! Jag läste den på engelska...för att jag behöver öva på det men den finns på svenska och alla borde läsa den. Till skillnad från den andra kungen (Zlatan) så har han faktiskt skrivit den själv. (Mouhaha).

over and out.

//Meekatt...