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The time is ripe for a revolt. I’m talking, like, raining down change more swift than the Arab Spring and the autumnal fall of dictators a world away. I’m talking more peace-inducing than flower power, greater than Beyoncé’s baby and Demi’s pending divorce. This is huge. And it’s not a movement for those people over there, whether it’s on the other side of the world or across your street. This is insurgence at its best, an unmitigated mutiny of the highest order, and your presence is required.
I’m talking about YOU stirring up some change right now in the comfort of your own home, for no money down. It won’t cost you anything but your lethargy and defeat. What you’ll stand to gain in return for staging your own revolt is its own reward: it’s the gift of taking your place in the struggle against mediocrity, boredom, cluelessness and your same old stuff. It’s simple, really, this revolutionary action plan of mine. I call it Showing Up.
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There are two types of Small Talk: Type I and II. Type I is the wordy filler, a politely pointless attempt to ignite conversation between strangers in checkout lines and elevators, at post offices, motor vehicle places, beauty shops, and random reception areas. It’s the chitchat while-u-wait. Most often run along the lines of a neutral back-and-forth about the weather, celebrity foibles, politics or last night’s game. Never intending to go anywhere or mean anything, Type I Small Talk is idle.
Then there’s Type II. Unlike the harmless annoyance and time suck of the first kind, Type II is lethal and spreads like the pox if allowed to go unchecked. It’s a lethal, persistent disorder handed down to us as plentiful sweet nothings intent on numbing our initiative, dumbing us down, and lulling our ambition to sail beyond familial shores.
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