I cannot stand people who are all talk and no action

[Nathan]

Drives me absolutely up the wall. "I'm going to quit smoking..." or "I'm going to get in better shape..." Be honest with yourself for fuck's sake. And don't fucking say you're going to do something when you probably won't even try.

Some people are worse at this than others but I've found my #1 reason for writing people off is shit like this. I couldn't possibly respect people like that less than I do. You have to stop listening to them after a while if you want to maintain your own
sanity. Everyone does it but as soon as you mix in reliability things start getting enfuriating. Never rely on these people. They don't have the intelligence or whatever to be able to recognize their own bullshit so you have to.

I remember towards the end of my first year of university, I saw a buddy I hadn't seen in a few months and he was a victim of the freshman 15, only it was more like 50. First thing he said to me was, "Yep, got fat. No plans on losing it anytime soon. Don't care right now." We had a giggle and I didn't even notice the weight gain really. A year or two later he lost it the same way. Just said, "Gonna do this now." And he did.

People who live up to their claims know themselves well. I respect that very much. I feel better now for having indirectly told flakey people they bother me.

 

[Gambino]

better to make a lot of claims and only complete a few as opposed to making no claims and completing none

 

[DannoMight]

I'd rather say "I did this or that"

 

[Nathan]

better to make a lot of claims and only complete a few as opposed to making no claims and completing none

That's complete and total horseshit. There's a difference between failing and never really trying at all though. If you're not going to do it, you're not going to fucking do it. Claiming you will makes other people (and you) start trying to plan for the change or whatever.

Saying "I'm going to lose weight" because you don't like the idea of being overweight and would like to make yourself feel better about it is only alright by me if you're actually going to make a concerted effort to do it. I wouldn't do that to myself personally since it's hard to get things done when you aren't being honest with yourself.

 

[slat1]

In sales there is a saying "underpromise and overdeliver"

 

[Nathan]

In sales there is a saying "underpromise and overdeliver"

They'll come back every fucking time. Makes sense to me.

 

[nimbus]

i'm gonna refrain from posting on this thread

 

[phenom007]

resistance

 

[broley]

i know what you mean. 95% of the gals i go out with are all talk. they talk about all the crazy stuff they like to do. come to find out the crazy stuff is all in their heads.

crazy i tell you. just crazy.

 

[silverbackn]

better to make a lot of claims and only complete a few as opposed to making no claims and completing none

I couldn't disagree more with that. So it's better to just make random shit up with no intention of doing it than to actually have credibility. I would rather never hear anything out of someones mouth and them just do it. I'm tired of weak minded people.