The Master of Stealth's guide to being reasonably happy, or something like that

Well, using aliases, The Lover's Gambit, considers me to be wise. Yes, some of my silly little "gems" of knowledge are actually quite useful.

Stealthiness has little to do with happiness. I am not too sure what impact it has on success either. But I do know that stealthiness allows one to avoid or get out of messy situations. A very useful maneuver in my books.
There are two main points on how to stay under the radar.
1- Make your entrances and exits silent. And while you're at it, make sure it doesn't attract any visual attention either.
2- In fact, staying under the radar requires silence. So shut up!
Do the opposite to this if you want to be detected on the metaphorical radar.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Subconscious patterns affect our lives. What goes on in our mind subliminally often ends up selffulfilling. In other words, if you firmly believe that you are poor and will never get rich, you probably will end up poor because whenever there is excess cash, somehow you go and spend it, or beyond your means. I just read about this in some book, so I'm guessing one should formulate a nice subconscious pattern that will get you far in life.

Nobody can make you miserable without your permission. Don't let other people tell you how to feel. For example, if you had a bloody long day at uni/work etc, and someone goes "you must be tired", DAMNIT! That is the last thing you want to be reminded about. Create a mental firewall, and don't take that kind of crap.

Honesty is the best policy. An honest statement is short and to the point. People respect you for being honest. Besides, lieing takes up more brainpower as you have to concoct a story and follow through with it. Unfortunately, this is very hard to adhere to, as lieing can often get us out of messy situations, temporarily.

The customer is always right. By this, I mean that at times one should admit they are wrong. Infact, most of the time, YOU are WRONG. (that had nothing to do with the brainwashing and psychological torture I received from the Lit Luftwaffe) Apply this to other situations.

Respect yourself. No one respects someone who cannot respect themself. You can influence people once you can respect yourself.

Just smile and nod like you know what they're talking about.

You can please people by letting them believe what they want to believe.

Show that you care. Give an empathetic response rather than an excuse, for example.


A fair chunk of this came from a book. So there's the acknowledgements... if only I could find the book for its title and stuff.