#59: Anna Delvey’s Relationship with Guilt & Love
I finished seeing “Inventing Anna” yesterday, and my thoughts are all over the place. Maybe I will do a piece about it later, but the movie is a crazy example of some of the principles that run the world and how sometimes, an illusion can be more powerful than reality.
But not today.
Interestingly, I started seeing it after “Tinder Swindler,” where Peter was injured, and his enemies were after him (make I no go claim enemy wey I no get 😂 ).
However, one picture that stands out in my head was when Anna talked to Todd’s son, and she mentioned the power of guilt and love in making people do things for you. She used this so well that her mum told Kate when she visited, “Anna has a way of making people care about her.”
Emotions are compelling, so powerful that you may be making decisions based on pre-installed data sets in your head/heart and you are convinced that you are consciously saying a Yes/No based on rational thinking.
Some of the strongest forces of life are double-edged swords — and you can use them for good or weaponize them for evil/selfish gains. That’s why, sometimes, you mustn’t go alone, especially on major decisions. Tell that story to someone you trust, who wasn’t in the room where the spell “of guilt, love or any other one” was cast, and just maybe, you may have some more context.
Anyway, many things are not the way they are when you have more information.
The world is a crazy loop, but you need to consistently learn how the game is played even if you have chosen to do things right. Sometimes, you don’t have nine lives.
Good morning, [FIRST NAME GOES HERE].
- O’gbemiro.
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