Don’t let your life become a series of pissing contests.
Hey Google (or Siri), define “pissing contest”… “A contest or rivalry in which the main concern of the parties involved is the conspicuous demonstration of superiority”. I know, that’s pretty vulgar. But the point is that the status games we play in society can be rather vulgar. Often, we’re not even aware of them. Status is part of our social soup. Humans naturally read subtle clues to help us establish our position in the social hierarchy....