Success is a hard thing to measure. The term usually brings up images of inventors or billionaires who run amazing businesses and have conquered all of their dreams; at least, to the eyes of the world. Success is something that everyone aspires to have, and for that reason there are millions of self help books that try to get people to that point, claiming that these are the definitive traits that all successful people have.
Then there’s social media, where, for some strange reason, people love to give out advice on how to be great and achieve your dreams and glory, no matter your credentials.
The most successful people I’ve met:
1. Read constantly
2. Workout daily
3. Are innately curious
4. Have laser focus
5. Believe in themselves
6. Build incredible teams
7. Admit they know very little
8. Constantly work to improve
9. Demand excellence in everything they do— Pomp ? (@APompliano) June 10, 2018
This tweet from Twitter user Pomp – let’s try to avoid commenting on the handle – has become a big meme, because his advice on being successful is kind of dumb but mostly hilarious.
Pomp claims that successful people “have laser focus,” and “constantly work to improve,” which might be true, but is also incredible vague and not helpful. The post has produced over 6,000 retweets and 1,000 comments. Most of these are memes.
While some users took the route of proving why this advice is wrong by starting a fight, others decided to be more fun, taking the first part of the tweet and adding random things such as the lyrics to a song or parts of a movie that prove that success is mostly random. Also, that this is the Internet and nothing should be taken this seriously. Check out some of the best reactions:
the most successful people i’ve met:
1. put others first
2. dress for success
3. collect vinyl
4. don’t believe in accidents
5. treat service industry workers well
6. will have the creamed spinach
7. should have said, “Therese, wait”
8. are not ugly people, Harge
9. like the hat https://t.co/MdvYjlMjY4— Netflix Film (@NetflixFilm) June 14, 2018
the most successful people i’ve met:
1. read constantly
2. work out daily
3. have laser focus
4. buy good business cards
5. love Huey Lewis & the News
6. drop chainsaws on people
7. feed cats to ATM machines
8. are literally Patrick Bateman
9. this confession has meant nothing— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) June 14, 2018
The most successful people I’ve met:
1. Sleep most of the time
2. Stretch sometimes
3. Are curious to the point of death
4. Love laser pointers
5. Very self focused
6. Operate alone
7. Admit nothing
8. Do nothing they don’t have to
9. Aren’t human
10. Are cats. https://t.co/VebxkCxylS— Michael (@SuperMickyChow) June 14, 2018
The most successful people I know:
1. Read constantly
2. Exercise daily
3. Heed wise advice
4. Have laser focus
5. Have laser vision
6. Are skilled in the ways of sorcery
7. Ride a giant turtle
8. Have retrieved the last shard of the lost amulet of Zan Haddar— (((Schmendrick Lamar))) (@AaronUrist) June 14, 2018
The most successful people I’ve met:
1. Are up all night to the sun
2. Are up all night to get some
3. Are up all night for good fun
4. Are up all night to get lucky
5. Are up all night to get lucky
6. Are up all night to get lucky
7. Are up all night to get lucky— Nicolas Colin (@Nicolas_Colin) June 14, 2018
The most successful people I’ve met:
1. Take good naps
2. Eat regular meals
3. Enjoy exercise
4. Like a good treat
5. Covered in fur
6. Aren’t actually people
7. Are golden retrievers https://t.co/K1yNGvgadT— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) June 14, 2018
