Owning It

I did a survey for the gym out here that will go on their blog. It was a "get to know so and so" type of deal.  One of the questions was do you have any nicknames. I put Tiny David, but I also included my more infamous nickname. The Candyman. Now this is a slightly embarrassing name, but it is a good example how making fun of oneself and owning up to things often makes light of an issue.

In first grade we sat in tables of four, two people facing two other people, I sat across from two girls that I would continue to know until graduation. At this age I kind of took the "parts is parts" mentality to human anatomy. So when asked to show my doodle for some candy I didn't think twice. I can't recall if I got in trouble at the time, but down the line the girls remembered. In the middle school years I vehemently denied the accusations. It was embarrassing. Warning video is not work friendly, or child friendly, it's probably not friendly at all.

As High School hit the story came back around once again. While it was still embarrassing I owned up to it, because more than anything it was pretty funny. Instead of becoming a big deal the story inspired a nickname, The Candyman.

In many situations, political, social, and personal honesty seems to often be the overlooked possibility. A lot of times owning up to something can take the power away from the individuals/party that wants to use it against you. While this is not an absolute rule in most cases honesty goes a long way towards solving the problem.

Exception- Charlie Sheen is owning his "Winning" lifestyle, and we are still broadcasting him 24/7. The reasons for this are because A-we think he is a moron and like publicly watching it, and B- media tends to focus a lot on trivial nonsense like this because they have to report on something to maintain a 24 hour news cycle.

Long story short the owning it is......duh winning.