An amusing RANT about energy vampires and entitled narcissists

Hope you're having a fantastic day, {NAME}... ...Because I, for one, am feeling a little cranky today. Is it because my life has turned upside down since Helena was born?... Or maybe because -- despite being June -- the weather here in Hungary is miserable?... Or perhaps because all those sleepless nights are starting to get to me?... Who really knows, at this point? 🤷 And to add insult to injury, the last few days I've been dealing with a surprising amount of "energy vampires" in my life. (or as Dan Kennedy would say in simpler terms: "IIIIIDIOTS") And I can't seem to figure out why............................................. Maybe it doesn't really matter. Maybe it's just the Universe doing its thang... being busy "reversing to the mean" since I normally deal with fewer idiots compared to most people. But wanna know what DOES matter? How much I let these people "get to me"... and what I'm doing about it. So in the spirit of "never let a good crisis go to waste", I figured: "Hey, why not rant a bit to my list... and hopefully, they'll find my suffering amusing" (plus, writing these things out has a therapeutic aspect to it) (PLUS, you get to learn some valuable lessons about human psychology) So win-win, I guess 🙂 Let the RANT begin with... ​ Exhibit #1: The Entitled Emperor ​ Yesterday, I get the following email from Nigerian Prince Joseph: "Hey Csaba, It rubs me the wrong way when you say... "I'll be breaking down today..." And I click on the video only to find it was made on March 5th 2022. I get it. Your old video is an asset from which you can continue deriving value from. But what you did was lazy. There's this bit of magic that occurs when expectations match reality, I hope you don't take offense. I'm only trying to help out. I also think it would be great for you to revisit some of these old topics with your new self, or explore old themes with new content. I'm sure your old fans would love it, and you'd make new onestoo. Stay blessed" Oh, really, your highness? It rubs you the wrong way that I'm giving you FREE access to the most valuable sales letter breakdown collection on the entire internet... (a collection so valuable, Brian Kurtz essentially called me borderline CRAZY for not putting it behind the paywall!) PLUS dozens of actually useful freebies... PLUS a subscription to my (almost) daily emails... PLUS personal replies from me... ...??? It does? Well... Your Grace... Here's my totally diplomatic answer: === "LOL... Aren't you the little entitled one? :)) Here's an example of expectations matching reality: I've unsubbed you and banned you from my email list forever. Peace" === Or in other words... err... images: ​ Seriously, the NERVE some people have... It blows my mind. And speaking of nerve... Let's give it up for... ​ Exhibit #2: The Flaky Energy Vampire ​ OK... I gotta admit... this one REALLY rubs me the wrong way. Because I just hate, hate, HAAAAAAATE flaky people who love f*cking around, wasting everyone's time. And this little case study will show you exactly why they're so dangerous... And why you shouldn't give them an ounce of your energy (or blood)! Here's the story... Since I recently bought a new GPU (graphics card) for my computer, I put the old one on Facebook Marketplace. And almost immediately, I got a torrent of DMs, mostly made up of scammers, hucksters, lowballers, and straight-up low-IQ people. Naturally, I simply ignore these bloodsuckers without giving them a drop of my blood... But there's always one guy who seems genuinely interested at first, and then turns out the be the biggest energy vampire of all. (kinda like Nicholas Cage in his latest movie, Renfield. Great movie, I definitely recommend you watch it!) Anyway... Here's how our conversation unfolded: "Hey, where can I see and buy the card?" asks the guy. "Hey there, in Budapest, 6th district" I replied. "Cool! I'm working pretty close by until 6 pm, and I can go pick it up right after I finish. Can you please reserve the card for me until then? Thanks" "Sure. I'll reserve it for you. Here's my exact address {address}" I reply. "Thank you so much" he adds. So 6 pm comes, and I start anticipating his arrival. 6:30, nothing. 6:45, nothing. 7 pm, still nothing... So I send him a pm: "Hi Milan. Are you coming for the card?" To which he replies "Hi Csaba, yes." almost immediately. Still nothing... At 7:45 pm I send him another message: "By the way, can you give me an ETA? I have to take care of something soon and would like to schedule it so that it doesn't interfere with your arrival" But -- just like any good vampire -- the guy vanishes. Finally, at almost 9 pm, he sends me this: "I'm so sorry, I can't get away from my job. I'll go pick it up the first thing tomorrow morning, before going to work." Oooooooo-kaaaaaay. Maybe something important came up. ​ I guess I can give him the benefit of the doubt... I mean, it's just one transgression, right? RIIIGHT?! 😅 ​ (WRONG... as you'll see in a minute...) So I reply: "Okay. I'll reserve the card for you until 11 am tomorrow. After that, I'll give it to the next guy on the list" THEN... The next day at 6:39 AM (!), he pm-s me: "Good morning. Can we maybe meet at {address} nearby?" And at this point, the guy's starting to piss me off. Dafuq is he constantly trying to mix things up??? 😤 So I reply: "Please come to my house (like I originally said in the ad) instead because I've got a newborn at home and don't want to leave her just yet" "Ah, ok, gotcha" he adds. I also add "And please let me know exactly when you'll get here because I have a schedule I'd like to keep. Here's my number" "Great, I've got one more quick thing to take care of, and then I'll be right there. I'll call you 30 mins before I get there" He sent that last message at 7:08 AM... And as I'm writing this email, it's 10:35 AM. So that "one more quick thing" turned out to be a 3.5-hour BIG thing! So screw this guy! But wanna know what really rubs me the wrong way? GHOSTING me without giving me an update... AGAIN And at this point, I gotta admit... It's not his fault... It's MY fault for giving a textbook energy vampire another chance. Because... As the timeless saying goes: ​ "How you do ANYTHING is how you do EVERYTHING" ​ And once again, it turned out to be perfectly true... ...despite all of my wishful thinking. And I think that's the biggest problem most good people experience when they have to deal with these types of energy vampires: WISHFUL THINKING. We REALLY WISH they had the same morals, values, and principles we do... We REALLY WISH they'd finally stop drinking / doing drugs / not being abusive... And we REALLY WISH they would change and finally become the person we'd like them to be. But wanna know the cold, hard, uncensored, painful truth? 95% of these energy vampires can't... or won't ever change. ​ And trying to change their Beliefs and/or Identity is a FOOL'S ERRAND ​ They'll just drag you down... Feed off of your life force... Defeat you with their (lifelong) experience being assholes... And throw you away once you're nothing but an empty husk. YES... I know these are strong words and generalizations... But in 95% of cases, it's the truth. In fact... I see this exact scenario play out ALL. THE. TIME in my wife's psychology practice. (and also in my own copywriting business) So don't let "wishful thinking" cloud your judgment once again... It's not worth it. Anyway... That's all I got for 'ya today. You'd be surprised how effective this type of therapeutic writing is at lowering frustration and calming your nerves. You should try it some time, {NAME} 😉 Cheers, -Csaba ​ P.S. -- You can still get my newest course "How To Create An Offer So Irresistible... 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