Rules For Life - Mr. Marvez Edition

Monique Marvez is a comedian.  For a time she had a weekend show on KFI out of Los Angeles that was distributed on the iHeart radio/streaming network.  I picked up the show as a podcast and was routinely impressed by her ability to switch between humor and commentary at a moment's notice and never really undermine her topic.

In fact, I think it made her perspective more persuasive.

She had a number of "rules for life" that she repeated quite frequently.  I started making a list.  And then her show left KFI and went out into podcast-land where the tone and presentation all changed.  

I still listen from time to time, but the radio show was really a better format for her.

Her abbreviated "rules for life" are:

1. You don't have to tell the fat kid that they are fat.  They know.
2. When the village idiot gives you their best ball of string, you take it and you say "thank you".
3. If you are the intellectual superior in any relationship, it is your obligation to see that it goes well.

And then there are the supplementals:

• Retail is detail.  
• You are always selling something, even if it's only yourself.

Sound advice.