I was out last night and I had a gym monkey approach me and start telling me how he was "slamming" my ex ltr. This did not faze me at all, but I decided to see how small I could make this particular riod monkey feel. I always try to help a fellow man out, but when you approach someone with the goal of hate I have little respect for you.

I'll preface this by saying I'm not the smartest man by and stretch. This particular guy made me look like a Einstein level genius. He went off on his tangent and I waited for him to stop talking, so I could rip into him. This was not in your face disrespect. This was multiple thinly veiled jabs at his intelligence. He finally left after he couldn't keep up with the onslaught of hidden jabs. I turned to my buddy who was laughing and he just says "you threw the entire game from the bullpen"

I just wanted to share that story about not exercising your mind as well as your bar muscles.

If you take one thing from this, guys, read books, read everything you can and seek out all of the information you can. It not only enhances your life, but you become a better man for it. There is a level of innate ability that you gain from having a library of knowledge on tap for you to pull from. This will help further professional and personal relationships.