Starting to rethink my choice of being an ambitious, high-achieving person.

Hello, I'm 5'5'' 18 y.o., and most of the guys of my age are taller than me. I want you to pay attention to Robert Downey Jr. I don't think he has complexes with his height 5'7'', it's al about charm, intelligence and charisma.

First of all stop helping anybody get better than you, stop giving your knowledge and your "secrets", this are the things what make you "you". People like to be surprised and impressed, don't worry, nobody will die if you wouldn't spread your knowledge. If you are too sincere with everybody people get bored of you, because you become too predictable.

For a long time I also was kind of an "altruistic person", I felt inside a need to tell somebody something new, interesting and useful I found, but life is to short to spend it to improve others and it is very sad watching others evolving, progressing, developing, while you remain the same.

You try to be honest and sincere with everyone to be fair, but this works against you...

  • Develop your skills. Learn something new and interesting.
  • Develop your confidence. People are attracted to more confident people than themselves.
  • Improve your voice, to feel more confident: How to improve your voice How to Develop A Manly Voice | Art of Manliness
  • Be calm in combination with your confidence. I've seen enough short guys, that are arrogant pricks full of vanity and stupidity because of their complexes, don't be so, this is not confidence, this is shit.
  • Don't fight against people that pay attention to your height, they wan't to raise their confidence by making you look ashamed so they could feel more superior than you, but you just have to not react to that. Act like if they told something stupid, just ignore it and continue what you were doing, but not with a sad face like if you're pissed off, be calm, confident and smile.
  • You just have to look smart, and not only look, but also be, just be a little bit wiser than everyone.
  • Smile. Smile when you talk to girls. People love smiles.
  • Smell good, girls like manly colognes.

A good looking, confident, calm and smart 5'5'' is always better than a stupid, arrogant and full of vanity 6'2''.

P.S. Sorry if my english is not perfect.

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