The YFH Guide To Dealing With People Who Think They’re Better Than You

Sometimes you meet people who treat you like a piece of meat pie they spilled on their shirt. They are better than you because they got better grades in school and earn more money. While you’re reheating last nights nachos for hungover breakfast, they’re power squatting in their kitchen and blending Kale in a blender that’s worth more than your car. When you’re driving to work they’re already there because they are always busy, and if they have the displeasure of talking to you they’ll relentlessly bring up this fact. They call themselves entrepreneurs and occasionally you come face-to-face with their smugness. They consider themselves eccentric and cultured and travelled, but they’re all built from the same mold.

In life, people are going to think they’re better than you, and those sorts of people are happy to let you know just how much better than you they really are. They have one, consistent and intrinsically inherent trait: they love treating you like shit. About 90% of the people I deal with who treat me like shit are aspiring (failed) entrepreneurs. They all sleep in a big concentration camp where they’re forced to spend as much time talking about how busy they are as they do actually being busy. They develop a severe complex about how other people perceive them, because the next best thing to being successful is convincing people you’re successful. While trying to convince you that they’re an intricate blend of quirky and unrestrained and free and rich and innovative and modern, they just end up treating you like a poor, impoverished lepper.

For the most part, people who think they’re better than you probably are. It’s a sad truth, but one that must be acknowledged before you can truly exploit their audacity. Find solace knowing that while this idiot orders double shot macchiatos on soy and revels in his own brilliance, you’re chipping away at the legs of his throne and stockpiling dog shit to cushion his landing when he inevitably falls. But to truly get to the belly of this obnoxious beast, one must first traverse the desolate plains of their arrogance, the fields of the retelling of their past accomplishments and the water of their ____. Once you’ve done all this, you can begin sharpening your dagger of deception and use their own self-entitlement against them. Here’s how.

Step 1. Downplay Your Own Accomplishments

Step 2. Feed Their Arrogance

Step 3. Nurture The Relationship
Now that the arrogant argyle thinks you’re a total piece of shit, he’ll slowly start to warm up to you. You’re less of a threat than his dyslexic grandmother – who he’d kill had he the chance – so bringing you in on a few secrets is a

Step 4. Win