By: Gabriela Yareliz
I know someone who has zero engagement with life. They just take what you say or information you drop and parrot it to the next person to appear competent. These types of people were definitely the kids who cheated off of other kids in school.
This person kept name dropping books. They couldn’t explain much about them in depth, but they knew something about them (but I was suspicious as to how). The truth is this person doesn’t know much about anything in depth, so it struck me as odd. They have the attention span of a squirrel. It was odd until the day they revealed they attend a book club. And then, it all became crystal clear— every time they would name drop the latest NYT bestseller, they would give a pre-fabricated tidbit that was being parroted from some soul in the book club who actually read the book. It is so on-brand for this person.
Sigh.
The moral of the story— don’t be a parrot. Don’t parrot people actually doing the work or people who know nothing but speak in word salads. Be the person who actually knows the information. Be the one who actually reads the book. And stay away from the parrots. They can be such energy vampires. God help them.
GABRIELA YARELIZ 