The Pivot is 0% Procrastination, 100% Application.

I hate to admit it, but I might have been a bit of a mean girl as I roamed the halls of my high school in the early '90s.  It took me a long time to say that aloud because I had somehow convinced myself it was me surviving the battle of the fittest.  I learned late in life that you don't have to be rude to express your opinion, and being aggressive doesn't necessarily represent your strength.  

If you need to step on other people to make yourself feel good, then that's a surefire sign that you popping off is more about your shortcomings than the other person. It's like whatchamacall-him used to tell me, "If you punch me in my mouth, it doesn't stop bleeding because you said sorry!" While as an adult, I may have regretted those words and actions as a teen, it didn't mean that I wasn't enrolled in the school of life. And it was eagerly waiting to test me. Fate was somewhere around the corner waiting to jump me like I'd stole its lunch money.