Manipulating Destiny

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One thing with rivalries is that parties are forced to show who between them is better. Competition elevates standards and parties show what they can do best. Moreover, healthy competition encourages talents not to slacken and take their status for granted given that they must become better than the other. By contrast, things worsen when envy gets in the way and the ‘anything you can do, I can do better’ attitude prevails.

When Network Talent (NT) learned that Imagined Rival (IR) is about to add another feather on her cap, she had to think of an act that would outdo IR. After all, the latest achievement of IR has added quite a distance between them.

During a casual conversation, NT was asked what she thought about IR’s latest achievement. Allegedly, NT responded by saying that beauty contestants should have beauty, brains, and height and not just have an insider who favors IR. Such comment made the listeners think that NT was indeed jealous of IR’s latest fete. A few days later, NT used her social media account to remind people of her idea, that is, beauty and brains are important.

However, such action was not enough. NT wanted to do more to outshine IR. Using connections, NT wanted to be part of a fashion show of a Fashion Icon (FI), whose family is a good friend of theirs. Noted FI has an international reputation and NT, if she participates, would have an international audience to herself.

To make FI consider NT, her camp built her up as young famous celebrity., However, such gimmickry was not easily bought. The connection to FI stressed that the designer is a perfectionist and does not compromise. Thus, if NT does not pass the standards of FI, then she is dropped. After all, FI does not hire local talents, much more newbies, to be part of her show.

While NT is bent on competing with IR, the former does not see it that way. For her, everything is just work and nothing personal. However, compared with NT, all her blessings come to her without much effort. Incidentally, almost everyone congratulated IT for her achievement, except for one, who happens to be NT.

“Relationships with negative people are simply tedious encounters with porcupines. You don’t have the remote knowledge how to be close to them without quills being shot in your direction.”  -― Shannon L. Alder    

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