"When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil."
💭 Modern Translation
At 8:05, a teammate replies, “Per my last.” Your jaw tightens. You start drafting a list of your own "per my lasts" in response.
There's a second part to Marcus' quote that we usually forget, "the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own." The person doing wrong is still human, still connected to you, and still part of the same community. Marcus used the list as recognition, not armor. That does not excuse the message. What it does is show you a better way forward the next time you get hit with a "per my last".
⚡️ Your Move
Before you reply, take 30 seconds. Write down what the message says. Then write the one useful response (pro tip: it's likely not the first one you thought of). Send that sentence. Leave the imagined insult in your Notes app.
🤔 Today's Question
What did the message ask for? What did you decide it meant?
Per my last,
Jon
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