How to Be the Best at What You Do - Thursday, Period 2

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"There's one last building block that we have time to work on this session," Logan said, starting off the class. "That last thing is sheer, plain, dumb willpower. If you're gonna be the best, you're gonna have to be determined. You're gonna be the best, there's no other option. It's gonna happen even if it's for no reason other than you won't give up. If somebody beats you, you come back. If they beat you again, you come back harder. Be persistent. Be a pest. Anything to prove that your will is just that much stronger than anyone else's."

"With that in mind, you've got a couple options today. First off, pair up and have a staring contest. If you do it right, it's basic psychological warfare. Just you and somebody else, no words, just staring at each other, getting into each others' head with nothing but a hard look, seeing who's gonna crack and turn away first. At the same time, you've gotta keep yourself from blinking. Can you control yourself enough to do that for longer than your opponent? We'll see. Of course, you don't have to just stare. Go ahead and try to distract the other person somehow. No violence, though. If you're gonna cheat, cheat smarter than that.

"Also, head's up for next week, our final week together. Don't get too sad about it. The activity's gonna be simple: find some way to use the thing you're best at to knock me off my feet. I'm serious about that. Knock me on my butt somehow and you might earn my respect. Take the week to figure out how you're gonna do that."

[OOC: Standard availability note.]

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What You're Best At [WS6]

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Are you good with your thing? If not, last chance to change it.

Andrew - languages
Andros - fighting
Blair - using her damn brain instead of just fighting
Dean - taking care of family
Friday - being a smartass when asked what he's best at
Ino - growing flowers
Jack - driving
Jamie - multi-tasking
Johnny - protecting
Lion-O - learning to be a leader
Marco - planning
Michael - blowing things up with his mind
Reno - being really fast
Sora - optimism
Temari - strategy
Turtle - kicking shins
Wes - keeping money

Re: What You're Best At [WS6]

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Friday looked at the list and contemplated changing his. With a smug smile, he decided against it.

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Michael was just fine with that.

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Andrew couldn't think of anything else, thought his thing was kinda dumb, and was seriously considering skipping class next week.

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She sighed, but left hers the same. If nothing else, well, at least it'd be a fairly easy assignment?

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Johnny was cool with his.

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Blair was more than happy with her thing.

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Turtle was...really, really torn. The urge to switch her to making money or contractual evidence was extremely tempting; after all, all three would be quite true. Still, though, the shin kicking was just as much a trademark, and not as obvious as her making money prowess, so she decided that she was stay with the good old crippling sucker kick forte.

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Lion-o was happy with his. He'd learned that being a leader was a lot harder than his father or Lord Jaga made it look, and that was a realization that would help him in the long run.

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Dean wasn't about to change his, though it was going to take some thought to figure out how to turn that into an offensive skill.

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Reno liked to think he was pretty swift.

He'd keep it.

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Marco added "turning into animals" to his and wondered if he'd be allowed to keep two.

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Jack was thinking about changing his, but...lack of opposable thumbs and all.

Listen to the Lecture/Mingle [WS6]

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And maybe wonder what you're going to do to knock the hairy midget down. Shouldn't be too tough, right?

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Floors might be exploding next week.

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Knock him off his butt, uh? Might be possible.

Re: Listen to the Lecture/Mingle [WS6]

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Okay, so Lion-o was too small to knock Logan over, but maybe there was a way to use that to his advantage...

Re: Listen to the Lecture/Mingle [WS6]

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Marco figured a gorilla would do the trick.

Stare [WS6]

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Pair up and stare off.

Re: Stare [WS6]

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Michael glanced around for a partner.

Talk to the TA [WS6]

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When she pings in.

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Aw, she was a cute TA.

And she was kind of glad she didn't have to knock the teacher on his butt.

Talk to Logan [WS6]

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When he pings in. Oh, wait, I guess this counts as pinging in.

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"So, like," Ino said, "Should I just bring you a bouquet or something, or would you rather see my whole garden? Wouldn't that be more indicative of my abilities?"

OOC [WS6]

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Up after I've slept for once. I have to say, sleep is awesome.

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*sigh* From the moment I remembered that Lion-o had a workshop to ping into, I couldn't get "You're The Best" out of my head.