Mike in “Unfinished Business”

Mike

Hey, Mike Baxter here for Outdoor Man with the 5 least helpful words in the English language: "You got this, no problem!". Translation: "Please don't ask me to do this for you.". We all like to pretend "You got this" means, "I believe in you", but let's face it, it just really means, "It would be so great if you could just take care of your own side of the street". I mean, sometimes you mean it, like the first time you let go of the back of the two-wheeler and watch our kid wobble away. "Y-You got this. You got this. Oh, oh, oh! Go, whoa, whoa. Good try. Try not to lead with your head next time. I'll get a Band-Aid.". Of course, more and more these days, people don't get it. You don't believe me, ask a young person to grab the jack and change a tire. The kid's gonna look at you and go, "Wh-Who's Jack?" We spend a lot of energy teaching people how to ask for help, but if we teach people to engage, fail, and learn, then we'll have people who don't need help. Not from me, not from the government, and certainly not from some smart device that you bought to bug your own home. Listen, in the Bible, my favorite carpenter says, "If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it", but I wonder that under his breath he actually said, "But I would prefer if you took a shit at figuring it out yourself. Come on, you got this, no problem!". Baxter out.