Today, I posted the following on Facebook: As part of my consciousness-slimming program, I have vowed to never again eat humble pie.
The dictionary defines “eating humble pie” as someone being forced to admit they are wrong and say they are sorry. I have no complaints about eating my pie in this circumstance, but I think we go overboard to feed on this psychological pastry in far too many situations not involving having done something wrong. 
In an increasingly uncertain world, a confident assertion of self is essential for anyone who wants to create a prosperous life. It is vital to know what you are good at and declare it far and wide. For instance, I am fantastic at coming up with quotable aphorisms that can represent the essence of something profoundly significant in a single sentence. I think I learned how to do this in my years as a radio newsman, where I had to distill large news stories into sound bites or headlines.
My timing was right on for today’s world, where most people are only willing to check out what is short and sweet. I could be self-deprecating and chomp on some humble pie by saying there are many people who come up with wise and witty aphorisms–they are all over the Internet. But after careful consideration, I believe mine are the best (I was tempted to say “among the best” here, but that would leave my computer keyboard messy with humble pie crumbs>). Now, I am willing to concede yours are the best, too, but only if you also believe they are.
Humility is a worthy quality, and can be charmingly attractive, but only if it comes in subtle small doses. And declaring how humble you are is like standing over an enemy’s body on the battlefield and saying, “I am not really a better warrior than he was, I just got lucky.”
In January, my new book, Moneylove 3.0, will be released. And I am not embarrassed to say I believe it will be the best and most popular book on prosperity consciousness ever written. If you buy it and read it and say it isn’t the best of them all, but maybe just one of the best, or even state that you have read one or two better books on the subject–I will not eat humble pie, or admit I was wrong and say I am sorry. What I believe about what I produce in the world is my business, what you believe about it is yours.
Jerry
