Play & Book Excerpts
Thought Snob
(Better Than That Publishing)
© Paula Swope
Thought Snobs versus Thought Slobs
“Snob” is a word that carries negative connotations. People don’t like snobs. A snob is “a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, and/or a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like.” [Cambridge Dictionary] Snobs act as if they are superior to others, and material things often measure their self-worth. Snobs aren’t popular because they look down their noses at people who don’t have the things they have.
The world is filled with all sorts of snobs. We have our food snobs, wine snobs, bourbon snobs, car snobs, and so on. The commonality these folks share is that they have a defined taste in something they love and admire and won’t settle for less. So, if we won’t settle for less than a specific type of bourbon, for example, why do we settle for any old thought? Nothing materialistic will ever help us create our physical reality, but our thoughts do; therefore, our thoughts are what we need to invest in.
A bourbon snob looks at a drink menu with a well-informed, keen eye and chooses only the bourbon he loves and thinks is worth the price. A bourbon snob wouldn’t even entertain buying a bourbon he didn’t like. Designer-tag snobs love luxury clothing. They are educated, informed shoppers and know the highest-quality apparel. You won’t find a designer-tag snob at Walmart because Walmart does not carry the labels that tag snobs love. This is how Thought Snobs behave. Their thoughts trickle down to words and actions.
Let’s say the Thought Snob is presented with a menu of thoughts like the bourbon snob is with bourbon. When a Thought Snob sees anything resembling guilt, shame, anger, resentment, jealousy, or any other low-quality energy, they turn up their nose to it. They know they are too good for anything that disempowers them, so they refuse to entertain the notion of even thinking about disempowerment.
On the other hand, we have the Thought S.L.O.B. (Self-Loathing Overrides Better). I will use a dinner menu to demonstrate how the Thought Slob thinks and behaves.
Infinite Choices Restaurant, Bar & Grill
Open 24/7
The menu items with an * are guaranteed to make you sick and miserable. If you order these items, you will attract horrific things you do not want. This is our guarantee to you. Enjoy!
Appetizers
Self-Sabotage Salad Wraps*
Empowering Eggrolls
Jealousy Jellyroll Stuffed with Toxic Tomatoes*
Confidence Couscous
Empathetic Eggplant
Entrees
Enthusiastic Eel Paired with Loving Lobster Tails
Shameful Steak Kabobs with Guilt Sauce Marinated in Resentment*
Poverty Pizza Loaded with Scarcity Sausage*
Hazardous Waste Halibut*
Joyful Jambalaya
Desserts
Terrified Tiramisu*
Happy Hazelnut Pie
Forgiveness Fudge Smothered in Abundance Applesauce
Resentful Red Velvet Cake*
Wealthy Wafer Cookies
Server: May I take your order?
Thought Slob: Yes, I’ll start with the Self-Sabotage Salad Wraps. Then, I’ll try the Hazardous Waste Halibut and end with the Resentful Red Velvet Cake.
Server: Okay! Wonderful! You know that those items are guaranteed to destroy your life, right?
Thought Slob: Oh, I know, but I always order that.
Server: Wonderful! I was just making sure you knew that. I’ll place your order now.
This is all ridiculous, but it is a perfect example of a Thought Slob’s behavior. Their minds are landfills. They allow any old thought to infiltrate their sacred energy space and live rent-free in their subconscious minds. The worst part about the Thought Slob is that they are completely unaware of what is happening to them. As a former Thought Slob, I confidently speak on this. Looking back on my former self, I loathed everything about my life, including myself. Had the self-loathing continued, the hate would have destroyed my true destiny, and you wouldn’t be holding this playbook to a better life in your hands right now.
Taken from Thought Snob: The Modern Spiritual Playbook for a Better Life by Paula Swope. Used by permission of Better Than That publishing.
“Snob” is a word that carries negative connotations. People don’t like snobs. A snob is “a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, and/or a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like.” [Cambridge Dictionary] Snobs act as if they are superior to others, and material things often measure their self-worth. Snobs aren’t popular because they look down their noses at people who don’t have the things they have.
The world is filled with all sorts of snobs. We have our food snobs, wine snobs, bourbon snobs, car snobs, and so on. The commonality these folks share is that they have a defined taste in something they love and admire and won’t settle for less. So, if we won’t settle for less than a specific type of bourbon, for example, why do we settle for any old thought? Nothing materialistic will ever help us create our physical reality, but our thoughts do; therefore, our thoughts are what we need to invest in.
A bourbon snob looks at a drink menu with a well-informed, keen eye and chooses only the bourbon he loves and thinks is worth the price. A bourbon snob wouldn’t even entertain buying a bourbon he didn’t like. Designer-tag snobs love luxury clothing. They are educated, informed shoppers and know the highest-quality apparel. You won’t find a designer-tag snob at Walmart because Walmart does not carry the labels that tag snobs love. This is how Thought Snobs behave. Their thoughts trickle down to words and actions.
Let’s say the Thought Snob is presented with a menu of thoughts like the bourbon snob is with bourbon. When a Thought Snob sees anything resembling guilt, shame, anger, resentment, jealousy, or any other low-quality energy, they turn up their nose to it. They know they are too good for anything that disempowers them, so they refuse to entertain the notion of even thinking about disempowerment.
On the other hand, we have the Thought S.L.O.B. (Self-Loathing Overrides Better). I will use a dinner menu to demonstrate how the Thought Slob thinks and behaves.
Infinite Choices Restaurant, Bar & Grill
Open 24/7
The menu items with an * are guaranteed to make you sick and miserable. If you order these items, you will attract horrific things you do not want. This is our guarantee to you. Enjoy!
Appetizers
Self-Sabotage Salad Wraps*
Empowering Eggrolls
Jealousy Jellyroll Stuffed with Toxic Tomatoes*
Confidence Couscous
Empathetic Eggplant
Entrees
Enthusiastic Eel Paired with Loving Lobster Tails
Shameful Steak Kabobs with Guilt Sauce Marinated in Resentment*
Poverty Pizza Loaded with Scarcity Sausage*
Hazardous Waste Halibut*
Joyful Jambalaya
Desserts
Terrified Tiramisu*
Happy Hazelnut Pie
Forgiveness Fudge Smothered in Abundance Applesauce
Resentful Red Velvet Cake*
Wealthy Wafer Cookies
Server: May I take your order?
Thought Slob: Yes, I’ll start with the Self-Sabotage Salad Wraps. Then, I’ll try the Hazardous Waste Halibut and end with the Resentful Red Velvet Cake.
Server: Okay! Wonderful! You know that those items are guaranteed to destroy your life, right?
Thought Slob: Oh, I know, but I always order that.
Server: Wonderful! I was just making sure you knew that. I’ll place your order now.
This is all ridiculous, but it is a perfect example of a Thought Slob’s behavior. Their minds are landfills. They allow any old thought to infiltrate their sacred energy space and live rent-free in their subconscious minds. The worst part about the Thought Slob is that they are completely unaware of what is happening to them. As a former Thought Slob, I confidently speak on this. Looking back on my former self, I loathed everything about my life, including myself. Had the self-loathing continued, the hate would have destroyed my true destiny, and you wouldn’t be holding this playbook to a better life in your hands right now.
Taken from Thought Snob: The Modern Spiritual Playbook for a Better Life by Paula Swope. Used by permission of Better Than That publishing.
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Paula Swope is an author and speaker in the field of self-development. With a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public administration, Paula spent a decade raising more than $60 million in grants for impoverished communities. Trained in transcendental meditation, primordial sound meditation, and tapping, she holds a certification in Meditation and Ayurveda Health, and is also a Deepak Chopra-Certified Instructor affiliated with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
Paula coined the term "Thought Snob" and developed her leading-edge THOUGHT S.N.O.B. process [Seeing New Objective Beliefs], designed to help people move out of havoc and into happiness. In Thought Snob: The Modern Spiritual Playbook for a Better Life — written in her trademark down-to-earth style and filled with humor, compassion, and plenty of personal life stories — Paula shows each of us how to create the life we truly deserve through the amazing power that dwells within everyone: our thoughts. When she's not providing advice or running workshops for her devoted social media following, Paula enjoys traveling, listening to music, and spending time at home with her husband and two dogs. |
Photo Courtesy: Paula Swope
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