Author: Don Paglia

# 5:     GET A MENTOR If you truly want to excel in your capacity for becoming an effective victim look for other skilled victims to teach you how to best complain, to grovel, and to hone your capacity to be a victim, and especially in how to complain with outrage. Learn by imitating these pros. […]

# 4:     SURROUND YOURSELF WITH REALLY “NICE” PEOPLE If you are serious about striving to become a highly successful victim you must be willing to exploit other people. Yes, this means that you must be willing to take advantage of others. There are many kinds of people you can take advantage of and they are […]

Welcome back for the next installment towards becoming a successful victim. This week we address a crucial step, and one that will catapult you into the realm of successful victimhood: # 3: BLAME YOUR PARENTS!   The very cornerstone of victimhood is to blame one’s parents. Blame them for anything and everything. Run with it […]

Welcome back to the Art and Practice of Victimhood. This week we pick up with the second step.  #2: BE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING. This step is where we begin to separate the serious and truly committed victims from the wishy-washy types. For those truly committed to a life of victimhood know it can yours, […]

#1:      PRACTICE DAILY NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIONS. Welcome back. If you read last week’s introduction and are now eager to get started we begin with the first step of becoming a victim. For all of you who perhaps just stumbled onto this blog, welcome to all as well. It is my hope you, too, are excited […]

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF VICTIMHOOD: THE Essential steps for becoming a Successful Victim   By Donald J. Paglia Not too many of us like to be told what to do. In fact most people despise it. As a therapist who works with many different types of people I have had to find creative ways […]

Tip # 101 “Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” Henry David Thoreau There’s another old saying, one quite similar to this fishing quote that goes: “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will do.” Some people find their particular road to be […]

Tip # 100:  “The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.”                                                                  John Buchan I love that this SECOND TO LAST Fishing Tip has to do with hope. Hope is not just some idle wish or a “wouldn’t it […]

Tip # 99: “Three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is water, and one-fourth is land.  It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.”  Chuck Clark Some would also argue, and do so fervently, that because we have two ears and […]

Tip # 98: “People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen.  All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen.  This is confusing.”  Ed Zern, 1947 There was a lot of controversy when the Olympics began allowing professional athletes to play in the Games. Up […]