Individuality Or Starving For Attention?
June 18, 2010 
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I was in Whole Foods getting some dinner tonight, and I was talking to one of the checkout girls I know there. I don’t actually know her name, but I talk to her all the time. She’s really nice.
As we’re talking, I turn around and there is a guy standing there wearing a wizard hat. Here is this 30-something year old man standing there wearing a gigantic wizard hat. It’s not even close to Halloween.
I looked at the checkout girl and said, “Have you seen the wizard?” She started laughing. It’s funny when people wear outrageous, over-the-top things.
I am all about individuality. I’m all about being yourself and dressing in a unique way.
This guy, though, was in his own league of unique. He was wearing a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants along with his wizard hat.
When you see someone being so over-the-top, it makes you wonder what they are trying to get out of dressing that way. What did this guy want from wearing that wizard hat?
Was he seeking attention, or was he someone who just loves being eccentric (and kind of a freak)? Was he someone who just likes to create a reaction in others?
I always wonder these things when I see someone like that guy in Whole Foods.
I truly believe in individuality, as you all know. I talk about this in all my products, and my coaching is all geared toward helping you become the most powerful and confident version of yourself with the opposite sex.
I think, however, that someone who goes out wearing a wizard hat is really starving for attention. I think that person is not only looking for attention, but is also looking to get a rise out of people.
I mean, it’s really not a natural look. You don’t want to look like Harry Potter when you’re 30 years old. You don’t want to wear a wizard hat or walk around holding a broomstick at age 30.
So for all of you who feel the need to dress in outrageous things just to get attention, you need to realize that you can actually get attention in other ways. You can get attention based on what’s inside you — allowing what’s inside you come out and by expressing yourself.
It’s a beautiful thing to express yourself. Saying what you want. Being able to express what you feel. Being true to yourself and who you are as a person.
Those things will get you lots of attention. Trust me, you don’t need a wizard hat to get attention. You just need to allow yourself to be free, and realize what a great person you are deep inside.
lol!…another Mystery wanna be!
I’d rather have a wizard in the bedroom than a wizard in the grocery store!
I thought that was you in front of me in line, David. Now I wish I would have said hello. (I was on my way to the E3 convention downtown to test out the new Wizards of Waverly Place game for x-box 360. I wanted the full experience.)
Okay, that wasn’t actually me in the wizard hat, but I think I’ve seen that guy before. (Was it the venice whole foods?)
Maybe he’s a real wizard…and now he’s going to read your blog and turn you into a gerbil for teasing him about his hat.
I like that you used Wolowitz picture, he’s a great example of wanting desperate attention and his failures at dating women.