Fuck swag.

Forget flash. 

Never mind cool. 

Loose the bling. 

No ritz, glitz, and all that other glamorous shit.

Don't go ham.

Or ball out.

Don't even make it rain.

You only need to ever do one thing.

Exude class. 

Hold open a door for someone. 

Wear a tie or, even better, a bow tie.

Say, "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."

Make eye contact.

Respectfully disagree.

No matter what you do, always exude class. 

"My favorite part of riding on an airplane is when the aircraft passes through thick patches of clouds. For a moment, just before you recognize the wafts of gas and condensation passing over the wing, you lose any sense of depth. Outside the window, there is just stark, white emptiness, and turbulence. The only thing separating you from certain death on land or at sea is metal, plastic, and 20,000 ft of air."

Journal entry, Dallas/Ft. Worth - Narita, Japan, May 2013