Being cool ...

... isn't always easy. It's a bit more than having a great hair stylist, Armani jeans and a polyglot accent. Really intimidating people aren't that easily impressed. Like ... it's gotta come from inside:

1. Don't sweat the small stuff and, in my experience it's mostly small stuff. You'll gain a lot of loving, funny and creative energy.
2. Try not to be an ass, but when you are, quickly admit it, apologise and make restitution. You'll gain a lot of loving, funny and creative energy.
3. Keep your eyes and ears open for selfish and stupid actions that need to be stopped at the start. It helps to keep your mouth shut. You'll gain a lot of loving, funny and creative energy
4. If you have the misfortune to encounter not just the stupid, selfish and arrogant but the truly malicious, you'll have a lot of loving, funny and creative energy to deal with them. Forgiveness may not be an option, Allah may have to do that.