When searching for a way to concisely summarize the Internet’s sentiment surrounding LeBron James today, I thought of this quote I often heard during my formative years on the playground:

“Haha, you suck. You’re a loserface. Nobody likes you.”

Poignant—sure. Accuracte--yes. Constructive—not at all. It’s not my job to mercilessly mock LeBron James [It actually is, and I’ve done it several times today, but for the premise of this particular blog post, it isn’t]. Instead, I will show some compassion and lend a hand to my fellow man in his time of need by presenting LeBron with two simple actions he can take to reduce the hated directed towards him.

1) Strive for mediocrity

Avoid the periphery, that’s where you’ll attract the most attention. Win too much and the haters are gonna hate, you know that firsthand [well, not in the Finals obviously, but the regular season and first rounds of the playoffs you do]. However, don’t go in the complete opposite direction and make the mistake...