Mediocrity is not acceptable. Make success a habit!
Before I begin, let’s review the definition of two terms I have been toying with, just to be sure I am choosing the most appropriate one to capture the analysis of some “explanations” I have had to respond to over time. So keep in mind the following definitions, and just to let you know, I have decided to go with “Creative Thinking” as the reason grown-ups say the darnedest things! Critical Thinking: The mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to... [Read more]
Ambition – Do You Have It?
Ambition: The desire and motivation to succeed. It’s a beautiful word. Everyone considers themselves to be ambitious but very few actually are. It’s a word used at school to get into College, then into a University and after “Higher Education” – to land oneself a (preferably) graduate job. Okay, so a person goes through that and after graduating with a fabulous degree ends up in a menial job. The relevance of the degree is lost or wasn’t worth doing in the first place. Imaginations run wild most times... [Read more]
Its Just A Job: Employee Strategy No.3
“There is always an option, quitting being one of them” Jobs expect you to live check to check, they don’t expect you to be doing well with money. If you are doing well with money they know that if your work situation gets too hot, you have an easy way out. You aren’t lock into the job like everyone else and they cannot read you or keep you locked down and a menial salary. Actually when you are financially set with ambiguous income streams, your boss who knows this will be more likely to play ball when it comes to raises... [Read more]
The Expendables: Employee Strategy No.2
“You are FIRED!” The only permanent fixture in any company structure is the man who runs the business ie: the big cheese. If you are a lowly employee, no matter your position, you are expendable. If there is anything you take away from this article, take this one with you – YOU ARE EXPENDABLE. I know this crushes your inner feelings of “safety” and “security” but the moment you forget this fact, you will find yourself assed out if they decide to let you go. People fool themselves into thinking that their... [Read more]
Think Like A Boss: Employee Strategy No.1
“You are a necessary evil” There is nothing more pathetic than a non-enterprising workaholic. Business owners love these individuals and everybody thinks they’re crazy… except them. Many times people grind out the unpaid hours and negate their personal life in order to file those last forms and run themselves into the ground, breaking only when the boss tells them to do so. While people who do this will benefit if their company has shown evidence of rewarding the hard-working. The fact of the matter is most companies will... [Read more]
How to Push From Idea to Reality
Putting a plan into action is a challenge that many people balk at whenever they come up with an idea. For this reason, many beautiful ideas are lost to the wind of nothingness because the idealist either lacks the capabilities to enact them, or lacks the drive or know-how. It helps to have a course of action to follow, so I offer up my methodology of moving forward. It is a simple process that involves a bit of work but will see your thoughts through to fruition before they have a chance to lull themselves. What you shouldn’t do with... [Read more]
The Favor Principle Part 2 of 2 – The Premium
It took me a very long time of earning my own money and realizing the methodology of earning, spending and flipping to remove emotion from my money. When you handle money with emotion it becomes a trivial thing that users and broke leeches will suck away from you through pity. Because of this I have adapted the principle of demanding a premium on loans. A premium is a little extra on top to make it into an investment versus a loss when loaning money. This premium extends to anyone that asks me for money including my own mother (ask her... [Read more]
The Favor Principle Part 1 of 2 – Tit for Tat
One thing about favors and loans, some people love receiving them, others like giving them and others don’t want jack to do with them. Well I can identify with the latter, I mean imagine if you get a favor done for you by Don Corleone and he shows up one day with his bullet-ridden son for you to prepare for a wake? That has got to be the most nerve-wracking preparation of a body you’ll ever have, what if he isn’t happy with the results? BANG to the head, that’s what would happen. But Don Corleone is fictional, we know this, but... [Read more]
Step Up and Claim a Strong, Independent Women
Men, step up and claim your women. Is it me or do we have a sort of retreat by men as a whole when it comes to the more alpha type women? If we see the assets blooming, the bank account full and her attitude solid, we slink away assuming she’s a bitch with an agenda. I need to know when was it that our balls started shrinking and moving north up into our stomachs. When did it become an unwanted challenge to slay a Dragon, cut down other knights and climb a tower in order to claim a buxom babe as ours. Why are we afraid of a career... [Read more]
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Mediocrity is not acceptable. Make success a habit!
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