Isn’t it fascinating? We’re so stubborn and recalcitrant and combative — even when we KNOW we’re wrong And yet, When we actually believe something, and for once for good reason, and for once it’s the RIGHT THING — we’re still too WEAK and PATHETIC to STAND for the truth, to stand for ourselves This …
Tag: integrity
Brand Destruction and Accountability
The times where you could “destroy your brand” are gone Therefore the times of accountability are gone too First we devalued “brand destruction” with cancel culture We cancelled people for nothing So reaction to this action was devaluing of the cancelling, Devaluing of the brand destruction Second we no longer agree on anything …
PUBLICITY, FAME, ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL MEDIA,
The truth that you are ACCOUNTABLE, LIABLE, IMPACTED by EVERYTHING you are — cannot be avoided What you ARE is life you’ll LIVE PUBLICITY, PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, FAME, SOCIAL MEDIA — all AMPLIFY that fact however That which you DO that impacts others — matters more the more people you impact This includes both …
It’s Either FAIR, UNFAIR, or RANDOM
Fair means it conforms to certain rules: whether agreed as a community — or at least internally consistent and transparent. Unfair means the opposite: it breaks the rules. Whether it’s rules decided as a community, or even any consistent and complete set of rules. Random means it neither breaks the rules nor is explained by …
Morality of Profiting at the Expense of Others
Should you profit at the expense of others? If others don’t matter — then it doesn’t matter if you profit at their expense or not. Just like it doesn’t matter if you satiate your culinary desires by eating succulent steak, at the expense of some cow But if you claim that others matter …
Admit You Don’t Like Them, NEUTRALLY
Why don’t you just admit that you don’t like someone Without having to first get angry or offended or conceited or quarrel with them Why don’t you just ADMIT that you have a PREFERENCE Without denigrating someone Without puffing up like a fucking peacock Without even a tincture of hostility Just an EXTREMELY CASUAL …
About Liars
To LIE is to believe you get ahead in lying It’s to believe it’s a better strategy to tell others something you believe they want to hear, instead of what-IS Of course LYING doesn’t change WHAT-IS So eventually you are found out, by definition Unless you change what-is before you’re found out — then …
SPONTANEOUS Communication vs BUSINESS Communication
PERSONAL is spontaneous and fathomless . BUSINESS is specific and focused. (BUSINESS, or “GOAL ORIENTATION”) I believe the key PRINCIPLES to follow in one’s PERSONAL EXPRESSION, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: –INDIVIDUALITY and (personal) CONGRUENCE -SPONTANEITY and EXPLORATION –MINIMALISM and RESERVATION and MYSTERIOUSNESS I believe in BUSINESS it’s mostly the opposite: -NOT about you but about …
About Reliability
There are 3 levels of RELIABILITY: -perfect reliability -solid reliability -and unreliability Unreliability is near useless Solid reliability is acceptable Perfect reliability is twice as good as “acceptable”… or 10 times as good, or 100 times The only reason one would ever compromise on reliability, OBVIOUSLY, is if: -there’s some other benefit e.g. …
FULL RESPONSIBILITY — or NONE
Always take either FULL responsibility — or NONE. If something matters — you take responsibility. You personally make sure that it succeeds. Because you care, because it matters If something doesn’t matter, if something is not so important — then you don’t have to take responsibility You can dabble There’s nothing wrong with …