You can’t really treat others with respect unless you’re being real first One who can’t be real is not worthy of respect — and in that not able to give respect One who is not real is already disrespectful — in being phony and disingenuous Be real first Be offensive if …
Tag: Society
Value
If it has value for you then it has value for someone else If it has value for someone else then you can sell it Making money was innately pure and natural It’s only when greed eradicates the value from the equation is when we suffer: as individuals, as the collective …
Miscommunication = Fraud
Anytime you fail to properly communicate you essentially unintentionally become a fraud You mislead Misleading is deceiving Deception is fraud Learn to communicate
You Will Never Transform The World’s Conflict With Conflict
You will never transform the world’s conflict with conflict The world’s injustice — the rich getting richer, disempowered women, discrimination of minorities — real or not — it will never be transformed by fighting it You can’t solve conflicts with conflicts For as long as you view it as a struggle, as …
Supporting Others Is Investing
Supporting others is basically investing Investment is leverage for judgment You want to leverage your prudent judgment of others by supporting them If you don’t support promising people — you are leaving money on the table Support is obviously not about altruism — which doesn’t exist Support is predicated on self-interest …
We Need That Savoir-Vivre
You need rules and guides where your intelligence can’t manage As society we needed rules of conduct to merely bear each other You don’t need rules of conduct and politeness if you know what you’re doing: if you know what you want, understand what others want, then move in the space of mutual interest …
Get Your Hands Dirty
Unless you get your hands dirty from time to time — you lose touch with the real life — and with it your perspective becomes narrow and artificial Gratitude comes from appreciation. Appreciation comes from perspective. You obviously don’t appreciate what you take for granted. You need that perspective to, literally, put things in …
Discriminate Not Hate
whether I hate you or love you whatever I label you or don’t label whether I offend you or please you doesn’t change the only thing of substance, and that’s: WHETHER you are USEFUL to me OR NOT just because I don’t want to associate with you doesn’t mean I hate you just because …
I don’t trust the unhappy
I don’t trust the unhappy I don’t trust the unhappy I’m not saying it lightly and it’s not a fancy quip It’s a genuine good advice Stay away from the unhappy Unhappy is unhappy for a reason Whatever causes him to be unhappy is an ongoing process Whatever actions he engages in are …
Begone Foolish Past
Look back at everything you’ve seen in life and realize how EVERYONE has been WRONG so many times We have a certain strange reluctance to admit our own cluelessness and of those around us There’s a whole lot of inane nonsense one is subjected to as a child, without having a choice on the …