Guess I should stock up on a few popups before they cost $3,000 and come with a #instatok account.
There is this controversial book The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. Basically that sometime society teach us to be too polite, that it can causes internal conflict within ourselves because there is nothing wrong with being selfish in the right situation. My favorite example is when two people are sitting outside an office waiting for their turn to interview for the same job. It was time for the next person in line, he look at the other person, offer a smile and say "Good luck!" The other personal response without hesitation "Good luck to you too!"I keep this essay open in a tab and read it a few times a year, I don’t expect anybody to read it but long story short the fight for survival requires tossing “values” out left and right. The more competitive it gets, the more values must be abandoned. And those who abandon values most readily succeed and procreate. All of civilization is a complex landscape of incentives, don’t hate the player hate the game, but there is basically no way out. Interesting implications for public land, leases, AI, pollution, pack quality, corn pile baiting, and two income households where the parents just grind more than raising the kids. It’s all Moloch.
Meditations On Moloch
I. Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem on Moloch:What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and u…slatestarcodex.com
There is this controversial book The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. Basically that sometime society teach us to be too polite, that it can causes internal conflict within ourselves because there is nothing wrong with being selfish in the right situation. My favorite example is when two people are sitting outside an office waiting for their turn to interview for the same job. It was time for the next person in line, he look at the other person, offer a smile and say "Good luck!" The other personal response without hesitation "Good luck to you too!"
Why......?
You're both after the SAME JOB! If you don't talk to each other, fine, but any actions you SHOULD be taking is trying to psych the other person out by psychological warfare. But no, we are train to be 'nice' to be 'polite' even when deep down we don't really want to. You should want them to fail because it would increase your chance of getting the job. Its even worse when we aren't just being disingenuous to others, but we are brainwashed so deeply that we honestly hope for the wellbeing of anyone else beside ourselves in this situation.
"I hope you have a bad interview, I hope you throw up on the manager desk and accidentally call his wife his mom."
It's a Mystery!So is it now Yeti ranch?
AWESOME ! I'm Ordering a $300 Cooler and a Mug!
I get what you're saying but this life is temporal, what really matters is how we treat each other. I'm usually pretty horrible at it though I'll be the first to admit.There is this controversial book The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. Basically that sometime society teach us to be too polite, that it can causes internal conflict within ourselves because there is nothing wrong with being selfish in the right situation. My favorite example is when two people are sitting outside an office waiting for their turn to interview for the same job. It was time for the next person in line, he look at the other person, offer a smile and say "Good luck!" The other personal response without hesitation "Good luck to you too!"
Why......?
My company just got bought out by an equity firm. We will see how it goes. Transfer is supposed to go thru by the end of the first quarter.I recently left a company that sold to an investment company. First month at new company I got told they are ALSO selling to an investment company.
Remind me when a new commander join the unit and first thing they all say at the welcoming ceremonies are "All policies and regulations are still in affect"......UNTIL they change it!
It is literally as @Nutterbuster say, its the American dream. Built up a small company until its profitable, set a selling price, if someone meets it, sell.
I'm not going to lie, I don't see anything wrong with selling your company that you built up for 10-20 years when you're getting ready to retire. It would be nice if you can pass it down the family, but if you're children has no interest in it, don't force it.