Lately my computer has been running slowly and it has been very upsetting to me. I have thought to call Comcast and give them a piece of my mind. Or maybe the firewall people I paid almost $1000 to protect me. Could it possibly be that my computer is outdating itself as we speak (I got it about a year ago), that would be nice, another splendid excuse to spend 2k on something that completely wastes a good majority of my time. So I was talking to a friend about my problem and he came up with a perfect solution (actually 2 people did). Here it is:
- Turn the damn thing off.
- Answer emails twice a day at specific times.
You aren’t going to believe this but that is indeed possible (“and don’t sneak emails on your blackberry”, my friend knows me too well) and it works. My computer has never run better and instead of nervously waiting for a response from people I do whatever the hell I want it’s not like almost everything can’t wait.
Failure to achieve
Last night I went out for drinks with a few friends that are younger and one recurring theme kept popping up. I let it slide for most of the night until the end of the night and then I snapped. The comments were all a similar theme:
1. I am just not as ambitious as you.
2. I don’t recognize opportunities the way you do.
3. You have more ability than I have.
These were the things that weren’t being said so I will just say them:
1. You have more money than I do.
2. You know how to take advantage of opportunity.
3. You have had advantages that I couldn’t hope for.
I am not going to justify who I am or how I became that person but I will say this, if you don’t think you can do something that is the first step to failure. It’s also the last step too. Even a lottery winner believes they can win for at least that split second that they hand over the money to the cashier. By the way, the next time you walk into a casino start thinking about all the cool shit you are going to buy with your windfall, then figure out how much you are willing to lose and then try and beat the house for a Ferrari. It can be done and people have done it. Just last week I had a buddy take $200 and turn it into $50k, in like a week. It can be done. I am not saying belief is the only element but that first step off of the cliff is a doozy.
Discussions about various religions
The discussion came up about various religions last night so here are some links:
Now Playing: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris, at first I was a bit disappointed (I can’t stand the term New Rich), much of the stuff I knew but towards the end of the book there are a ton of resources. I will talk about this in my next blog.
Also Maxwell’s This Womans Work was just on my Zune, love that song.