https://youtu.be/xBXxLg8Q1Hw Cash Is Decisions One is oft to hear the saying, cash is King because what is cash really? It's fungible and divisible, that is you can hold it in equal units and break it evenly into even smaller units. But it is also a means of storing economic energy. Most people work for money. …
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https://youtu.be/QkIUwWCD11Q Some things never change. People want to survive and people want to reproduce. And we will always have segments of society that will go to surprising means to survive. Killing, burning, looting, you name it. Shocking as an observer or recipient, but it helps the perpetrator get what he wants. Advancing their objective that …
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https://youtu.be/Vl8q_qOZOBg Pushing Against Limits So I learned how to swim this year. More or less anyways with a buddy of mine teaching me. It's another limit surpassed. And I have surpassed quite a number of limits these past number of years. Public speaking, musical instruments, 'musical' performances, dancing, among others, in multiple continents. I'd like …
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https://youtu.be/sr7RsvEKqjo Are Cities as Productive as They Seem? I've spent a lot of time in big cities and having done so, you observe the hecticness of it all. People tend to be always in a rush with patience being a virtue that is not as common as it would be elsewhere. Now it certainly lends …
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https://youtu.be/a08f_5SuqRM What if You Need Their Help in the Future? Burning a bridge is generally unwise, which we discussed some time ago that one should simmer their bridges. There will always be individuals that you don't really need or perhaps dislike for whatever reason. But telling them off or blatantly severing connections is not advisable …
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https://youtu.be/_I8Y1dOF8u8 Telling people what's what feels good. It's a release from all the pent up restraint and a riddance of hiding behind a facade. However it could be said that we are all faking it for other people. When attending a job interview, we put on a suit and tie as well as altering the …
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https://youtu.be/F8Cg1o4n0Wg 'Do Unto Others' But They May Do You In The good book says to do unto others as you would unto yourself. I'm not debating that, at least not this time. What I am saying is that though you may be free to treat others as you would want to be treated, don't expect …
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https://youtu.be/olPwMjZduaQ One Needs to Reciprocate There is always a quid pro quo. The essence of this term is you do something for me & I do something for you. It's a matter of pooling resources to advance common interests. Like a pot luck, everyone eats, but I may like fish and you may like chicken. …
https://youtu.be/LMOAUvMqnVY The Bookstore Says All Our brain power is limited, therefore it is only natural for us to want to limit the usage of our finite brainpower. And before I get any deeper into this, think of it as walking into a bookstore. In order to find the information that we need, we need to …
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In An Ideal World, There Is Order Now there are rules, rules for a reason. They help maintain peace, ensure a degree of stability and maintain order. This is all good and fine for building civilization for the good of the whole, in fact it can be argued that it is needed for the development …
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