nobody will work for you. ever. you know that, right?

people do not work for you, they work for themselves.
who do you work for? exactly.

every time you interface with someone you are making an exchange, an exchange of assets or other bargain being struck, whether we realize it or not. at your disposal is anything you have that they want, and of course there is something you want. don't get me wrong, what you want may be as simple as a few minutes enjoying their smile. or it might be the contribution of their talent to your project.

regardless of the type of arrangement sought, the formula remains the same: find the most equitable balance, that suits both parties best and you will have struck a deal. typically it's not hard to see what we want out of it, so the trick is simply understanding what your partner here wants. this should also be pretty easy cause most of the time they will tell you and all you have to do is listen. it's not though, haha. write a note to yourself about it. :)

i think my buddhism mentor may be an exception to this whole theory but probably not.

actually come to think of it there's nothing original here, this is all just regurgitated Behavioralism I probably read back in grade school. :)

so, nth is moving. somehow.
[you are in a maze of tunnels, all alike]

:sigh:

i just realized the ultimate theme song for entrepreneurs: 'the bitterist pill' by the jam haha

and is it just me or does everyone else move slooooooowwww mottttttiooonnnnnn?

:eyes narrow:
:low growl:
:poised for the kill:

who am i kidding. i'm hooked. :)

Last night I dreamt I was forced to work in a mine underground.

I spent a long time trying to decide whether a CD player or MP3 player would be better to listen to while working underground, and picking-out what I was certain would be my very last playlist ever.

It was mostly full of old dub and I vividly recall cranking-up "Pressure Drop" (Toots and the Maytals)...

Disco has been discontinued!

I just had this amusing insight - I theorize that the reason flashing or highly animate visuals (like the gimicks used advertising or entertainment, for example) work on humans is because somewhere in the back of our lizard brain we think that the motion just might be a tiger hiding behind a bush to rip-out our throats.

Of course now that we walk mostly upright this has translated into flashing "DISCOUNT!" signs, movies full of explosions and probably even those blingy hubcap thinggees that the kids are all putting on their cars now, where they keep spinning after they stop moving (btw: huh?).

Amusingly, I'm pretty sure the average modern human is much less equipped than their predecessors to respond to an actual tiger hiding behind a bush to rip-out our throats!

Case in point: Current state of American dictatorship! ;)

This support "request", recieved by the author of PocketTunes for Palm OS, had me rofl...

...and then I went "hmm...". Coming soon, "pocket vibrator"? rofl...

Random thoughts from a Palm Software Developer: "Monday, December 13, 2004

ROTFL

I just had to share this support request... I'll withhold the name to protect the ... err ... not so innocent.

'I just want to know if I can set Pocket Tunes to vibrate mode so my tunes will vibrate to the beat instead of playing music. I want to drop it down my pants and be happy all day! Rock on dudes!'

# posted by Tim @ 5:25 PM"