Desk Workers Do Better Work when Fed

I'm biased here, but desk workers must put out better work when they have food in their stomachs. Heck, any worker will work better when they are running on good food.  I just had lunch at El Toro in Robbinsdale, and it was a delicious medley of rice, beans, burrito, and chips. I'm able to think clearer when I have a full stomach. Now, I would like to work on my website, VersaGlobe, but I just don't know what people want to buy.

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That Goes on Your Permanent Record

This is my self study guide.

1) Read the classics and write book reports.

2) Rehearse art in physical action for at least 1 hour each day, cooking, instrument, sport, lecture, painting, craft, etc.

3) Make flashcards, no formula is too simple.

4) Record and replay.

5) Watch nature.

6) Maintain a diverse and expansive library.

7) Do something Creative, Generous, and Foolish each day.

Digital Computing Imitates Analog

I haven't seen this happen in a long time. It's when that binary code that we spend so much time thinking about takes a turn for the worst and starts imitating life. No, I haven't gone off the deep end. The thing is, there's a glitch on Amazon today, and instead of showing a blank (usually black) screen, it showed snow. Snow is only supposed to happen when an electric device is giving feedback, not when a digital device backfires. All the Q codes in the world doesn't make the digital to analog currencies balance. Maybe I have gone off the deep end. Will somebody throw a lifesaver, the candy, at me?

You Must Know your Market Before you React to It

This is why education is so critical. Folks that are thrown into projects and markets they are unfamiliar with will not only fail a significant portion of the time, but they will succeed and react to their market wrong a significant portion of the time too. I hear too many "success" stories where uneducated Joe gets thrown into a market and has a major success on his hands. You need to sharpen the saw folks! I think I've narrowed down my customer service complaint to a needle point. It's that people are reacting to their markets before they have accepted responsibility for their market. For example, you ask a worker at a local shop where a product is they are selling. Now does this sound familiar? "It's 2 isles down, let me take you there, I think it's on sale." Did that person buy the product before they sold it to you? I hope they did, but they likely didn't.

This might sound like a desirable outcome. But when the market is stripped bare, there's a lot of compliance. It's sold before you ask the question. Which is only a good thing, when you're really in a hurry. And individuals shouldn't be in that kind of hurry unless they are an Army Ranger or at least a pitcher for the Twins(kidding).

I guess the way this shapes our thinking is when we feel the relentless struggle with progress gripping at our bodies and it seems we're reacting every which way to the specialty markets (read interests) that we know and love, yet have not come to realize the full benefit of said market. Then, we lose sight. Or throw a tantrum. "We're building a bridge to nowhere" as Sarah Palin might say. It's not that we are reacting wrong, necessarily. We aren't prepared for what comes next. So, in fact, we are reacting right. It just isn't pretty.

An example of a transaction that I would thoroughly enjoy...I see an ad...it's extremely simple just an address, a price, and a product...maybe a catchy hook...when I go to buy...I hear "this has been my passion for 40 years"...he knows the ins, outs, strings, and delicate aspects of his product. With cause. He fills me in on his kids activities, but doesn't expect me to be there for their next birthday party. The guy on the other side of the counter (the seller) is a bit too talkative for the good of the sale, but it's strictly because he's enthusiastic about his product, coworkers, location, etc...

When people are educated on proper business etiquette, they will realize the importance of making the time to do the little things right. Again don't react, just get it right.

Is it Possible to Grow a Sense of Humor?

I believe the answer is yes, in a matter of fact way and in personal growth. When we think of a joke or humor we think of timing and cheerful fiction. Something that sparks our creativity. A whole lot of living things, green and otherwise, grow nuances as they age, they develop humorous qualities. When we harvest and eat these as food they become humorous conversation over the dinner table. A fart joke, as it were. And in when you look a bit deeper, that humor that we develop is what will define a day or an aspect of living. It becomes a part of who we are. The jokes grow funnier as you hear them. Giving the humor it's own place of growth. As we age, we might find comedy.