A bellyful of cold diarrhea after a night of cold fish tacos served out the back door of a Las Vegas whorehouse is more appetizing than either 2016 presidential candidate.
The office of the Presidency of the United States of America has always been, and will most likely continue to be, a reflection of what this great nation wants its leader to be in 2016. I’m voting for a deformed reflection cast from a cursed mirror!
Four stops along the way, from Sao Paulo, Brazil to the Parana River! Open wide->
I’m a part of a discreet, less than formal group of people that enjoy thinking, learning about, and studying the human condition through the lens of critical thinking. We really enjoy learning what makes people tick!
Right now we are delving into a classic! Dale Carnegie wrote “How to Win Friends and Influence People”.
It’s a book that was something more than one of my mentors read and reviewed with me, as well as something I’ve seen on the bookshelf of every successful businessman I have ever done business with, and on the coffee table of every social butterfly I’ve ever befriended. Still, interestingly enough, it’s spoken of with hushed and whispered voices. So much so, that the people I am discussing the book with elected to keep it Sub Rosa, but I am here to lift the veil! ->
I shared one of the ways I make myself valuable to people with someone who came to me for advice on how to build his reputation. For the price of one stamp to deliver a simple letter I’ve been able to consistently make myself of one of the people that you would rather have around, be a friend to, and do business with.
This was passed down to me by one of my mentors, now it’s something that I pass down to some of the men that I mentor. I didn’t invent this, but I am very, very good at it!
I work hard on accountability, I hold my friends and the men that come to me for advice accountable for their actions, and more importantly they hold me accountable for mine.
One of the best compliment I was paid all year was being told that “I make a great Accountability Partner”, since I proactively followed up by asking if they’d taken the first steps towards the goal that they’d set. Because I want to see the people that I care for win at life.
The inner edge of my anus felt like someone had taken a few chips of burning hot coal and laid them there in a small pile. That’s what was on my pucker.
As a writer, I’ve learned to never start a positive comment with negative words. In Global Insights – The Zen of Travel and BEING in the World, Dr. Monteiro broke the rules of being a so-called “travel writer”, so I feel no shame (a laughable concept anyway) in putting forward my thoughts on her book.
What the book isn’t!
