Business Skills ≠ Sales Skills

I can't remember which nephew it was, Delano or Anthony, that kept bugging his mom about something. Jenny told him, "it's not going to do any good to keep asking me," at which point I said, "it's good business skills," which launched a conversation about how pushy sales people will only make one sale, not many. I just kept my mouth shut, since I'm the youngest, and no one agreed with me or saw my point.

My point was, however, not that you should pester people to make sales. But if you are a manager, or running a business, and your employees, or those you have contracts with, are not fulfilling their duties, or their end of the contract, it is up to you to make sure they do. If you want something, you need to ask for it. If you don't get it, ask for it again.

When I said good business skills, I didn't mean good sales skills. I meant good employee management, and business relations skills. I'm not saying it's not the best, but I don't think it's a completely invaluable skill either, to nag. My boss and supervisor regularly ask if I've completed tasks that I'm working on. I think they should. They need to know where I'm at so they can plan.

Getting what you want is not always about getting someone else to do something they don't want. Hopefully, you can find someone who wants to do what you want. Or at least find someone who wants to help you the most relative to their other wants (has a comparative advantage in terms of wanting to help you).

So, yeah, maybe being pushy isn't the best sales tactic, but I think good business people are notoriously pushy. Focus, and determination are important if you want to achieve your goals, and your dreams. I love people, and I don't want them to feel under attack, but the other side of the coin is, you can just keep saying no, and pushy people help those being pushed to set clear boundaries, and rules of engagement.

Anyways, I'm bored with myself, so if you made it this far, I'm sorry. I need to edit things more. Maybe I need an editor. I should start by editing myself. Hm.

Thanks all. Goodbye.

The Power of Thinking

I am of the firm belief that thinking is powerful. I just heard some one say, "like the power of positive thinking?" I think that all thought creates reality. Positive thought, negative thought, red thought, blue thought, creative thought, no thought, etc. I guess positive just means what you want. Well, that's what it means for me in this context. The problem is, it is not usually explicitly defined.

Most people, I think, assume there are many things inherently positive or negative, good or evil, and that is unrelated to what you want. I'm of a more liberal perspective. I think, "if you want it, then good for you." This is assuming you really want it, including all the consequences that come with it.

Racismist

I was playing poker last night and I said something racist. I was making a joke and I knew it was racist, but I thought it was also funny.

I said, "we don't actually practice counting in math class," and Carly quipped, "they don't teach you practical application?"

I said, "the teach practical application. We come up with the plan of how to count. We don't actually do the counting though, the Mexican's do that."

Obviously very racist. But also I'm making fun of myself for my role in society. I'm claiming that I couldn't count. I digress.

No one would talk to me after that, so I accused them of being racismist. They were being mean to me because I was racist. I'm not sure that's any better.

I guess maybe they're not comfortable with their own racism or something. I feel hurt the most because I didn't mean to hurt anyone, and I think I did. Even if their pain was something as strange as, "it hurts to hear Michael be racist."

Well, that sounds unlikely. I sense it is more likely they were scared of being bad. Since racism is bad, they were afraid of collaborating in it with me. In that case I feel kind of sad.

I make fun of every race. Especially European American's. Big, fat, lazy, stupid, enslaved by their greed, Whiteys. I'm one of them. My Chinese friends are much better at arithmetic than I am, and I'm a math major. America is the fattest country in the world.

I guess I should just go back to my hole. Because I'm not socially acceptable. But really I love people. So it makes me sad that people don't understand that. Maybe I need to say it more. Start with love. Insert comment/criticism. End with love. Much more socially acceptable. I'll try that next time I guess.

Idol upset

I really don't think "America crowns Kris." I think it is more like "America voted for the other guy because Adam is gay." Honestly, Adam Lambert is the only idol name I knew, and obviously that's biased because my gf watches and likes him, but . . . that's what I think.

They didn't vote for Kris, they just voted against Adam.

Missing Link Found?

On the discussion board here, it's all "I don't believe in evolution," and "I don't believe in God." Yeash! Why can't people just get along. If you ask me, both sides are wrong.

Lets say you believe in God. Now lets say God came up with the idea of evolution, and decided to design the laws of the universe so that natural selection would occur to result in his perfect creation.

Now on the other hand, lets say you believe in evolution. There are rules that it follows. It is survival of the fitest. But who measures who is the fitest? Yes, it is natural selection, but who is responsible for the natural laws?

It just seemed like both gorups think the other is stupid for believing what they do, and that makes me sad.