The days keep changing, will you?
“People don’t buy what you do; people buy why you do it.”
– Simon Sinek
If you have any interest in sales, seduction, socialization, or leadership; I highly recommend taking 20 minutes to watch this video.
After listening to Sinek’s lecture I bought a copy of his book
“A joke is a very serious thing.”
– Winston Churchill
I saw this while, ironically enough, browsing Reddit and thought it was worth sharing.
This week I’m going to try and limit my internet usage to a bare minimum.
“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.”
– William Gibson
David Fincher once directed a series of advertisements for an AT&T marketing campaign entitled “You Will.”
That commercial came out in 1993, the year I was born. For frame of reference, a 1993 HP Omnibook “laptop” (which was cutting edge at the time) looked like this:
To the people of 1993, AT&T’s “You Will” commercial probably seemed fantastical and far off. Yet here we are today, only 20 years later.
Technology is advancing at an astronomical rate. New computer software is written, new hardware tested, and new ideas conceived.
Our current technology will soon be obsolete. Within the next 20 years, I predict that we’ll have hundreds of new inventions that change our lives in ways that you and I cannot even begin to imagine. You probably don’t agree with my theory now, most people don’t. But don’t worry, in the not too distant future… you will.
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.”
– J.M. Barrie
There’s nothing wrong with not working. As long as you enjoy eating Ramen Noodles and living at home forever, you might as well remain unemployed. Sadly, I don’t eat carbohydrates and I don’t get along with my parents. As such, I need a job.
Every place I’ve ever worked has been seasonal, and I’ll have steady employment once springtime rolls around. In the meanwhile, I’ve been working on numerous side hustles. Unfortunately, every one of these ventures has failed. Either they’ve been too complex, or too time consuming to turn a profit. Spending two months on a project that earns $40, is not a good business model.
Despite my lack of earnings, none of my attempts at making money were ever a waste of time. They simply taught me that I sucked at being a capitalist and needed to rethink my strategy. After some serious research (i.e. lurking on forums and watching YouTube videos about entrepreneurship), I’ve retooled my business model.
From now on, I am going to be… a lot lazier with my ventures. I don’t need to concocted some grandiose scheme for earning, I just need to start with the basics: “buy low, sell high.” There are tons of pawn stores, thrift shops, used bookstores, and cheap Craigslist deals in my area. I’m going to start taking advantage of all these. My new plan is to purchase anything that’s both inexpensive and looks remotely resellable, and start retailing it on both eBay and Amazon.
Hopefully my plan works, otherwise it looks like I’ll be acquiring a taste for Ramen.
“I err therefore I am”
– St. Augustine
As a man who just spent all day re-typing an essay that he forgot to save, this video really hit home.