#15 C.R.E.A.M
Piss poor planning equals piss poor performance. That sums up the difference between success and failure. Looking at all of my triumphs and defeats I can see that it holds true in every aspect of my life. From business to romance to everything in between, I have been successful when I have had a plan and executed. I have failed when I didn't plan. Of course there are exceptions, but the rule is generally true. If I have succeeded without planning it has been because I had some kind of advantage that I was able to exploit. When I have planned and failed it has been because of unforeseen, unplanned or unaccounted for factors. The plan wasn't good enough. At this point in my life I have to take the lessons I have learned from defeat and triumph and use them to expand myself, my life and my ambitions. By all necessary means.
Life is strategic and tactical warfare. Short term and long term planning are what make the difference in how far we go. We are all masters of the tactical short term planning that gets us through day to day. What people need is to be as proficient at long term strategic planning and implementation of life. I know this sounds heartless--and it is. To truly do well in life we have to look at it dispassionately and make the hard choices. Emotions never leave us and they shouldn't. However, emotions cannot be the guide for daily decisions. If we lead with the emotions we leave out the intellect, which makes and executes our plans. It also doesn't take the spirit into account leaving us without that guide. For me, today, I'll be looking more dispassionately at things, making appropriate plans and following through.
The first step is getting my money right. We live in America and in America, regardless of what political party is in power, cash rules! Withouth money or access to it life is a bitch. NO-I'm not saying that money is the most important thing but if you don't have any in America you are powerless. I can hear the choruses of those who disagree but I'd ask them a direct question: "Is existing and maintaining in America easier with or without money?"
It would be great to live in a world where people didn't use money. A place where people provide for everyone and live in perpetual peace would be utopia. But utopia doesn't exist. Machievelli said, and paraphrase, --"It is a mistake to operate as if we lived in the world we wish existed, we must deal with the world as it is. Money is important. Actually it is essential to our existance. So why not get it?
I believe that I have a lot to do in my life. I have a lot of people to touch and a lot to accomplish. But I'm not Jesus, or Buddha or any other selfless prophet. I'm a man, a simple human being, and I like having money in my pocket more than I like being broke. Broke is a bitch with teeth and she's bitten me on several occasions. But she hasn't broken me or pumped enough venom into my system to paralyze me or make me believe that she belongs in my life. She doesn't scare me either. I'm familiar enough with her to know she needs to go. So a big part of my current objectives center around getting her out of my life-permanently.
It would be great to win the lottery, or have a long lost uncle give me millions. But I don't play lotto and my uncles have there own money problems. It's all up to me. I have the talent, the drive and the ambition to pull myself up. All of us do.
Life is strategic and tactical warfare. Short term and long term planning are what make the difference in how far we go. We are all masters of the tactical short term planning that gets us through day to day. What people need is to be as proficient at long term strategic planning and implementation of life. I know this sounds heartless--and it is. To truly do well in life we have to look at it dispassionately and make the hard choices. Emotions never leave us and they shouldn't. However, emotions cannot be the guide for daily decisions. If we lead with the emotions we leave out the intellect, which makes and executes our plans. It also doesn't take the spirit into account leaving us without that guide. For me, today, I'll be looking more dispassionately at things, making appropriate plans and following through.
The first step is getting my money right. We live in America and in America, regardless of what political party is in power, cash rules! Withouth money or access to it life is a bitch. NO-I'm not saying that money is the most important thing but if you don't have any in America you are powerless. I can hear the choruses of those who disagree but I'd ask them a direct question: "Is existing and maintaining in America easier with or without money?"
It would be great to live in a world where people didn't use money. A place where people provide for everyone and live in perpetual peace would be utopia. But utopia doesn't exist. Machievelli said, and paraphrase, --"It is a mistake to operate as if we lived in the world we wish existed, we must deal with the world as it is. Money is important. Actually it is essential to our existance. So why not get it?
I believe that I have a lot to do in my life. I have a lot of people to touch and a lot to accomplish. But I'm not Jesus, or Buddha or any other selfless prophet. I'm a man, a simple human being, and I like having money in my pocket more than I like being broke. Broke is a bitch with teeth and she's bitten me on several occasions. But she hasn't broken me or pumped enough venom into my system to paralyze me or make me believe that she belongs in my life. She doesn't scare me either. I'm familiar enough with her to know she needs to go. So a big part of my current objectives center around getting her out of my life-permanently.
It would be great to win the lottery, or have a long lost uncle give me millions. But I don't play lotto and my uncles have there own money problems. It's all up to me. I have the talent, the drive and the ambition to pull myself up. All of us do.
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