John Smith wrote on Jan 18^th, 2017 at 11:39am:


no.
its really awful to spoil kids.
they need to understand how the world works and that no one else is going to spoil them, so mummy and daddy are teaching a BS lesson if they do.

true story, the one in real estate wanted to do some publicity. i said , why dont you put easter eggs in the local park and have an easter egg hunt and brand it with your agency. i suggested she buy 1000 worth of eggs.
she spent 10k (has more guts then me), made up little bags , each with the agency flier in it. about 2000 people turned up.
she dropped flyers in every letterbox in the suburb .
she pulled in $250k last year.

you see, the universe will reward you when you go into expansion and contribution.
the universe will punish you when you go into contraction and taking.
you never want a dollar you didnt earn, you never want to complain, you never want to live in scarcity. try it if you want....you will be destroyed 

aquascoot wrote on Jan 18^th, 2017 at 11:06am:


No, that's too easy to say Scoot and it doesn't fit with the realities.
In this world there are the leaders and the independent self-motivated, but they are only maybe 10-15%. The rest are the average people who have to be organised and employed where needed.
And that's getting harder to achieve for various reasons like automation, technology and globalisation.

But . . .when an employer, be it corporate or small business, says to someone I'll give you a tryout for a period then that person needs to get a minimum payment according to a scale that's understood on all sides.
It doesn't & shouldn't mean it extends to everything that goes with full time employment, like loadings or unfair dismissal. This is a trial period only.
But there has to be reasonable payment and there has to be a referee.

Its funny how employer groups are all so willing to propagate unpaid overtime, working well beyond normal hours and taking work home with them.

In some places its virtually mandatory with poor performance appraisals when you don't do enough.

These same cretins scream like stuck pigs when a sicky is taken or
Horror of horrors
One takes a sickie a day after a public holiday.

Ask for a pay increase for additional work.................sorry we cant afford it.
And if someone leaves, its.......we will have to all put in extra to carry the weight.
No extra pay for doing someone else's job, just work longer/harder.
Meanwhile, the company saves on an employees wages.........win for them.

Work to rule, that's my motto.
Im paid for 7 hours a day, I work 7 hours a day.
I work hard for that 7 hours, but I don't take work home or even answer calls from work at home.

I've had this out with several bosses.
I have stated I will be wiling to work extra hours......for extra money.
After all, they are making money from my work, I deserve to be given a part of that.

If they want you to work unpaid overtime, it is in fact THEFTH.
Theft of my time, my income and my worth.
I have asked many bosses this one question which seems to shut them up.

If I work overtime on a regular basis in the hard times.
Do I get a cut of the profits, from my work, in the good times?

The mumbling about loyalty and commitment start at this point.
I say well what about your loyalty to me, do you guarantee me my job?
Do you have loyalty to support me if things go bad?

More mumbling about working to support the company.

Then I explain that I work to live, not live to work.

I have a simple list of importance that I stick to religiously
Number 1 is my family, they always come first.
Number 2 is myself, its important that I stay healthy and happy.
Number 3 is all my possessions that I have worked and paid for all my life.
Number 4 is everything else.

Number 5 is work.

I do it because I have to, no other reason, no bull shite. I work to live.
I have walked out of a job simply because it has no longer been any fun.
I have walked out of a job because I didn't like someone.
I have even walked out of a job because I was spoken to without respect.

In all cases, I have been head hunted within a week, in one case 2 hours.
I'm much older now, manufacturing is stuffed in Australia, I am no longer head hunted.
But since I gave up full time work, I am assailed by people wanting me to contract to them.
I had not considered this before, and I find now that Im even knocking the less enjoyable jobs back.

Oh and I charge, I charge for every 1/4 hour or part thereof.
And I charge a lot, more for bigger companies.
No more free work for me, I charge for every second of my time.......because Im worth it.

Valkie wrote on Jan 18^th, 2017 at 1:30pm:


Jesus, when it comes to bigotry, we're worlds apart.

When it comes to working, though, we couldn't be more similar.

Good post.