I read this post by a fellow dying of cancer titled, “Leukemia Has Won”. I think this makes it sound like he had a moral failing and that is why he is now dying. The other side of the “Leukemia has won” coin is that “I have been defeated”… like he didn’t try hard enough. I am sure this fellow and others with cancer do everything possibly can to find a cure and heal themselves.… read more “We Don’t “Battle” Disease”
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Negotiations Training
One of my primary duties as CEO of a company is to handle negotiations on behalf of my company. I have negotiated almost anything you can imagine at this point:
- Office and apartment leases
- Contractor repairs
- Partnerships with other companies
- Employee salaries
- Lawsuit settlements
- Prosecution
- Client deals… I perfected this to a formula so my salespeople can do it themselves without me now.
Old Man Frat
I joined a golf country club not too long ago. I have been surprised to discover the dynamics are very similar to the fraternity I was in during college. I thought old men with wives and houses and businesses would have a different approach.
Similarities:
- Lots of politics, popular and unpopular guys, some corruption… lots of complaints about leadership
- Fights over petty things.
Conspiracy Theory
I have a pet conspiracy theory. I think the Saudi’s and oil companies secretly fund protests and political attacks on nuclear power. Nuclear is the only truly scalable and viable option to oil. If you knock out nuclear, oil is the only choice. Solar, hydro, Geo and most other power sources can get lots of lip service, but just can’t meet demand.
Movies vs Real Life Programming
Movie: Hero says, “Ok, let me hack the national citizens database and find the criminal”…. 15 seconds later – “I got him!”
Real life: Hero says, “Ok, let me build this web application… 3 days later – “My environment is up and running! Now to begin…”
Doctors – The Only People Late to Appointments
Due to the severe, self-inflicted (by the doctors Union the AMA to keep prices high) shortage of doctors, doctors are late to most appointments. It is extremely frustrating to show up on time and then not be seen for a long time after.
Bill Gates Agrees Tax Wealth Not Income
Was Mary Robinson, UN Human Rights Commissioner, Paid Off By Dubai?
Kudos To Bezos
https://medium.com/@jeffreypbezos/no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146e3922310f
Kudos to Jeff Bezos for standing up to scammers.
Linkedin, Google Not Helping Stop Recruiting Scam
My company Coalition Technologies has recently discovered a scammer is impersonating recruiters from our company using gmail addresses and fake but similar domains to ours. We have reported this to the local police and FBI for assistance. This scam is active and ongoing and new victims
The scam appears to be that the criminal uses fake Linkedin profiles (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-rodriguez-0ab0524/)… read more “Linkedin, Google Not Helping Stop Recruiting Scam”