Jerry Seinfeld once said, “People don’t turn down money, that’s what makes us different from animals.” So are the canvassers who are raising money for “No on Prop. 8” campaign not people?
Last week I had lunch with a friend on Beverly Drive in the heart of Beverly Hills. As we left our lunch, I approached the people who were holding clipboards in front of the parking lot. I asked them what they were doing. One girl responded to us that they were raising money to get Prop 8, the gay marriage ban back on the ballot so gay marriages can be allowed in the state of California.
I personally am indifferent about gay marriage, and if two males or females want to get married, let them – at the very least it helps the faltering economy of California.
I offered my support of $1 nothing more and nothing less. Was this generous? In this economy or any economy yes. People don’t hand out dollars and try to support any random cause on a daily basis.
This canvasser, saying that she could not accept anything less than an $8 cash donation or a monthly donation from my credit card, rejected my $1 donation. I’m not stupid, I wouldn’t give my credit card information out to anyone in the middle of the street for any cause!
Here, this girl was asking for a symbolic amount of money for the cause, and suggested that my friend and I pool together our money to make $8 and donate that. We politely declined and I offered a dollar AGAIN!
She declined the dollar and I left.
When there is a cause that you believe in and you need to raise money for it, you are going to take every penny that is offered to you! In this economy, with money as scarce as it is, people are turning down money?
I do not hope for Prop 8 to pass again, but I do hope people are now aware of the stupid people who are working to overturn Prop 8. I know that I am not an animal.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Rule of Settling
"Being your own worst critic," "Over-achieving," and "Never being satisfied are just some of the things that people answer when asked, "What is your worst character trait?"
These are all text-book answers to text-book questions that are asked in interviews for virtually anything. If you are answering truthfully, why not stay true to yourself when it comes to everything in life?
Settling on a mate for anything from a fling to a long term relationship is not something that anyone would recommend, but it is something that people do on a daily basis. The terrible choices that are made, are often made when nobody is watching, because we care what other people think so much. WHY DO PEOPLE CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK? People should be making better choices whether they are home alone or out in an amphitheater.
I have seen my friends become victims of their own bad judgment while also victimizing others. When I say "victimizing" I do not mean anything immoral or illegal I mean causing an unfortunate chain of events to unravel.
I might be on the theme of doing in what is best for one's self, but it is the most crucial theme in today's world. The economy has been destroyed by greed, but in a way that was not selfish. Now how is this possible? Isn't greed by definition selfish?
Greed is defined as excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves or avarice: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins.)
While heads of companies were taking risks with other people's money in order to acquire more wealth. The greed was not selfish in the way that it was SOLELY for one person's benefit, it was for a group of upper management and potentially their shareholders' benefit.
BACK TO MY POINT OF SETTLING.
When someone settles on a mate for any amount of time, he or she is harming themselves and not performing an action that is enhancing one's life. I truly believe that everything that I choose to do is enhancing my life at that point in time (hopefully with as few consequences as possible). The bottom line is that if you sell yourself short, you not only have not given yourself a fair shot at success, but you are also lowering future expectations that can and should be high.
If a guy settles on a girl (it works both ways), he is lowering his total utility. Even if the girl is a vehicle for a means to an end, one would rather use a nice car instead of a crappy car to get from point A to point B.
When you find yourself about to settle on anything, think twice and ask yourself the interview question.
Hopefully you will get the right answer.
If the answer is
These are all text-book answers to text-book questions that are asked in interviews for virtually anything. If you are answering truthfully, why not stay true to yourself when it comes to everything in life?
Settling on a mate for anything from a fling to a long term relationship is not something that anyone would recommend, but it is something that people do on a daily basis. The terrible choices that are made, are often made when nobody is watching, because we care what other people think so much. WHY DO PEOPLE CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK? People should be making better choices whether they are home alone or out in an amphitheater.
I have seen my friends become victims of their own bad judgment while also victimizing others. When I say "victimizing" I do not mean anything immoral or illegal I mean causing an unfortunate chain of events to unravel.
I might be on the theme of doing in what is best for one's self, but it is the most crucial theme in today's world. The economy has been destroyed by greed, but in a way that was not selfish. Now how is this possible? Isn't greed by definition selfish?
Greed is defined as excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves or avarice: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins.)
While heads of companies were taking risks with other people's money in order to acquire more wealth. The greed was not selfish in the way that it was SOLELY for one person's benefit, it was for a group of upper management and potentially their shareholders' benefit.
BACK TO MY POINT OF SETTLING.
When someone settles on a mate for any amount of time, he or she is harming themselves and not performing an action that is enhancing one's life. I truly believe that everything that I choose to do is enhancing my life at that point in time (hopefully with as few consequences as possible). The bottom line is that if you sell yourself short, you not only have not given yourself a fair shot at success, but you are also lowering future expectations that can and should be high.
If a guy settles on a girl (it works both ways), he is lowering his total utility. Even if the girl is a vehicle for a means to an end, one would rather use a nice car instead of a crappy car to get from point A to point B.
When you find yourself about to settle on anything, think twice and ask yourself the interview question.
Hopefully you will get the right answer.
If the answer is
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