Zero Dean's Blog, page 21
October 4, 2019
Alternative facts
If it isn’t based on facts, or you have to distort the truth, spin information, cherry pick, or make up your own “facts” so they’re congruent with your existing world view, that’s called bullshit. And – Bullshit is still bullshit regardless of the number of people who believe it.
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October 3, 2019
The spin cycle
That awkward moment you’re in a laundromat and one of the washers near you goes into the spin cycle…
And it sounds similar to a jet preparing for take off…
And everything starts shaking…
And you look out the window and you’re at 35,000 feet.
OK, well, except for that last bit, it’s all true!
Repeat after me
Repeat after me:
I am going to make it through this day.
I’m going to make it through this week.
I’m going to make it through this month.
I’m going to make it through this year.
I’m going to make it.
I’m going to make it.
I’m going to make it.
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October 2, 2019
When it’s good
The response you get to something isn’t always an accurate measure of its value. If you’re proud of work you’ve done and think it’s good, you don’t need people to tell you it’s good to know that it is.
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The games people play
To some people, being disagreeable is just a game.
No it isn’t.
Yes it is.
No it isn’t!
GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!
October 1, 2019
Zero plus one – this is how it’s done
You start at zero and you add one.
And then you add another.
This is how it’s done.
Zero steps of a journey you want to take.
Zero miles you want to run.
Zero things you want to make.
Zero things you want to do for fun.
You start at zero and you add one.
And then you add another.
This is how it’s done.
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Applying yourself
People often demonstrate their suitability for a job by the amount of effort & enthusiasm they invest to get it.
If you put in a minimal amount of effort to get a job, expect a minimal amount of results.
Never underestimate the power of a well written cover letter. Your cover letter is one place where what you say and how you say it can make you to stand out more than applicants who have more experience or better qualifications. Because, it’s easier to train people to do a job tha...
September 30, 2019
Picture this
That awkward moment you take a picture of a picture and your picture of the picture is better than the picture you took a picture of.
True story.
Life is a journey
Life is a journey. It’s hard to accurately assess where you are when your present vantage point doesn’t allow you to see the progress you’ve made or provide a glimpse of the good things yet to come. When you don’t like the view, keep climbing.
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Following footsteps
Comparing your journey to someone else’s or trying to follow someone else’s footsteps to get to where they got – only to end up with different results – is often extremely discouraging.
Understand that you can follow someone else’s path and still not end up where they did because you are not them – your life experiences are not the same, your resources are not the same, the timing of your progress is not the same, and the possibilities that existed for them are not the same...
