What is Integrity? I looked it up in the dictionary:
in·teg·ri·ty
/ɪnˈtɛgrɪti/ Show Spelled[in-teg-ri-tee] Show IPA
–noun
1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
2. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.
3. a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the integrity of a ship's hull.
Fine. The real question is how much integrity does someone have. Surely no one has 100% integrity and no one is pure evil (not even W). I've decided you can see someone's integrity when they choose to do the "right" thing even when its hard and they have every incentive to do the wrong thing ...
Recently, I've been doing more management tasks. I came to the realization that one of my employees isn't progressing, but is doing enough to get by. I could easily do nothing and string them along doing my "bitch" work. They would probably do it for years without saying anything. However, this nagging voice kept whispering to me (if someone knows how to turn it off please let me know.). I ended up having the "hard talk" with them. Basically the kick them in the ass talk (I've also heard it referred to as the "come to jesus" talk. I don't really get the reference. it sounds cool.). Any way I think it was hard to have the talk, but it required more integrity than doing nothing. If thought it doesn't feel like it, I think that's a good thing. Right?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Its been a while ...
Its been a while since I posted. Well the biggest update is I'm married! ... And I'll tell you the best part of getting married is when its done because getting married is hard work. Everyone has a opinion and you quickly learn that the wedding isn't about your wife and you, its about your family. Ok I'm done complaining. It was a great day/week and I had a lot of fun!
Now if I can just find the time to post those wedding photos ...
Now if I can just find the time to post those wedding photos ...
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The EIP (Enemy Investment Play)
Today my girlfriend and I saw a movie called "Food" . The basics is that the big food industry is screwing the people and covering up the whole thing. Anyways I got into an argument with my girlfriend about investing in one of the companies in the movie. She thinks that if the company is bad then as an investor you should boycott the stock. After thinking about her argument I came up with another crazy plan, the EIP (Enemy Investment Plan) ...
I contend you should do the exact opposite. If I had an organization that was fighting some evil company, I would raise cash (to fund the operation) and invest in the firm I'm fighting. What! That's right. Sun Tzu teachings (wrote the Art of War) say you should "Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy".
By investing in your enemy, even if you lose a battle in the short-term and your enemy grows stronger, your organization profits and grows stronger in response. As your campaign succeeds your enemy grows weaker and your organization shrinks (a natural balance). If your enemy dies (or goes bankrupt in this case), your organization naturally shuts down. Too many times a noble cause doesn't have a life time that matches the injustice its fighting (think GM's labor unions). The heros live long enough to see themselves become the villain.
Imagine if Peta employed the EIP and had a member sitting on the board of a meat packing company. The havoc they could cause!
I contend you should do the exact opposite. If I had an organization that was fighting some evil company, I would raise cash (to fund the operation) and invest in the firm I'm fighting. What! That's right. Sun Tzu teachings (wrote the Art of War) say you should "Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy".
By investing in your enemy, even if you lose a battle in the short-term and your enemy grows stronger, your organization profits and grows stronger in response. As your campaign succeeds your enemy grows weaker and your organization shrinks (a natural balance). If your enemy dies (or goes bankrupt in this case), your organization naturally shuts down. Too many times a noble cause doesn't have a life time that matches the injustice its fighting (think GM's labor unions). The heros live long enough to see themselves become the villain.
Imagine if Peta employed the EIP and had a member sitting on the board of a meat packing company. The havoc they could cause!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
New blog ...
I started a new blog that is purely about financial stuff. I don't update it much, but just a FYI ...
chicken cents
chicken cents
Monday, February 4, 2008
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Chengster photo
This is sweet. If you get a chance head over to Cheng's flickr and check out his pictures from China!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Self fulling prophecies
Self fulling prophecies are all around us. I find it very interesting how easy it is to create one. For example, our group admin put a table out where people could put goodies (like cookies) to share with everyone. I first thought that there was no way this was going to work. However, I was wrong.
The table of goodies is a self fulling prophecies. She started out by putting a few goodies out there. They looked good and tempting, so people walking by ate them. However, these people started feeling guilty (I'm guessing) and brought goodies to put on the table. The cycle continued. Now the table is covered in goodies!
I've learned that all you need to create a landslide effect is:
1. a simple strategy (the good table).
2. advertising (the email telling everyone what the table was).
3. some initial startup fuel (the first batch of goodies).
The table of goodies is a self fulling prophecies. She started out by putting a few goodies out there. They looked good and tempting, so people walking by ate them. However, these people started feeling guilty (I'm guessing) and brought goodies to put on the table. The cycle continued. Now the table is covered in goodies!
I've learned that all you need to create a landslide effect is:
1. a simple strategy (the good table).
2. advertising (the email telling everyone what the table was).
3. some initial startup fuel (the first batch of goodies).
Friday, December 8, 2006
San Francisco
Went to SF and it was great. The highlights include going to an amazing sushi place with Stephen and Grace, Muir Woods, Hot Chocolate at Ghiradeli, Wine Tasting, and Alcatraz.
Contractions!?
food for thought ...
The phrase "you are not" can either be contracted "you're not" or "you aren't". How come no one ever contracts it "you'ren't"? Seems to work to me.
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