Remember competition?

Sports Day where if you sucked, you got no ribbons?

Preparuing you for the adult world you'll be in one dsya, whjere nobody casres a whit about your inherent inabilities.

Get the job done or you're out.

So many young people chose a life of welfare now. I wonder if partof it is they refuse to compete in applying for jobs, as you need to somehow be better than everyone else lined up fot hgat job (typically 100+ per opening) & prove it.

I know I am, because I only apply when I am & will be the absolute best of those 100+ (200+ for the higher level jobs, as Im focusing more on now, as I'm too old to start from the bottom & work up now)

I try to styay with jobs where I'm interviewed by an owner or partner. They will know, in minutres of interview time that I "get it," & will be an asset &, especially, a rainmaker for them.

Tough going as I only get through to lower or middle managers for the jobs I try for (ones with a company I won't worry anbout their ability to consistently pay me in full & on time, while I'm bringing their cashflow up to speed.)

Why is our eduycational system so hosdtile to healthy competition?

Let the kid who loses the race cry it out if s/he wants to, & let the winners et their due ribbons/etc. YES, success begets rewards, & every child needs to know this long before entering the workforce.

My wife gets mad when I won't praise nt son for doing a half-ass job on something he had the ability to do better, butt I intend to stand my ground on t his one.

My dad, likewise, didn't go for false praise. If I got praised, I knew it was worth something!

& I'm sick of this "say sorry" philosophy. Bettert yhey should underrstrand why what they did was wrong & how it negatively affected others, & their view of them for it.

You want me to say you're forgiven? Help me know you're actually regretful & how you'll take steps to ensure it won't be repeated.

As my dag would say "I may be dumb, but Iu'm not stupid."; I asked him how that can bem, as vstupid & dumb are synonyms.

He explained, "If I do something once, I might smack my forehead & go, "Boy that was dumb." but if I continue doing it instead of learning how not to, that's just plain STUPID."

My boss knows & trusts that I dno't make the same mistake twice.

I once, in his reckoning, put an $8 million dollar contract at risk. He sat me down & asked me ow he could possibly recoup any amount of that lost revenue & led me to answering, "I guess with my wages?" (as in I'd be 'let go'

We didn't lose the contract, & I've since brought in far more money than that, but I've never repeated that error.

It was what he considered a "common sense" item, but not having worked international business communications before, it wasn't so for me.

But, hey, the boss is always right. (took the detour to get to it this time, but I got there)

Bottom l.ine ids the media & wishy washy fearful parents are making our children into quivering globs of barely mobile jelly, instead of strong, self- sufficient, future model citizens.

My stubbornness led mne to leave home when I was 12, never to return, & embark on a lifetime of adventuring in a short(10 years) period of time

I learned so much about people & the world in that time.

Still learning, but, sadly, my elders are dropping off like flies. . . :'(

Luckily many have left their wisdom & experience in books I can read. Plus my peers now are of an older & wiser set than when I was younger, so not as useless to mne as they once were.

I put people off in having contraband ideas (as above) but oh well, that just quickly weeds out those I'm not interested in long &/or multiple discussions with.

So how can we bring back the good concepts of teach kids to actually BE prepared for a hard & hostile adult world, not to sit down & whine, but to find another path(& they're always available) to their goal?

There are NO PROBLEMS. Only interesting & creative solutions.

As my dad always said: You have a brain; Use it!


Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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