In all realms of human endeavor/existence THERE ARE CERTAIN UNIVERSALLY INFALLIBLE IDEALS, VALUES, TRUTHS, PRINCIPLES & STANDARDS THAT ARE TIMELESS & ETERNAL IN THE LOGIC, INSIGHT & KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR PROFOUND WORDS OF WISDOM IMPART TO THE HUMAN RACE. They are unique in the universe in that they transgress time, space, race, creed, color, religions, cultures, gender, sexual preference and all other areas of human endeavor.
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Over the last several decades I have gleaned and culled several dozen
parables, precepts, platitudes, axioms, insights, adages, truisms, sayings, quotations
and other general observations from the thousands that I have encountered during
that time period(some of which, when I felt it appropriate, I took the liberty
to update &/or paraphrase to make them adaptable to modern times)all of whose basic premise's are based on the ideals/values/truths/principles/standards alluded to above.
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Although many of these adages/axioms/quotations, etc. may seem blatantly obvious and others laughingly simple on the surface, the proper 'discernment' will show that they
contain within the much deeper meaning that they are meant to impart, certain
profound 'words of wisdom', that are universally TIMELESS, ETERNAL &
INFALLIBLE in all areas of human endeavor, and thus, IF HEEDED TO THE MAXIMUM & STEADFASTLY ADHERED TO, WILL VIRTUALLY GUARANTEE THE SUCCESS OF ANYTHING THAT IS BASED ON THEM!!!!!
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THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN TIMELESS, ETERNAL & IRREFUTABLE TRUTHS & PRINCIPLES that are an integral part of the potential success of EVERYTHING on this website:
never do or say anything to anyone that you wouldn't want said or done to you.
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you can't judge a book by it's cover.
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there are none so blind or deaf as those who WILL NOT see or hear.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------the pen is mightier than the sword.
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a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.
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GREED, in it's many direct and indirect forms and guises, is the single factor that causes most of the problems in this world.
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something that is disintegrating on the inside may appear to be perfectly normal on the outside.
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boredom is the silent, invisible 'enemy' of all humanity.
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in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king.
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if you GIVE someone a fish and you feed them for a day, but if you TEACH someone to fish you feed them for a lifetime.
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anything in existence that 'is the way it is' because it is that way, IS STILL THAT WAY, regardless of whether or not it is liked, recognized or accepted by anyone as being that way.
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The biggest of potential business ventures could easily get it's start from nothing more than a brief simple description of the basic premise/concept upon which it &/or it's projected usage is based.
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When something big of an unexpected nature happens that nobody could have predicted, anything/everything that might effect that something in any significant manner, must be re-evaluated!!!
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Nothing can be definitively evaluated unless/until EVERY unclear aspect of the 'discussion' in question has a universally accepted DEFINITION!!!
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There are SOME THINGS in any given 'argument' that ARE NOT open to 'NEGOTIATION'.
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any functioning thing in existence, regardless of how big or complicated it may be, can be damaged, neutralized or destroyed altogether with the simple addition or subtraction of anyone of a number of key factors/components as small or uncomplicated as they may be.
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he who knows not, but knows not that he knows not, will find the road to success long and hard indeed, WHEREAS he who knows not, but knows that he knows not, he has one of the key traits needed to succeed.
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the most difficult of things to do are simple if you know how to do them, WHEREAS the simplest of things to do are difficult if you don't know how to do them.
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the basic concept/premise upon which even the most complicated of things in human existence are based, can be adequately explained to the average person if it is done so in terms of an easily understandable ANALOGY that has been properly 'adjusted' to definitively illustrate and properly equate the basic similarity and/or relationship that the two have in common with each other.
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the value of the vast and varied amount of KNOWLEDGE & TECHNOLOGY that exists in the world today would greatly increase, if, through the proper discernment, the basic premise/concept upon which each is based were 'adjusted' in some way, shape, manner or form so that they could be successfully applied, adapted, utilized, implemented or otherwise 'redirected' to achieve the same degree of success/advancement in as many possible areas of endeavor OTHER THAN THOSE from which they have already proved their worth in &/or those that they would normally be used in or associated with.
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the documentation of the proper and definitive discernment of which human physical/mental/psychological wants/needs/likes/traits/feelings/emotions/etc that 90 plus percentage of all human beings share/have in common with each other, will form a large/permanent source/foundation of knowledge that can be used for a virtually unlimited number of opportunities/ possibilities in every realm of human endeavor.
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the only thing necessary for evil to triumph in this world is for the good/honest people in society to do nothing to try and stop it.
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the quick implementation--and the accompanying necessary authorization/enforcement--of everything that could be accomplished through the proper use of CROUD SOURCING to it's absolute full potential, could, in 2 or 3 generations, advance society to within an arms length of reaching the absolute pinnacle of human evolution/development.
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in order to take full advantage of something you must be fully aware of everything that is known about it.
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a positive action taken/executed at the wrong time &/or in the improper order/sequence can sometimes have dire consequences.
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without a basic knowledge/understanding of something you can be rather easily made to believe almost anything about it.
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having the proper 'tools' for a given job/task not only saves time, effort and money but also can determine how well the job is done, as well as keeping the person doing the job in a much better 'mood'.
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ignoring a problem not only leaves it unsolved, but also provides it with additional time to get worse.
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the wasteful pursuit of DUPLICATING FROM SCRATCH something/anything that in some way, shape, manner or form, already exists somewhere in the world, is holding all sectors of society back in it's eternal quest for 'a better world'.
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it takes substantially more time, effort and money to create, repair, maintain or clean something than it does to destroy, damage, neglect or dirty it.
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one of the key things responsible for the success of anything is the quality and extent of how well it is 'marketed'.
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there are virtually no limitations to the good that can be accomplished in the world if the AWESOME POWER AND EXTREME 'FLEXIBILITY' OF THE HUMAN INTELLECT were allowed to flourish unabated so that in it's many direct, indirect and ripple-down forms and guises, the full potential of it's unlimited capabilities could be realized and exploited to the maximum for the timeless and eternal benefit of all humanity!!!
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the basic concept/premise upon which even the most complicated of things in human existence are based can be adequately explained to the average person if it is done so in terms of an easily understandable ANALOGY that has been properly 'adjusted' to definitively illustrate and properly equate the basic similarity and/or relationship that the two have in common with each other.
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inefficiency in the workplace would decrease dramatically if WASTED MOTION, in it's many direct and indirect forms and guises, were eliminated to the very realistic point that is easily/readily attainable within the limits of just existing knowledge and technology.
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If 'THE POWERS THAT BE' would simply step aside and 'leave us be', in the relatively short time span of a generation or two, WE, collectively, as THE FAMILY OF MAN, via the AWESOME power of 'the wisdom of the crowds', through the proper combining and integration of our accumulative knowledge, wisdom, talent, etc. are capable of achieving a realistically 'Utopian' society. This will be possible because the amount and degree of knowledge and technology that mankind presently possesses is more than adequate enough to successfully address the obstacles that need to be overcome in order for us to achieve that kind of a society, as most of those obstacles PALE IN COMPARISON when considered in light of the almost insurmountable ones that were successfully overcome in order to provide society with all of the technological wonders that it enjoys today.
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THE BIRTH/DAWNING OF THE 'COMPUTER AGE' OPENED UP UNPRECEDENTED AND VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES FOR THE HUMAN RACE WITH THE 'SPAWNING' OF THE INTERNET. THE POTENTIAL OF THE AWESOME AND VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED CAPABILITIES OF THE PROPER COMBINING AND UTILIZATION OF BOTH 'CROWD SOURCING' AND THE INTERNET PROVIDES SOCIETY WITH SOMETHING BRAND NEW IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE BY ALLOWING ME/YOU/ US/WE, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO THE UNLIMITED BENEFITS OF THE GREATEST HUMAN RESOURCE IN THE HISTORY THE WORLD, WHICH IS OF COURSE, THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF THE HUMAN MIND, WHICH MANIFESTS ITSELF IN A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT WAYS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE LIMITLESS SUPPLY OF GOOD IDEAS, IN EVERY REALM IMAGINABLE, THAT EXISTS IN THE HEARTS, MINDS AND IMAGINATIONS OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 'COMMON PEOPLE' THE WORLD OVER.
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THE FOLLOWING METHOD/PROCEDURE, IF FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER, WILL PROVIDE THE BEST DEFINITIVE DETERMINATION OF THE EXACT NATURE OF ANY PROBLEM/SITUATION AND WILL THEN LEAD TO THE BEST OF ALL PRESENTLY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO IT:
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first of all, EVERYTHING(within reason)that's ever been written/recorded about this subject needs to be gathered together in one place. Then EVERY SINGLE point on EVERY side of the 'argument' must be debated and then continuously examined and cross-examined by ALL sides(using only DEFINITIVE facts, figures, studies, statistics and other collaborating proof/evidence obtained from universally recognized AUTHORITATIVE sources only)until THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTION LEFT unanswered with regard to EVERY SINGLE POINT on all sides of the argument!!
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PROBLEMS in all sectors of society are, on the one side, caused by certain things, and on the other side result in a lot of negativity in a variety of different ways. All to many solutions to problems end up addressing the negative results of these problems, as opposed to what it is that is causing the problems in the first place.
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the following 'method' of finding the solutions to problems will not only produce the best of all possible solutions to the problems in question( that are feasibly possible within the limits of existing knowledge and technology ), but will give you a perfect overall view of the entire problem/solution picture as far as knowing where each new solution stands relative to it's eventual 'final' solution!!
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instead of advancing forward from the existing solution to any problem, instead retreat backwards from the ABSOLUTELY BEST OF ALL possible solutions to that problem IF ANYTHING AT ALL WERE POSSIBLE (no matter how impossible or far fetched it may seem) until you meet the solution to it that, within the limits of existing knowledge and technology, is the most feasible one that will work.
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THE MANAGEMENT TEAM that is in charge of making a success of any given venture is the singularly most important 'element' in determining it's success or failure--and just how successful it becomes is, in turn, directly proportional to both the amount and degree of original 'out-of-the-box' type of entrepreneurial expertise that is possessed/exhibited by that team, AS WELL AS their ability to properly discern which parts/aspects of the prevailing status-quo that may affect their particular venture in any way whatsoever, will no longer be accepted/held up by them as the unquestioned standard by which the who, what, where, when and why of how they are going to do things in the future to insure it's success.
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THE FINITE 26 letters of our alphabet have, over the millennia, formed hundreds of thousands of words and phrases to create the English language, and still today continue to form 'new' words and phrases with every passing year. These new words and phrases however, are in reality only 'new' in the sense that none of the 26 finite letters of our alphabet have ever before been 'arranged/put together' in the exact way that they are, in order to form these new words and phrases.
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IN MUCH THE SAME WAY, ALL 'NEW' BUSINESS STARTUP VENTURES that don't utilize any new or untested technology to make them fully'functional', ARE ONLY 'NEW' in the sense that the various 'components' that make them up(like the letters of our alphabet)--which have been successfully used billions of times in creating every single 'man made' thing in existence--simply have never before been 'put together' in exactly the particular way/shape/manner/form that they are now being combined in order TO FORM/CREATE THE PARTICULAR 'NEW' STARTUP VENTURE IN QUESTION!!!
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In light of the above, simple common sense will show that ALL business ventures that don't require any new/untested technology to make them fully functional can be successfully started and operated with people who are qualified in whatever number and type of 'skill sets' that are necessary to make it fully functional(in most cases it is easily determined exactly what 'skill sets' are needed).
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THEREFORE IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT A 'TEAM' COMPRISED OF FULLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO 'TIES' TO THE VENTURE THAT THEY WILL BECOME A TEAM MEMBER OF(but are eager and passionate about it) HAVE JUST AS GOOD OF A CHANCE OF MAKING A SUCCESS OUT OF THAT VENTURE AS WILL A 'TEAM' COMPRISED OF ITS 'FOUNDERS', WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE AS QUALIFIED IN THOSE MANDATORY 'SKILL SETS' AS THAT 'HAND PICKED' TEAM ARE!!!
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if a company is going to survive, remain competitive and continue to proliferate in the harsh and uncertain environment of today’s ever-changing global economy, they must at all times be consciously aware of the following three 'company killers' of APATHY, COMPLACENCY AND UNAWARENESS, that must, in their many direct, indirect and ripple-down forms and guises, be avoided like the plague--not to do so can & will have devastating effects.
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an absolute must for any company of today to stay on top is to have it be an integral part of their 'business model' to be consciously aware of the importance of being constantly vigilant to the subtle and ever changing social/political/economic 'landscape' and be able, at a moments notice', to adjust/change their company's direction to adapt to & accommodate these changes.
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if a company wants to separate itself from its competition and remain at the forefront of its industry, it must always be properly, carefully and thoroughly searching out and implementing/combining ALL OF THE INNOVATIVE COST & LABOR SAVING MEASURES with other SALES PRODUCING AND ENHANCING METHODS from across the entire spectrum of all business ‘disciplines’. Additionally, it must always be on the lookout from across the entire spectrum of the business world for ANYTHING from which the premise, concept or principle upon which they are based can be successfully ‘adjusted’, adapted and then ‘transferred’ for successful utilization in other areas that may be of interest/benefit to them.
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the potential value/worth of an 'idea' is neither diminished or enhanced simply because the person who thought of it, FOR WHATEVER REASON, can't/won't/doesn't bring it to successful fruition.
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just because something hasn't been done as yet, doesn't mean that it can't be done.
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just because something is being done a certain way doesn't in any way whatsoever mean that it can't be done better by doing it a different way.
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-in most instances "a penny saved is a penny earned"--actually because it's savings and not income, it's actually worth more than a penny earned because you don't have to pay any taxes on it.
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there is virtually NOTHING on earth that can't be 'recycled' in someway/shape/manner/form.
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the potential worth/benefit of an 'idea' for something/anything is in no way diminished or enhanced simply because the person who first thought of it doesn't have the necessary skill/ability/expertise to make it a success.
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there are literally millions of people out there who have potentially good ‘ideas’ for promising new products / services / businesses in every realm of human endeavor but PERSONALLY lack the qualities / attributes / expertise to make them a success.
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there is vast pool of eager, hungry ‘entrepreneurs’ out there, who, although they might not be able to come up with a good ‘idea’ for anything if their life depended on it, do have, collectively among them, every skill, trait, ability, talent, attribute characteristic or other expertise that it would take to bring to successful fruition any kind of an ‘idea’ that anyone could possibly come up with in any realm of human endeavor whatsoever.
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it isn't necessary for the skill, ability, expertise or knowledge that is needed to accomplish something/ANYTHING, to be in the actual 'possession' of the one who is trying to accomplish that something, just as long as they are both aware of which of these attributes will be necessary to successfully get the job done and then know how they can best be used to do so, and then have at their disposal those people who do actually possess those needed attributes.
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one of the largest, and yet for the most part, virtually untapped source of human potential in the world is in the form of the limitless supply of GOOD IDEAS IN EVERY REALM IMAGINABLE, that exists in the hearts, minds and imaginations of millions of normal, average people in this country/world.
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the wasteful pursuit of DUPLICATING FROM SCRATCH, something/anything that in some way, shape, manner or form, already exists somewhere in the world, is setting society back by decades in it's quest for a better world.
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in those instances where the basic 'structure' of something/anything hasn't as yet reached any advanced stages of deterioration and it's basic foundation is still 'rock solid', it makes a lot more sense and requires substantially less time, effort and money to repair that 'entity' as opposed to rebuilding it.
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it takes substantially more time, effort and money to create, repair, maintain or clean something than it does to destroy, damage, neglect or dirty it.
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IF YOUR UNHAPPY OR DISSATISFIED WITH ANY OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ON US BY SOCIETY/THE POWERS THAT BE, OR IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE SOME SOCIAL WRONGS, INJUSTICES, INEQUALITIES OR SHORTCOMINGS THAT ARE IN NEED OF 'RIGHTING', THEN BY ALL MEANS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EXERCISE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO WORK AS DILIGENTLY AS YOU CAN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY TO TRY AND CHANGE THESE LAWS OR RIGHT THESE WRONGS
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IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE TRAIT IN THE NATURE OF MAN, AS WELL AS IT IS IN ALL OF HIS RELATED ACTIVITIES AND ENDEAVORS, THAT ON THE SURFACE IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY IS BEING WASTED ON 'THINGS' THAT ARE BUILT/BASED ON A FAULTY FOUNDATION OR FALSE PREMISE.
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PROGRESS IN ALL SECTORS OF BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS OF SOCIETY IS BEING STIFFLED BECAUSE FACTS/FIGURES/STATISTICS ARE TOO OFTEN 'PULLED RIGHT OUT OF THIN AIR' BY BOTH SIDES OF A GIVEN 'ARGUMENT' WITHOUT ANY KIND OF DEFINITIVE SUBSTANTIATION OF THEIR VALIDITY.
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ONE OF THE KEY THINGS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF ANYTHING IS THE QUALITY AND EXTENT OF HOW IT IS 'MARKETED'.
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THE VAST STOREHOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY THAT MANKIND HAS ACCUMULATED OVER THE MILLENNIA AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM AND 'EXPERIENCE' OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD--ALL OF WHICH CONTINUES TO PROLIFERATE BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH EVERY PASSING GENERATION--HAS NEVER BEEN COLLECTED/ITEMIZED/CLASSIFIED/CATAGORIZED/COMPUTERIZED IN ANYTHING CLOSE TO AN ACCEPTABLE MANNER GIVEN OUR MODERN DAY CAPABILITIES IN THAT REGARD. TO BE COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL THIS MUST BE DONE IN A WAY THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE UNLIMITED CROSS-REFERENCING OF ALL ENTRIES SO THAT WHENEVER POSSIBLE THEY CAN BE ADJUSTED, ADAPTED/IMPLEMENTED/UTILIZED IN AREAS OF ENDEAVOR OTHER THAN THOSE FROM WHICH THEY ORIGINATED OR WERE PRIMARILY INTENDED.
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PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE WOULD INCREASE DRAMATICALLY IF ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL 'STEPS' IN THAT ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ALL THE VARIOUS JOBS/POSITIONS IN THE WORKPLACE WERE CHARTED AS TO THEIR RELATIVE LEVEL OF SKILL/ABILITY/KNOWLEDGE AND THEN ALL 'JOB DESCRIPTIONS' WERE RE-ARRANGED SO THAT ALL OF THE 'WORK' DONE WITHIN EACH 'JOB DESCRIPTION' REQUIRED APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ECHELON LEVEL OF COMPETENCE.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMBER/COLOR/CONFIGURATION/POSITION/DENSITY CODING (OR ANY/ALL COMBINATIONS THEREOF), AS WELL AS THE USE OF MODULES/'MODULES INSIDE OF MODULES' WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE SOLUTION FOR MANY PROBLEMS.
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UNTOLD AMOUNTS OF TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY IS BEING WASTED EACH YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY IN A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO PERPETUATE THE FAILED SOLUTIONS TO MANY OF IT'S PROBLEMS.
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NOTHING IN THE REALM OF HUMAN EXISTENCE/ENDEAVOR SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTED AS FACTUAL UNTIL IT'S AUTHENTICITY HAS BEEN DEFINITIVELY VERIFIED BY 'PEER REVIEWED' SOURCES.
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"THE MOST VALUABLE OF 'THINGS' IN ANY AREA OF HUMAN EXISTENCE IS, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, 'WORTHLESS', IF IT'S EXISTENCE ISN'T KNOWN TO ENOUGH PEOPLE"!!
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If you have created a business that can offer a product/service that is better and less expensive than it can be purchased anywhere else in the world, BUT HAVE FAILED AT THE SAME TIME to create an equally innovative way to let the whole world learn of its existence, you have done nothing but manage to spend a lot of time, effort and money creating a business that has immense POTENTIAL value, BUT THAT IS, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, PRESENTLY WORTH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
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a small part of SOMETHING is better than 100 % of NOTHING!!!!!!
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a smaller 'equity position' in a successful company is better than a 100 % 'equity position' in a failed or non existent company.
.
Over the last several decades I have gleaned and culled several dozen
parables, precepts, platitudes, axioms, insights, adages, truisms, sayings, quotations
and other general observations from the thousands that I have encountered during
that time period(some of which, when I felt it appropriate, I took the liberty
to update &/or paraphrase to make them adaptable to modern times)all of whose basic premise's are based on the ideals/values/truths/principles/standards alluded to above.
.
Although many of these adages/axioms/quotations, etc. may seem blatantly obvious and others laughingly simple on the surface, the proper 'discernment' will show that they
contain within the much deeper meaning that they are meant to impart, certain
profound 'words of wisdom', that are universally TIMELESS, ETERNAL &
INFALLIBLE in all areas of human endeavor, and thus, IF HEEDED TO THE MAXIMUM & STEADFASTLY ADHERED TO, WILL VIRTUALLY GUARANTEE THE SUCCESS OF ANYTHING THAT IS BASED ON THEM!!!!!
.
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THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN TIMELESS, ETERNAL & IRREFUTABLE TRUTHS & PRINCIPLES that are an integral part of the potential success of EVERYTHING on this website:
never do or say anything to anyone that you wouldn't want said or done to you.
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you can't judge a book by it's cover.
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there are none so blind or deaf as those who WILL NOT see or hear.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------the pen is mightier than the sword.
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a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.
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GREED, in it's many direct and indirect forms and guises, is the single factor that causes most of the problems in this world.
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something that is disintegrating on the inside may appear to be perfectly normal on the outside.
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boredom is the silent, invisible 'enemy' of all humanity.
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in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king.
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if you GIVE someone a fish and you feed them for a day, but if you TEACH someone to fish you feed them for a lifetime.
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anything in existence that 'is the way it is' because it is that way, IS STILL THAT WAY, regardless of whether or not it is liked, recognized or accepted by anyone as being that way.
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The biggest of potential business ventures could easily get it's start from nothing more than a brief simple description of the basic premise/concept upon which it &/or it's projected usage is based.
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When something big of an unexpected nature happens that nobody could have predicted, anything/everything that might effect that something in any significant manner, must be re-evaluated!!!
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Nothing can be definitively evaluated unless/until EVERY unclear aspect of the 'discussion' in question has a universally accepted DEFINITION!!!
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There are SOME THINGS in any given 'argument' that ARE NOT open to 'NEGOTIATION'.
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any functioning thing in existence, regardless of how big or complicated it may be, can be damaged, neutralized or destroyed altogether with the simple addition or subtraction of anyone of a number of key factors/components as small or uncomplicated as they may be.
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he who knows not, but knows not that he knows not, will find the road to success long and hard indeed, WHEREAS he who knows not, but knows that he knows not, he has one of the key traits needed to succeed.
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the most difficult of things to do are simple if you know how to do them, WHEREAS the simplest of things to do are difficult if you don't know how to do them.
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the basic concept/premise upon which even the most complicated of things in human existence are based, can be adequately explained to the average person if it is done so in terms of an easily understandable ANALOGY that has been properly 'adjusted' to definitively illustrate and properly equate the basic similarity and/or relationship that the two have in common with each other.
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the value of the vast and varied amount of KNOWLEDGE & TECHNOLOGY that exists in the world today would greatly increase, if, through the proper discernment, the basic premise/concept upon which each is based were 'adjusted' in some way, shape, manner or form so that they could be successfully applied, adapted, utilized, implemented or otherwise 'redirected' to achieve the same degree of success/advancement in as many possible areas of endeavor OTHER THAN THOSE from which they have already proved their worth in &/or those that they would normally be used in or associated with.
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the documentation of the proper and definitive discernment of which human physical/mental/psychological wants/needs/likes/traits/feelings/emotions/etc that 90 plus percentage of all human beings share/have in common with each other, will form a large/permanent source/foundation of knowledge that can be used for a virtually unlimited number of opportunities/ possibilities in every realm of human endeavor.
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the only thing necessary for evil to triumph in this world is for the good/honest people in society to do nothing to try and stop it.
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the quick implementation--and the accompanying necessary authorization/enforcement--of everything that could be accomplished through the proper use of CROUD SOURCING to it's absolute full potential, could, in 2 or 3 generations, advance society to within an arms length of reaching the absolute pinnacle of human evolution/development.
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in order to take full advantage of something you must be fully aware of everything that is known about it.
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a positive action taken/executed at the wrong time &/or in the improper order/sequence can sometimes have dire consequences.
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without a basic knowledge/understanding of something you can be rather easily made to believe almost anything about it.
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having the proper 'tools' for a given job/task not only saves time, effort and money but also can determine how well the job is done, as well as keeping the person doing the job in a much better 'mood'.
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ignoring a problem not only leaves it unsolved, but also provides it with additional time to get worse.
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the wasteful pursuit of DUPLICATING FROM SCRATCH something/anything that in some way, shape, manner or form, already exists somewhere in the world, is holding all sectors of society back in it's eternal quest for 'a better world'.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
it takes substantially more time, effort and money to create, repair, maintain or clean something than it does to destroy, damage, neglect or dirty it.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
one of the key things responsible for the success of anything is the quality and extent of how well it is 'marketed'.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
there are virtually no limitations to the good that can be accomplished in the world if the AWESOME POWER AND EXTREME 'FLEXIBILITY' OF THE HUMAN INTELLECT were allowed to flourish unabated so that in it's many direct, indirect and ripple-down forms and guises, the full potential of it's unlimited capabilities could be realized and exploited to the maximum for the timeless and eternal benefit of all humanity!!!
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the basic concept/premise upon which even the most complicated of things in human existence are based can be adequately explained to the average person if it is done so in terms of an easily understandable ANALOGY that has been properly 'adjusted' to definitively illustrate and properly equate the basic similarity and/or relationship that the two have in common with each other.
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inefficiency in the workplace would decrease dramatically if WASTED MOTION, in it's many direct and indirect forms and guises, were eliminated to the very realistic point that is easily/readily attainable within the limits of just existing knowledge and technology.
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If 'THE POWERS THAT BE' would simply step aside and 'leave us be', in the relatively short time span of a generation or two, WE, collectively, as THE FAMILY OF MAN, via the AWESOME power of 'the wisdom of the crowds', through the proper combining and integration of our accumulative knowledge, wisdom, talent, etc. are capable of achieving a realistically 'Utopian' society. This will be possible because the amount and degree of knowledge and technology that mankind presently possesses is more than adequate enough to successfully address the obstacles that need to be overcome in order for us to achieve that kind of a society, as most of those obstacles PALE IN COMPARISON when considered in light of the almost insurmountable ones that were successfully overcome in order to provide society with all of the technological wonders that it enjoys today.
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THE BIRTH/DAWNING OF THE 'COMPUTER AGE' OPENED UP UNPRECEDENTED AND VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES FOR THE HUMAN RACE WITH THE 'SPAWNING' OF THE INTERNET. THE POTENTIAL OF THE AWESOME AND VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED CAPABILITIES OF THE PROPER COMBINING AND UTILIZATION OF BOTH 'CROWD SOURCING' AND THE INTERNET PROVIDES SOCIETY WITH SOMETHING BRAND NEW IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE BY ALLOWING ME/YOU/ US/WE, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO THE UNLIMITED BENEFITS OF THE GREATEST HUMAN RESOURCE IN THE HISTORY THE WORLD, WHICH IS OF COURSE, THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF THE HUMAN MIND, WHICH MANIFESTS ITSELF IN A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT WAYS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE LIMITLESS SUPPLY OF GOOD IDEAS, IN EVERY REALM IMAGINABLE, THAT EXISTS IN THE HEARTS, MINDS AND IMAGINATIONS OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 'COMMON PEOPLE' THE WORLD OVER.
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THE FOLLOWING METHOD/PROCEDURE, IF FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER, WILL PROVIDE THE BEST DEFINITIVE DETERMINATION OF THE EXACT NATURE OF ANY PROBLEM/SITUATION AND WILL THEN LEAD TO THE BEST OF ALL PRESENTLY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO IT:
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first of all, EVERYTHING(within reason)that's ever been written/recorded about this subject needs to be gathered together in one place. Then EVERY SINGLE point on EVERY side of the 'argument' must be debated and then continuously examined and cross-examined by ALL sides(using only DEFINITIVE facts, figures, studies, statistics and other collaborating proof/evidence obtained from universally recognized AUTHORITATIVE sources only)until THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTION LEFT unanswered with regard to EVERY SINGLE POINT on all sides of the argument!!
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PROBLEMS in all sectors of society are, on the one side, caused by certain things, and on the other side result in a lot of negativity in a variety of different ways. All to many solutions to problems end up addressing the negative results of these problems, as opposed to what it is that is causing the problems in the first place.
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the following 'method' of finding the solutions to problems will not only produce the best of all possible solutions to the problems in question( that are feasibly possible within the limits of existing knowledge and technology ), but will give you a perfect overall view of the entire problem/solution picture as far as knowing where each new solution stands relative to it's eventual 'final' solution!!
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instead of advancing forward from the existing solution to any problem, instead retreat backwards from the ABSOLUTELY BEST OF ALL possible solutions to that problem IF ANYTHING AT ALL WERE POSSIBLE (no matter how impossible or far fetched it may seem) until you meet the solution to it that, within the limits of existing knowledge and technology, is the most feasible one that will work.
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THE MANAGEMENT TEAM that is in charge of making a success of any given venture is the singularly most important 'element' in determining it's success or failure--and just how successful it becomes is, in turn, directly proportional to both the amount and degree of original 'out-of-the-box' type of entrepreneurial expertise that is possessed/exhibited by that team, AS WELL AS their ability to properly discern which parts/aspects of the prevailing status-quo that may affect their particular venture in any way whatsoever, will no longer be accepted/held up by them as the unquestioned standard by which the who, what, where, when and why of how they are going to do things in the future to insure it's success.
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THE FINITE 26 letters of our alphabet have, over the millennia, formed hundreds of thousands of words and phrases to create the English language, and still today continue to form 'new' words and phrases with every passing year. These new words and phrases however, are in reality only 'new' in the sense that none of the 26 finite letters of our alphabet have ever before been 'arranged/put together' in the exact way that they are, in order to form these new words and phrases.
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IN MUCH THE SAME WAY, ALL 'NEW' BUSINESS STARTUP VENTURES that don't utilize any new or untested technology to make them fully'functional', ARE ONLY 'NEW' in the sense that the various 'components' that make them up(like the letters of our alphabet)--which have been successfully used billions of times in creating every single 'man made' thing in existence--simply have never before been 'put together' in exactly the particular way/shape/manner/form that they are now being combined in order TO FORM/CREATE THE PARTICULAR 'NEW' STARTUP VENTURE IN QUESTION!!!
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In light of the above, simple common sense will show that ALL business ventures that don't require any new/untested technology to make them fully functional can be successfully started and operated with people who are qualified in whatever number and type of 'skill sets' that are necessary to make it fully functional(in most cases it is easily determined exactly what 'skill sets' are needed).
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THEREFORE IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT A 'TEAM' COMPRISED OF FULLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO 'TIES' TO THE VENTURE THAT THEY WILL BECOME A TEAM MEMBER OF(but are eager and passionate about it) HAVE JUST AS GOOD OF A CHANCE OF MAKING A SUCCESS OUT OF THAT VENTURE AS WILL A 'TEAM' COMPRISED OF ITS 'FOUNDERS', WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE AS QUALIFIED IN THOSE MANDATORY 'SKILL SETS' AS THAT 'HAND PICKED' TEAM ARE!!!
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if a company is going to survive, remain competitive and continue to proliferate in the harsh and uncertain environment of today’s ever-changing global economy, they must at all times be consciously aware of the following three 'company killers' of APATHY, COMPLACENCY AND UNAWARENESS, that must, in their many direct, indirect and ripple-down forms and guises, be avoided like the plague--not to do so can & will have devastating effects.
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an absolute must for any company of today to stay on top is to have it be an integral part of their 'business model' to be consciously aware of the importance of being constantly vigilant to the subtle and ever changing social/political/economic 'landscape' and be able, at a moments notice', to adjust/change their company's direction to adapt to & accommodate these changes.
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if a company wants to separate itself from its competition and remain at the forefront of its industry, it must always be properly, carefully and thoroughly searching out and implementing/combining ALL OF THE INNOVATIVE COST & LABOR SAVING MEASURES with other SALES PRODUCING AND ENHANCING METHODS from across the entire spectrum of all business ‘disciplines’. Additionally, it must always be on the lookout from across the entire spectrum of the business world for ANYTHING from which the premise, concept or principle upon which they are based can be successfully ‘adjusted’, adapted and then ‘transferred’ for successful utilization in other areas that may be of interest/benefit to them.
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the potential value/worth of an 'idea' is neither diminished or enhanced simply because the person who thought of it, FOR WHATEVER REASON, can't/won't/doesn't bring it to successful fruition.
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just because something hasn't been done as yet, doesn't mean that it can't be done.
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just because something is being done a certain way doesn't in any way whatsoever mean that it can't be done better by doing it a different way.
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-in most instances "a penny saved is a penny earned"--actually because it's savings and not income, it's actually worth more than a penny earned because you don't have to pay any taxes on it.
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there is virtually NOTHING on earth that can't be 'recycled' in someway/shape/manner/form.
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the potential worth/benefit of an 'idea' for something/anything is in no way diminished or enhanced simply because the person who first thought of it doesn't have the necessary skill/ability/expertise to make it a success.
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there are literally millions of people out there who have potentially good ‘ideas’ for promising new products / services / businesses in every realm of human endeavor but PERSONALLY lack the qualities / attributes / expertise to make them a success.
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there is vast pool of eager, hungry ‘entrepreneurs’ out there, who, although they might not be able to come up with a good ‘idea’ for anything if their life depended on it, do have, collectively among them, every skill, trait, ability, talent, attribute characteristic or other expertise that it would take to bring to successful fruition any kind of an ‘idea’ that anyone could possibly come up with in any realm of human endeavor whatsoever.
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it isn't necessary for the skill, ability, expertise or knowledge that is needed to accomplish something/ANYTHING, to be in the actual 'possession' of the one who is trying to accomplish that something, just as long as they are both aware of which of these attributes will be necessary to successfully get the job done and then know how they can best be used to do so, and then have at their disposal those people who do actually possess those needed attributes.
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one of the largest, and yet for the most part, virtually untapped source of human potential in the world is in the form of the limitless supply of GOOD IDEAS IN EVERY REALM IMAGINABLE, that exists in the hearts, minds and imaginations of millions of normal, average people in this country/world.
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the wasteful pursuit of DUPLICATING FROM SCRATCH, something/anything that in some way, shape, manner or form, already exists somewhere in the world, is setting society back by decades in it's quest for a better world.
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in those instances where the basic 'structure' of something/anything hasn't as yet reached any advanced stages of deterioration and it's basic foundation is still 'rock solid', it makes a lot more sense and requires substantially less time, effort and money to repair that 'entity' as opposed to rebuilding it.
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it takes substantially more time, effort and money to create, repair, maintain or clean something than it does to destroy, damage, neglect or dirty it.
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IF YOUR UNHAPPY OR DISSATISFIED WITH ANY OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ON US BY SOCIETY/THE POWERS THAT BE, OR IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE SOME SOCIAL WRONGS, INJUSTICES, INEQUALITIES OR SHORTCOMINGS THAT ARE IN NEED OF 'RIGHTING', THEN BY ALL MEANS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EXERCISE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO WORK AS DILIGENTLY AS YOU CAN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY TO TRY AND CHANGE THESE LAWS OR RIGHT THESE WRONGS
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IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE TRAIT IN THE NATURE OF MAN, AS WELL AS IT IS IN ALL OF HIS RELATED ACTIVITIES AND ENDEAVORS, THAT ON THE SURFACE IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.
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PROGRESS IN ALL SECTORS OF BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS OF SOCIETY IS BEING STIFFLED BECAUSE FACTS/FIGURES/STATISTICS ARE TOO OFTEN 'PULLED RIGHT OUT OF THIN AIR' BY BOTH SIDES OF A GIVEN 'ARGUMENT' WITHOUT ANY KIND OF DEFINITIVE SUBSTANTIATION OF THEIR VALIDITY.
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ONE OF THE KEY THINGS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF ANYTHING IS THE QUALITY AND EXTENT OF HOW IT IS 'MARKETED'.
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THE VAST STOREHOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY THAT MANKIND HAS ACCUMULATED OVER THE MILLENNIA AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM AND 'EXPERIENCE' OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD--ALL OF WHICH CONTINUES TO PROLIFERATE BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH EVERY PASSING GENERATION--HAS NEVER BEEN COLLECTED/ITEMIZED/CLASSIFIED/CATAGORIZED/COMPUTERIZED IN ANYTHING CLOSE TO AN ACCEPTABLE MANNER GIVEN OUR MODERN DAY CAPABILITIES IN THAT REGARD. TO BE COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL THIS MUST BE DONE IN A WAY THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE UNLIMITED CROSS-REFERENCING OF ALL ENTRIES SO THAT WHENEVER POSSIBLE THEY CAN BE ADJUSTED, ADAPTED/IMPLEMENTED/UTILIZED IN AREAS OF ENDEAVOR OTHER THAN THOSE FROM WHICH THEY ORIGINATED OR WERE PRIMARILY INTENDED.
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PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE WOULD INCREASE DRAMATICALLY IF ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL 'STEPS' IN THAT ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ALL THE VARIOUS JOBS/POSITIONS IN THE WORKPLACE WERE CHARTED AS TO THEIR RELATIVE LEVEL OF SKILL/ABILITY/KNOWLEDGE AND THEN ALL 'JOB DESCRIPTIONS' WERE RE-ARRANGED SO THAT ALL OF THE 'WORK' DONE WITHIN EACH 'JOB DESCRIPTION' REQUIRED APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ECHELON LEVEL OF COMPETENCE.
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UNTOLD AMOUNTS OF TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY IS BEING WASTED EACH YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY IN A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO PERPETUATE THE FAILED SOLUTIONS TO MANY OF IT'S PROBLEMS.
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NOTHING IN THE REALM OF HUMAN EXISTENCE/ENDEAVOR SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTED AS FACTUAL UNTIL IT'S AUTHENTICITY HAS BEEN DEFINITIVELY VERIFIED BY 'PEER REVIEWED' SOURCES.
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"THE MOST VALUABLE OF 'THINGS' IN ANY AREA OF HUMAN EXISTENCE IS, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, 'WORTHLESS', IF IT'S EXISTENCE ISN'T KNOWN TO ENOUGH PEOPLE"!!
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If you have created a business that can offer a product/service that is better and less expensive than it can be purchased anywhere else in the world, BUT HAVE FAILED AT THE SAME TIME to create an equally innovative way to let the whole world learn of its existence, you have done nothing but manage to spend a lot of time, effort and money creating a business that has immense POTENTIAL value, BUT THAT IS, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, PRESENTLY WORTH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
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a small part of SOMETHING is better than 100 % of NOTHING!!!!!!
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a smaller 'equity position' in a successful company is better than a 100 % 'equity position' in a failed or non existent company.