Let's talk about those clients that you gain through attrition, luck and being in the right place at the right time. I have experienced all of these but this one is for you.
This is a story about a place I once worked in. I respected most of all the excellent worker's but as you read, I cannot stand blind ignorance. I suppose you'll understand, at least, I hope you can follow along. It's mostly about bright intellectuals who have let their own lights extinguish because of very low self-esteem and the fact, that they just can't get over themselves, It's a too bad, too sad situation. Enjoy!
NEGOTIATIONS: GIVE AND TAKE.
Know it alls-those that think, that their s--t doesn't stink, and those that are so weighted-down with outdated interactive models that their contribution is more of the same...hinderance, stalls, which produce increased costs too me and the company.
I have worked temporarily with a small group that fills the above menu. Please don't get me wrong. I have compassion for this group, simply, because they need help.
Both guys are exceptional but----
This is painful, because these guys can only 'see' their noses on their faces and that's it. Their dreams, ambitions and spiritual guidance is dashed by their own doings. I have never seen people do this to themselves, until now. Oh! I've heard of this type of masochist's narcissim, but up until now, I've never been a party to its details.
These are the types: Tell them the earth is round because you've seen it and been around it-they'll call you a heretic and try to dismantle you-piece by limb, until they can 'see' that you are just like them-they don't care about what you know or where you've been, there's the fault.
Failure to realize the bigger picture...It is not the demeanor or lack of professionalism, it is the shear ignorance by allowing unchecked ego to dominate these sessions.
Where there is a lack of understanding and overwhelming pessimism, there is fruition and maturity, presented as a lack of applying applied physics, using critical thought as a wand to discover for themselves, that the world is not flat. But that is not always the easy route.
Difficult times ensue, and I believe that hope is here when one of these friends understands, but in a day or two it simply, cannot be sustained. One or the other gives in and proclaims with all the arrogance and self-righteousness, that the world is indeed flat.
This is not unique though, most heads of private firms act like this until they themselves get hit so hard, that they wished their brain was interchangeable with a baboon's head-probably accepting the fact, that at this point, a baboon is smarter in many ways than they are. I agree.
Now, don't get caught up here in the technical...this is their downfall. Understanding too much of the technical and not enough of the big picture is their downright death-spiral into a place where technicians (whether programmers or technical applications) are a dime a dozen. You heard me right-too much of one thing without checking the scale for proper balance, makes Jack-A-Dull-Boy or for that matter, Jill-a Dunce!
Balance in the technical, the business, the infrastructure, and constantly selling the 'bigger picture' of a world that is indeed round, can win and influence friends.
Be forwarned; their is always a price to pay when sharing jokes, intimate secrets, desires, and despairs...THEY (the ones that believe with ALL their heart and soul) will always take another approach just to seem smarter than you. If your ethics are ever called in to recognize where in the hell is your brain, please take a short breath and acknowledge your inner spirit-it is probably correct, which you consciously prefer not to listen too, anyway.
That's fine-except when in business-if that mistake isn't in the R&D as a budget, then your ego tantrum, cost you and your company $1,000's. That's being a dumb-shit, you're just letting yourself become an ignorante' (stupid) person.
Hey, these guys just don't care-so go higher up the ladder, don't give up until you find the guys or gals that know that the planet is round because they've been burnt many times too, and will not placate the ignorant just for hell's sake.
Life is not only business but the edge seems like it. Life is all about the art of balance and refusal to be molded in a muck-pie, just to be 'friends,' by anyone.
Never give in-always ask for and demand the best representation-it's only your life.
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