I am a volunteer.
You are a volunteer.
There isn't any place that you are that you are forced to be.
If you have a job, you volunteered to take it, to meet the set expectations, to simply be there.
Anybody who repeatedly complains about their situation is rather crazy. You are in the situation you are in by your own volition. If you don't like it, change it.
Try not having a job. Literally. Maybe you will like it better. Maybe you will be more successful by not having "a job". Or maybe you will see that you aren't cut out for self-employment, for entrepreneurship. If not, then go back to working for someone else. But stop complaining. There is practically no situation where you have a valid reason to complain, and complain, and complain. It's just no way to live your life. Loving what you do, and doing what you love is not just a platitude. It is really the way to live this short, short life.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Why I Won't Go There Anymore
Boo hoo. My favorite boutique is now in the steaming heap of businesses I avoid.
Love, love, love the product there.
Love, love, love the personal attention.
Hate, hate, hate the politics of the shopowner.
So, politics never enters my mind when choosing where to do business. I really don't care about people's politics. But when I am in the dressing room and the clerks are rabidly defaming some political situation, it makes me uncomfortable.
I made one slight remark to get them off the topic and back on to me. But the next time I went in it was just more of the same and now I won't go back in there. I am not looking for political repartee when I am shopping for clothes!
Unless you are running a politically based business, a large percentage of your customers don't want to hear political, especially angry political, banter while they are there.
Think about where you are, about what can be heard and ask yourself if it is making the environment more comfortable for the visitors. Ask yourself if you are making it easier for people to spend money. If you can't confidently say YES, then shut up. Stop doing whatever it is. START doing something that makes it easier for people to spend money!
Love, love, love the personal attention.
Hate, hate, hate the politics of the shopowner.
So, politics never enters my mind when choosing where to do business. I really don't care about people's politics. But when I am in the dressing room and the clerks are rabidly defaming some political situation, it makes me uncomfortable.
I made one slight remark to get them off the topic and back on to me. But the next time I went in it was just more of the same and now I won't go back in there. I am not looking for political repartee when I am shopping for clothes!
Unless you are running a politically based business, a large percentage of your customers don't want to hear political, especially angry political, banter while they are there.
Think about where you are, about what can be heard and ask yourself if it is making the environment more comfortable for the visitors. Ask yourself if you are making it easier for people to spend money. If you can't confidently say YES, then shut up. Stop doing whatever it is. START doing something that makes it easier for people to spend money!
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