Antifragility & Power Politics

Antifragility & Machiavellianism examines financial resiliency, political resiliency, and what philosophies make countries great. This audiobook could cause a pee-in at a local college. Seriously, a professor could be fired for saying that kind of stuff. Con-Inc astroturf won't discuss it either. Alchemy talks about the remaining ways to become a billionaire. The ideas for reaching more subscribers and followers is good. The tips on bypassing filters and censorship is common sensical and not fail safe. Alchemy is good for people starting out in Internet marketing whether young or old. Hardball is a classic. Hardball has been recommended by people in-the-know for three decades. But the author being who he is causes R's to decline and create pee-ins of their own. So its for the realist. Cyrus the Great was one of two people taken straight up to Heaven in the Bible. Cyrus was also a brilliant military commander and statesman. Outshine the Master turns the first rule of po...

 Here are a few from me. Hopefully I can figure out how to enable comments on here again. I once worked for a state legislator. He said grassroots is good. But you need endorsements and donations from powerful corporations, the LDS and the banks. He said politics isn't what you think. I worked for a security co. One kid destroyed the golf cart. Guess who had to patrol on foot? The same kid brought hacking software to a site computer. Guess what happened to him? He got promoted. Meanwhile, I was denied meal breaks and had my schedule changed without warning. The company advertised a $1 raise after 90 days. Total lie. The same company had a "captain" who was an old state employee. He didn't know or care what he was doing. The site I worked at was 80% supervisors. *** I walked in on a few conversations with church ladies at my parent's home. I never understood why front butted women were allowed to run roughshod over young men in churches. The elites have the same en...

 FI-RE: AN INTROSPECTIVE HISTORY   One of the first web sites I ever looked at back in 1998 was the Retire Early Home Page. At the time, dot com fever had hit. Of course, I needed a dot com too. But I wouldn’t get around to building one til 2006.  Another site, Raddr’s Forum was online well before 2006. I used to follow a lot of the threads there. One major item at the old FI-RE forum discussion was the weirdness, randomness, and hypocrisy of mega corps and their iron assed subordinates. In the old days, before online forums, people turned to TV, nightclubs, and maybe university libraries to escape Mega Corp and their JBT’s. Sometime after 2001, even with the dot com implosion and outsourcing, many people turned to their personal finances for escape from the rat race.  Sure, MLM was there, no money down real estate was there, Rich Dad, and as Neil Strauss documented in the book Emergency, there were people preparing for civil disorder and looking into second pas...

"1 . become someone instead of trying to “ know someone ” 2 . use money to buy people ’ s time 3 . build alliances , don ’ t try to back stab people for a few bucks 4 . go for real money if you ’ re going to build something 5 . live below your means to create options in the future" - Bow Tied Bull Bec oming someone instead of trying to “ know someone ” is essential for making meaningful connections and achieving success . Re aching out to people of influence and building relationships is a long and ardu ous process that can ’ t easily be done with just a few well - thought - out emails or phone calls . Instead , to become someone requires putting in the hard work of networking , attending events , volunteering , and educating yourself on matters relevant to the people you 'd like to establish relationships with . Using money to buy people ’ ...