Monday, May 10, 2010

Dont look back--its catching up with us!!!

Didn't the humans notice? words from a movie taking place in the future, about all the accumulated bad management practices now finally overtaking us. They were talking about frogs, they are very sensitive to their environment. They are as we speak, being hunted to extinction for food, lines of children and women walk in unison collecting them this way thru -out


most of Asia, mostly for export to Belgium and France. This has resulted in the total elimination of certain species, not unlike Napoleons army who raided every farm on their way to Russia to steal, buy, requisition every horse they could get their hands on. As a result, 3-4 breeds of horses disappeared forever. It is said Gen. Patton rescued the only survivors of the famous lippinzallers in Austria. Because of pollution, alarming amounts of frogs are born with defects.


Frog farms, are being wiped out because of illnesses. Just recently, it has come to my attention


that bee-keepers have reported 1/3rd decimated colonies because of weather changes. Not long


ago people were reporting the largest honeycombs and wasp nests ever seen, one in particular


was the entire inside of an abandoned car! Bat colonies also are dying out all over the N.E. United States. You can study all this elsewhere, but the facts are that these creatures are a crucial part


of the ecosystem and if it continues forget the billions lost-the repercussions are worse.


Fishing the great oceans seemed an endless money maker until recently. Now they trawl deeper and deeper to catch fish that used to be discarded, and are now presented as catch of the day!


I personally experienced this in Hawaii in the 70's. I used to spearfish with the locals and would barbecue anything we speared, one day a haoule (white-boy) said I'm not eating that! its an aquarium fish! It was manini-sargeant fish to you- it has chevrons like a Sgt. A few years later i notice all the food stores are selling it! Because they are running out of otherwise available fish.

if it wasn't for the efforts of major Richardson and captain graham we never would have seen a live Irish wolfhound- they bred the last ones and kept their bloodline from extinction.
Now we have a challenge to save ourselves from catastrophe, maybe we can do without the snail darter but not the frogs and bees. It seems most likely future generations wont see the polar bear or the tiger in the wild. Writting a $20.00 check to some foundation wont do the trick,
not when multinational corporations spend billions to do business at any cost.
Here's how lopsided all this is ; the snail darter gets a break in California by cutting off the water supply to farmers and now they have lost almost every farm due to water shortage. The Chinese
3 river project (dams) has caused the extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin, but you don't hear anything about it. Total mismanagement.
The philosopher Spinoza said -be very careful- in the end we might be judged by animals.

Just in --may 14- reptiles are dying off due to hot weather- too hot to hunt and they are dying off worldwide.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

rational-irrational

Not everyone thinks alike. A study i read describes how our thinking process is like a brick edifice, each brick being experiences and learning combined with personal evaluations that might or might not involve critical thinking processes. Early development schooling plus what we learn casually at home determines to an extent how we think. We learn quickly to not argue other peoples opinions (most of the time) because it creates unnecessary conflict. Those who do haven't learned yet the reason why people avoid them, or why they have unproductive issues with others. I don't remember who said it-----diplomacy is the art of stroking a dog saying nice doggie while glancing about looking for a rock. In addition to this add to the mix the mental traumas we picked up along the way. Now stir in a large amount of religion and political learning and presto you have the recipe for misunderstanding all along your lifelong journey. Debate teams appear to make their points but usually reinforce the antagonist. The ego really doesn't

care if you are right, i have my own personal agenda and will continue pursuing it hell or high water. If this wasn't enough, figure out how much brainwashing from everywhere determines

how you think.



Look at how our own brains are easily fooled.



Did you ever replay in your mind a certain movie part that got your attention? Was it a true recollection of the film or did your brain re-arrange it to your liking?



Have you ever had a dream about sex cheating-having money-being happier only to wake up and discover it wasn't true and you were upset for a while? It wasn't real so why were you upset?

Because the unconscious doesn't differentiate between fact and fantasy.



Apparently if you were raised by family members who continually berated you as worthless,

wont amount to anything etc. you would unconsciously prove them right (self-defeating) as to not lose their love.



Your motivations might not even be in your best interest- from the Greek (motive+action)



Pay attention to what your enemies say about you, for they are studying you assiduously. And you thought they were just being catty.

Although your hot buttons might be irrational, those who are rational will press them.

Don't tell people your problems- half don't care- the other half are happy you have them.

All the above makes for interesting debate- but don't forget- all answers are found in nature and
nature has two rules for humans -procreate and survive. Animals have an arsenal of weapons,
sometimes to combat the same species not others. Animals have clever and ingenious ways to survive, so do humans. The only difference is the increasing consciousness of humanity who seeks to distance himself from the brute forces- in thought and inventive ways to elevate to the loftier principles and thus separate himself from something he cannot.

Here we are as test pilots in a lazy-boy recliner watching t.v. bemoaning world affairs, hunger, war, disease, earth contamination, while we spend trillions on cosmetics, plastic surgery,toys.
This is irrational and this is why aliens don't visit-they are looking for intelligent life. Would you land here?

Monday, April 26, 2010

dirty laundry

Hard to think of a biz that doesnt have it (let me know) since i have been in more than a few
industries i am always thinking of it. i personally had a doctor who said that i must be interned
asap my condition was so bad -since ive been in sales my whole life i could tell he was lying
and went to another dr. who said the opposite just take this--- i was fine.
Good article i read-a journalist visits what has to be the foremost dental dr. and teacher as well in the finest school in the u.s. so he evaluates him with the utmost care and after extensive
consultation with others declared all aspects of everything we tested show you might need a little cap-maybe- just in case. $400 +/- Now the journalist embarks on a trip all over the U.S.
and is looked at by over 100 dentists. Only 2 gave the same diagnosis! the others by lack
of judgement or skill or money hungry gave all types of dental scenarios up to thousands
of dollars. The winner was a park ave. n.y. n.y high-faluting dentist-$25,000 telling him all types of hogwash. Recently i came across a forum, the writers having a good time taking the same car
to a car repair outfit with many locations. $500-350-1,100-800-2,300 and on and on.
A dr. told my mother she must have a hysterectomy-must- before i was born. i was conceived later and she never had those problems. thanks sh*****d.
A friend had a contractor doing jobs as they arose---he needed a new toilet room for an elderly
person who couldnt get around--$11,000 for pipes, floors etc. after a while they bought a toilet on wheels they found once shopping for something else $79.00. you dont need me to tell you caveat emptor (buyer beware) look at f.tc. scam pages and you will be afraid to ever answer your phone or go shopping again! yesterday i bought 2 pants and noticed one of the clerks
was buying with coupons some items, i inquired and she said buy the newspaper outside
to get the coupons, had i not asked i would have paid $22 more. Medicines that can not be sold
anymore are shipped to 3rd world countries for sale. i stopped a lady in a foreign country who was buying a fever medicine for her child i mentioned that medicine would cause irreversable
marrow damage and to buy something else, of course the shopkeeper let me have it!! people from time immemorial have done whatever they can to make money-but where is the decency?
and it is getting worse.

sales and customer service

aristotle- a great thinker and debater, came up with this one.

The fogging technique--
A disgruntled client or angry person in your face who you wish to pacify and dismiss.

Imagine shooting arrows at a target, your shots are getting closer and closer. A fog suddenly descends and covers the area, unless you hear a scream, you tire at shooting at something you cant see, and are soon running out of arrows as well.

In the fogging technique, you remove yourself as a target (this doesnt work if you sold a car without an engine and the buyer catches you) by asking the following questions-
why are you upset?
why do you feel this way?
why do you think this happened?
what would you do?
do you think i can help? and so on..

in this fashion the person will stop attacking you and see you in a different light- not as a target.

The feel felt found method
I know how you feel...many clients felt this way...what they found out though......(insert here your solution or idea)

Sunday, April 25, 2010

How i got into the time share business part 18

First stop maui-i go into the office-yeah we know who you are , the new york italian says, you dont know shit and we are about to go play volleyball and we are closed tommorow, if you made it this far we cant teach you anything anyway. I goofed around the resort, had dinner and flew out the next day. Hilo- the on-site sales manager and the only salesman there. welcomes me grandly as we had met before. It was early lets go snorkeling he said, shouldnt i be studying i asked? you know more than i do, what am i going to teach you ? Although i have snorkled a lot before in the caribbean-this was a most memorable day, he took me to far out reefs and saw
a lot more here than anywhere, i was having color flashbacks from the fish and couldnt sleep.

Los Angeles airport. The guy i am to team up with apparently is well recommended and his name
is Dr.___. He just might discover i am not the man. He meets me, an older gentleman, stately
in a 3 piece suit, vest with gold chain fob, bald pate. He would make the perfect fit if you were to visualize the foreign minister of bolivia. He is happy i speak spanish. o.k. lets go-thats my car, i turn and see a two tone rolls royce at the pick up curb and as i touch the door handle-- HEY !!!
DONT TOUCH THE FAKNG CAR ASSHOLE OR I'LL BREAK YOUR ARM!!! this limo driver is going berserk-the cap and all -i turn and heres the doctor just standing there laughing at me.
there is a time and place for everything, and me, i am the jokester myself , cant believe the stunt
he pulled- totally out of place. It wasnt his car- his uncle soon picked us up in a station wagon.
What hotel are you staying in DR.? im staying with my uncle and we fly to tahoe tommorrow
dont spend the money mr e gave you for the hotel give it to me and stay with us-----allright
im only 25 years old right now but im not stupid- and the way he said it rang a bell for memories
from the past that i had experienced of third world country despotic and stupid people who were used to pulling the wool over the heads of the unsophisticated, and getting away with it, otherwise you wouldnt say such a thing. I told him mr e did not give me money and i would rather stay in a hotel. No we are all too tired and you will not make my uncle drive all over late
at night and we have to be back at the airport early so lets go. At the house we get a meager
last minute bad dinner, and sleep on couches. All night long his uncle is typing away click-clack-
clacck-clik-clik clitiliclack...ding. all f*****g night long. In the morning all the way to the airport
the uncle cannot over emphasize the importance of the documents...various deeds and titles and so forth for all the land he owned somewhere in mexico. It was a very large valise with everything in order and money enough for ads to sell and fees etc. please he said these are the only originals, some from the revolution. you will partake in the sale. He gingerly made sure it was all in order again as he left us at the airport. As soon as he drove away, we entered the pavillion and he took the money out and threw the valise in a garbage bin..hey what are you doing, i said..dont worry he's a stupid old man and he will never sell the land anyway.

How i got into the time share business part 17

The suit was mandatory, so were the gold pens. All the reps would stand against a wall, hidden from sight and when you were called to pick up your couple you went fast, 5-10 seconds pass and you didnt come around the wall you were gone. I had a few minutes so i went to the restroom and prayed to god....if this is for me please help me, if it is not lets get it over with....please. My couple turned to me after the slideshow and podium speaker was finished
and said we have a few questions. I didnt do what what i was supposed to (training) i just said
see that guy there.. he is one of the owners, if i call him and you are not sincerely interested
i will be in hot water, not you , me. and its ok not to be interested but i dont want to call him if
you are not taking this at face value...oh no we are -call him! Not too much time went by and they are be being announced as new owners! clap-clap-! Cloud nine has many descriptions,
this was one of them. 1 for 1 !! And i was halfway across the progress chart during the sales meeting as it was a large sale. Halfway thru the month and on my first day im in the top 5!!!
A week later (i fit in fine) Mr. e calls me to his penthouse--you are going to Spain. You will meet up with__ and both of you will start a brokerage in Malaga. Im not sure of that i offered--i really dont know anything. Im sending you to every office on a whirlwind tour and youll learn as you go.
Im given many airline tickets stapled together Hilo-maui-l.a.-tahoe-reno-Las vegas-mexico city-acapulco-spain. Now look what youve gotten us into ollie!! We will meet in vegas for the
I.I. convention. I.I. was still new- i think that convention was the 2nd or 3rd. Im really worried,
i dont care how enthusiastic one can be with an opportunity but i really didnt know anything.
Those tickets were bought before the offer so how can someone have more faith in you than yourself? A normal guy would be drooling at this chance and so what if failure was the outcome,
look at the destinations and first class hotels if it doesnt work out, but i was above that- i wanted
the chance to prove myself wrong. Mr E had already sent out teams to many resorts worldwide
to set up shop and i met them all- helping them with logistics all the way to the airport to see them off. So i knew a few things anyway. One of the teams was a married couple and suffered
a very bad car wreck in europe. Some vanished. I would hand over $20,000 from mr.e to each one to get started, and when they ran out of that and had no sales they would vanish, i dont think you could call up and say-- need another $20,000!!

I had heard the term before and now fully understood what it meant to burn your bridges.
The idea is you cant come back so you have to make good your forward move. So i started selling everything. I had 2 cars a motorcycle and a place full of antiques. Of all the things i had i didnt want to sell but i had to-- i had a locked room no one was allowed into. I never sold anything
egyptian i just collected it -hand tinted early photos-statues-bronzes-tables-even a 5 foot replica
of king tut. (there were 151 dynasties in the 3 classical periods ok? so dont get cute with the tut stuff) sometimes to impress others i would let visitors get a glimpse at night with strategicaly
placed lamps ,egyptian of course, and incense burner bronzes suspended from the ceiling---quite eerie i must add, shadowy figures-barely perceptible outlines of mummies and statuettes. Now
that i look back, no wonder i didnt have great sex-the chicks would be looking off to the side door
wondering what was going to creep out! Anyway about 300 items collected and this lady dealer
was panicked because i wasnt going to let anybody cherry pick the lot -all or nothing- she showed up 3 times that day until she got a bank loan later and bought it all. I have a few things in a
safety deposit box, and i call a serious friend (he found a small treasure in the gulf) and we used
to do jewelry shows together. We go down to the vault and i told him- one price -not a penny
less or more- just one chance say the price, no haggling you are the only person to see this and if you dont buy it all i will leave the box in the bank and come back some day. He was over my price so done deal. By the way, years later, his girlfriend was in the L.A. times with one of the first cases ever to go to court over stored sperm, i believe he had died..nice guy anyway.
I pick
the paper in the morning and front page "ALL FOREIGN SERVICE EMPLOYEES-HELD HOSTAGE-IRAN) i am not a chicken but i am also above being cannon fodder and felt i made the right choice. About 20 years later i met a lady who was in the the know and told me details
of what really happened there-they knew it was going down and were ignored and what those
foreign service people went thru is indescribable..some are still in mental homes. Everybody thinks the hostages were released later and dont know the truth.(IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL)
In addition you should read the book detailing the failed helicopter rescue by the man who organized it--very sad items come out here. Sanitized news conforms to the big picture and your insignificant life is just that. im wondering if any of those poor souls have a black star on the vermont granite at langley.

Friday, April 23, 2010

How i got into the time share business part 16

I had no clue what the ad meant CLOSERS-LEADS PROVIDED-BLUE SKY. yet i was to start today doing exactly that. It means if you are top-top-top sales we have clients sitting at your table waiting to talk to you, and you make as much as you want. that is exactly the ad no more,
and i always wondered what it meant. Specialized hiring is like that they use obscure terminology to avoid losing precious time with bottom feeding lurkers. INO /W-KOG 3 YR MIN. EXP W 7580 SERIES CRIMPLATHE. If you knew this job paid 300,000 a year you would be calling
without wondering about the w-kog. Maybe gangsters do the same RB-BK/MHV-GPVD 401K
rob bank, must have own vehicle, guns provided. at least 401,000 in the vault.

Well mr. fancypants look what you got yourself into now. First of all, what will my reception be like? Will i make it? Will i be sabotaged? The latter was very likely, im sure mr.e had cleared the way and he was the boss after all- but these guys were making him millions and money talks.
There were 4 gods to appease and i believed a cheap tactical maneouver might get these 4 managers to back off. I spent the whole night preparing my first and possibly last day.

I walk in to the snake-pit penthouse not sure if anybody knew i was on the line now, knowing
mr e he called the no. one and told him to give me a chance. Beyond that he most likely told only the other managers. Who died? was the first comment (the suit) others only acted territorial $.
The manager was aloof, i was goner in a week anyway. Two of the mngrs. sat me in an office
and said we dont want you here only because you have no experience and even if you came from another track with experience its tough here---no one absolutely no one gets more than 10 couples without a sale, its the only reason we are succesful, yesterday we fired the top closer for 2 years in a row , he hit 0 for 11. adios. You will get the shots and we will be watching you. Once
you make a false step or 1 second late adios, we dont need a reason. Furthermore dont even look
at the manager, just talk to us...on top of everything we are not used to smart aleck punks, we have a bad taste of you even though in your capacity you helped us and even with the personal favors you did. Today just listen and learn. Im a slow learner i said, if you believe i have it ,help
me-if you dont -dont waste my time let me know in 3 days but whatever happens i would like to thank you now in advance for your help.

I'll be right back--- i came back with 2 bags and gave the idiot ex hollywood cowboy stuntman one. The beautiful mahogany box was opened and he greedily pulled out a civil war navy colt
reproduction revolver with black powder the whole kit and kaboodle. He used to patrol the be-backs and take deposit money and keep it. If the weapon had discharged right there and then
and a 60 caliber lead ball had lodged itself in his foot justice would have been served.
The other gentleman was from the meditteranean and received antique opium weights with the scale included, i knew he liked it as i had been to his place and was aware of his wifes tastes.
I love this part--later the manager is real friendly, he needs a gift bribe like an ulcer but greed is like that to people, he was dying to see his gift, a real samurai sword (see my antique stories to see how i got 7 in one day!) This wont give me an instant closer certificate but it will buy time
and breathing space. Otherwise i'll go marry the cute chick with the scar and take her to my
silver and gold mine in canada....where did i leave those phone numbers now....?