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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Teach your parents well about betraying your class
Franchisees frequently betray franchisees and think that behaviour is independent of consequences. What I do now won’t affect me in the future. That: “him/them” are separate from “me/us”, a non-action (refusing to support) isn’t a positive betrayal (other, self- and … Continue reading
Franchisors create a cage which affects franchisee behaviour
Franchisors control 95% of the business model (ie. when you work, what you wear, who you associate with, what you can afford, etc). Every environment changes the people within it (franchisors and franchisees). Franchisees, as a consequence of group and … Continue reading
Posted in Debtors are slaves, Shame - Humiliation, Violence
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House negro franchisees fight harder to defend their franchisor than their masters
Talk. Talk. Talk. Talk. And then stony silence. So much ignorant and sometimes even, sincere, bullshit shuckin’ and jivin’. That’s all house negroes and the marginally-committed field negroes do. The Uncle Toms actually think the master will treat them as … Continue reading
Les’s free career advice for MPs with potty-mouths and the sniffles
My family has lived in the Ontario, Canada riding of Simcoe-Grey for +50 years. To say you could run a dog as a Conservative member of parliament ( MP), and it would win, is not an understatement, at all. As … Continue reading
Posted in Addictive qualities
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Did He to make the lamb, make thee?
This is a keeper from Hugh MacLeod.
Peace in our Time but at the right Time
Everyone wants benefits without costs. Peace without preparation or clout-building. This is a natural tendency that has resulted in a 1,000 franchisee leaders trusting emissaries “too much” and then being sold out by predator franchisors. Then off we go to … Continue reading
Posted in Confusion & Deceit
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Shame – humiliation emotion is a social sanction
Guilt and shame are often mixed up. Guilt rides with the act. Shame degrades the value of the individual in a public or social way. Leaders of any group that opposes powerful are shamed. Without support, they abandon their cause … Continue reading
Games teach values
As a boy, I learned imagination and how to dream from this game. The physical movements allowed me to express emotions as a person. I think this has something to do with why Canadians are so closely tied to this … Continue reading
Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how.’
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be … Continue reading
When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom. The more one forgets himself – by giving himself to a cause … Continue reading
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