happythoughts 0 #1 September 28, 2007 Everyone makes such a big deal about "...is soooo intelligent." "I want a relationship with..." Whatever. Intelligence is a tool. In the hands of a good carpenter, very nice work. For the best carpenter in the world, who never picks it up... useless. The average person, who tries hard, is a lot more valuable. Professionally, for sure. Personally, simply required. I work with a bunch of smart people. The deal is, they get paid to do stuff. Nobody cares if they won the Nobel prize if somebody else has to pick up their slack. Your parents give you some mental skills, some character. If you are lucky enough to be smart, all the better. If you stay in bed and don't do crap, your choice. If you don't do it, you don't get it, and nobody cares - but don't whine (we've already got our own issues). People live with the consequences of their choices (except Nicole Ritchie). Choices are never really hard, it is the work to implement them. (Thank you for your participation. Please return to whatever you were previously doing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevJim 0 #2 September 28, 2007 Quote Everyone makes such a big deal about "...is soooo intelligent." "I want a relationship with..." Whatever. Intelligence is a tool. In the hands of a good carpenter, very nice work. For the best carpenter in the world, who never picks it up... useless. The average person, who tries hard, is a lot more valuable. Professionally, for sure. Personally, simply required. I work with a bunch of smart people. The deal is, they get paid to do stuff. Nobody cares if they won the Nobel prize if somebody else has to pick up their slack. Your parents give you some mental skills, some character. If you are lucky enough to be smart, all the better. If you stay in bed and don't do crap, your choice. If you don't do it, you don't get it, and nobody cares - but don't whine (we've already got our own issues). People live with the consequences of their choices (except Nicole Ritchie). Choices are never really hard, it is the work to implement them. (Thank you for your participation. Please return to whatever you were previously doing. can I join in on the Personal Attack aimed in the general direction of all lazy people? Please?It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #3 September 28, 2007 Quote can I join in on the Personal Attack aimed in the general direction of all lazy people? Please? I know a guy who has a decent part time job. He does ok. However, 8 months of the year, he is a bass guide. Not much money, but he enjoys it. Here is the main part - he accepts that he is not going to get wealthy doing it. He accepts the consequence of his choices. That seems fair. The ones that bug me are the people who got straight A's in college, or hs, and believe that the world owes them a life. They were lucky that they got a tool. They need to pick it up. I know some extremely bright people who never got those chances and still have great lives. They accept their role as adults and live it. I'm against the whiners more than the slackers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kschilk 0 #4 September 28, 2007 You wrote "Get Over It" for the Eagles, didn't ya'!?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #5 September 28, 2007 "The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness.""There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ACMESkydiver 0 #6 September 28, 2007 Quote People live with the consequences of their choices (except Nicole Ritchie). Hooray for the rest of the post! ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevJim 0 #7 September 28, 2007 Quote I'm against the whiners more than the slackers. Ahhh, but where does my 16 year old son fit? He's very intelligent, and whines all the time about the typical "not fair" bullshit, but is a slacker when it comes to doing something about it. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #8 September 28, 2007 Quote You wrote "Get Over It" for the Eagles, didn't ya'!?! That may have been playing in the back of my tiny brain. Saw them during the "Hell freezes over" tour. Awesome. I guess it is kind of... "Uhh... what were you expecting?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #9 September 28, 2007 Quote Quote I'm against the whiners more than the slackers. Ahhh, but where does my 16 year old son fit? He's very intelligent, and whines all the time about the typical "not fair" bullshit, but is a slacker when it comes to doing something about it. He is 16. That is in the life description for 16. I used to have some truisms for construction jobs. - You aren't here until you come to work for 3 days. - You have to learn to do one thing and continue until you are finished with it. - We are all tired. We don't have the extra energy to pull your slack. - This isn't the social hour like high school. Do it now. When he is 18 and gets fired for standing there with his hands in his pockets, he'll quit slacking. By the time people are 25, they realize that they have the time to do anything. They just choose to, or not. 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RevJim 0 #2 September 28, 2007 Quote Everyone makes such a big deal about "...is soooo intelligent." "I want a relationship with..." Whatever. Intelligence is a tool. In the hands of a good carpenter, very nice work. For the best carpenter in the world, who never picks it up... useless. The average person, who tries hard, is a lot more valuable. Professionally, for sure. Personally, simply required. I work with a bunch of smart people. The deal is, they get paid to do stuff. Nobody cares if they won the Nobel prize if somebody else has to pick up their slack. Your parents give you some mental skills, some character. If you are lucky enough to be smart, all the better. If you stay in bed and don't do crap, your choice. If you don't do it, you don't get it, and nobody cares - but don't whine (we've already got our own issues). People live with the consequences of their choices (except Nicole Ritchie). Choices are never really hard, it is the work to implement them. (Thank you for your participation. Please return to whatever you were previously doing. can I join in on the Personal Attack aimed in the general direction of all lazy people? Please?It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #3 September 28, 2007 Quote can I join in on the Personal Attack aimed in the general direction of all lazy people? Please? I know a guy who has a decent part time job. He does ok. However, 8 months of the year, he is a bass guide. Not much money, but he enjoys it. Here is the main part - he accepts that he is not going to get wealthy doing it. He accepts the consequence of his choices. That seems fair. The ones that bug me are the people who got straight A's in college, or hs, and believe that the world owes them a life. They were lucky that they got a tool. They need to pick it up. I know some extremely bright people who never got those chances and still have great lives. They accept their role as adults and live it. I'm against the whiners more than the slackers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #4 September 28, 2007 You wrote "Get Over It" for the Eagles, didn't ya'!?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #5 September 28, 2007 "The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness.""There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #6 September 28, 2007 Quote People live with the consequences of their choices (except Nicole Ritchie). Hooray for the rest of the post! ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #7 September 28, 2007 Quote I'm against the whiners more than the slackers. Ahhh, but where does my 16 year old son fit? He's very intelligent, and whines all the time about the typical "not fair" bullshit, but is a slacker when it comes to doing something about it. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #8 September 28, 2007 Quote You wrote "Get Over It" for the Eagles, didn't ya'!?! That may have been playing in the back of my tiny brain. Saw them during the "Hell freezes over" tour. Awesome. I guess it is kind of... "Uhh... what were you expecting?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #9 September 28, 2007 Quote Quote I'm against the whiners more than the slackers. Ahhh, but where does my 16 year old son fit? He's very intelligent, and whines all the time about the typical "not fair" bullshit, but is a slacker when it comes to doing something about it. He is 16. That is in the life description for 16. I used to have some truisms for construction jobs. - You aren't here until you come to work for 3 days. - You have to learn to do one thing and continue until you are finished with it. - We are all tired. We don't have the extra energy to pull your slack. - This isn't the social hour like high school. Do it now. When he is 18 and gets fired for standing there with his hands in his pockets, he'll quit slacking. By the time people are 25, they realize that they have the time to do anything. They just choose to, or not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
