Transparency 2.0 is a higher standard than I thought. Right now, I don’t feel trapped by my past. There’s no skeletons in my closet that would surprise anyone, and nothing that would harm me if it became known. I’ve not been perfect, ever, but really, there are few emails that I would mind having everyone be able to see. Nothing is floating out there that makes me look like that horrible.
If you are reading this, then you have blanket permanent permission to:
- record my calls
- Replay my calls (uneditied for context) anywhere, provide
- post emails/ims on a website (this includes anything I say about others, but it doesn’t include correspondence from others without their consent).
- make any ‘private’ correspondence public.
- Disclose any of my financial details (what you’ve paid me, what I owe you, what I promised).
I will hold you harmless. I want the most possible scrutiny on my life, and I’m opening that up so I transact everything in the light of day. There are no kickback arrangements I have, there is nothing that I’m going to be ashamed of. Forward my stuff carte blanche, past and present. I’ve never been perfect, but that’s no excuse for NOT striving for excellent.
During the 3-4 times in my life that I’ve caused myself to be flat-ass-broke, there were some times I became a demon. When I became broke, I saw things through the prism of scarcity, and I got shitty, bullying and horrible. When I see people getting shitty, bullying and horrible, I always then assume “broke,” because that was my response to the stress of not earning enough to make ends meet. So, when you’re shitty, bullying and horrible, you’re generally being perceived as ‘broke.’
It comes from scarcity. Scarcity, people, is the idea that we don’t live in a world that’s going to take care of us. When we view the world that way, that it’s scarce, we fight and clamor over what we believe to be finite resources. The world is getting bigger and better, closer and more connected. We’re creating more stuff per capita than ever. EVEN IN A BUST. We’re all gonna be just fine. So we don’t have to view the world as a scarce period.
Right now, I’m nowhere near where I need to be financially, but for a sustained period, things have been pretty good. The IRS and my creditors are being paid regularly. I’m moving forward, and I don’t feel fear or lack. I need to up my sales and re-post my goal sidebars. Really, what I need to be doing is more selling and less implementing. I’ve got some ability to do basic stuff, but I never want to get in the code. The slow death of my blackberry is causing me some grief that causes me much vexation. More later.
book 100% written, 90% edited. Monday is definite, tomorrow is likely.
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