Business Step 1: Honesty

Polonius put it best: “Unto thine own self be true.”

There should be no titles that don’t begin with the word “acting,” at least internally. I come from an organization that has real titles, real pay grades, and then acting titles with other, lesser pay grades.

More to the point, and more realistically, we are all acting. I’m a debt collector. But in all honesty, I am only a collector so long as I continue to act as one. Frankly, if I fail to do so, I lose my non-acting title. So again, I am only a collector so long as I continue to act like one.

So long as I act like a collector, I should get paid as one. So by the same token, so long as someone is an “acting supervisor” they ought to be paid exactly as that: an acting supervisor. An acting CEO… ought to be paid as such. And should lose the title as soon as they don’t act like one.

In short: rank is as rank does.

Long Time No Post

I’ve been working on my house.

There’s a lot to do, a ton of cleaning, and prep for the contractor to come in. I’m trying to streamline as much as I can so his bill is as small as possible.

I’ve been neglecting my friends, family, studies, and least of all, my blog. While I’m sure there won’t be any readers left when I get back, it’s nice knowing that my true family and long-time friends maintain that same fanatical loyalty they always have. I’m glad I have good people taking care of me.

Bigger Picture

To whom it may concern:

This evening, I’ve been reading on the internet about the five pillars of Islam. Interesting stuff. And properly translated to our culture, it would make for a good system of self discipline and cultural awareness.

In a pragmatic sense, if you continue to allow me and people like me to read that sort of thing unfiltered, allow us to have little sewing circle meetings and drink lots of tea, we’ll be no trouble to you whatsoever. For the staggering majority of people, violence and cultural awareness are mutually exclusive. If we’re aware of those around us, honestly, we’ll actually be too docile to raise a noticeable stink.