Lace and all…

Sometimes when I go back and think about why I started to blog there are lot of things that come to mind… but the first and foremost always is ‘the want to express…’ and others were pretty interesting too… ‘World domination…’, ‘to start an interstellar war…’, see I told you the intent of this blog was definitely ‘good’ at heart… but over a period of time the intent of this blog became… umm… more honest… Now, I wanted to ‘earn inordinate riches and subsequently control the world economy…’

So I looked around at what people were doing to earn the ‘jam’. No particular preference, any flavor would do as long as it is ‘jam’. I looked around and I found that everybody had something that they had sort of cornered… a blog on computers, everything about electronics, talking about movies, sharing unoriginal jokes, all things related to hair, the universe, the hot & steamy-stuff, clay, and believe it or not even shoe laces… Yes, it’s true… The ‘shoelace’ site is pretty detailed too and incase any of you face problems tying shoelaces… don’t ask your friends… they will just make you the best-selling laughing stock… (I know because I did that to someone once…) Instead just visit Ian’s shoelace site and tada… you can learn how to tie shoelace… standing up, sitting down, with one hand, with two hands, without hands… whatever you like…

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Square pegs, round holes…

A friend recently spoke to me about whether to accept a particular offer or not… I helped him out and in the process realized that there would be lot of people out there who would need help on how to negotiate the salary…

Take some time always to consider the salary offer. Ask for the least of 24 to 48 hours. Silence is the golden - or it could become so - when you just let it hang for a while following the initial offer - people tend to fill in those voids which in turn fills up your kitty in the process too. Do not rush to fill a quiet void. Let the other person speak.

Weigh any of the offer against a company’s expectations of you in a position rather than your own needs. A company has put itself on line with its offer. Rest assured they do have a cap, but you might have some of the wiggle room (please understand that it’s a wiggle room not a hall - range will be 5-10%) based upon how much value a company perceives you could bring them.

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Payback time…

In this ‘festive’ (’festive’ for 5% and ‘bloody’ for the rest 95%) season it is apt that we recognize the talent of those 5% people who are at the top. To understand more about these 5% ‘performers’ you will need to look at the make-up (notice: (for girls) please don’t worry about your mascara, it’s not running… now pay attention) of the society… Who forms the top 5% of the crowd? No prizes for guessing… its the politicians, mafia bosses, actors, CEOs and some highly placed corrupt officials…

Do you see a similarity between that spineless ass that sits next to you seemingly doing nothing productive the entire day and walks away with the biggest bonus? If not you have to… these people are very adept at using all their energies towards maneuvering for political advantage… this is called being ‘Machiavellian’ (Definition: Machiavellianism is the term that some social and personality psychologists use to describe a person’s tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain. The concept is named after Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote The Prince) [Awe at my knowledge; duration: 30 seconds]

Now you are thinking that this post is turning into a guidebook of how to ‘butter your boss’, ‘kiss ass’, ’suck up to…’ but I know you can’t do that hell… I would not be able to do that… so contrary to being ‘Machiavellian’ i am going to talk about something else… This idea flashed my mind yesterday lonesome midnight soiree (visual stimulation provided by ‘The Devil wears Prada’)… My father’s friend my friend’s father, who happens to be fantastic at humor, once said, “…those who make fun of others or make others laugh look down or consider their audience dumber…”

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