Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Saturday, January 27, 2007

The meaning of life

If you are not happy don't toil in self-pity and complain, do something to change the situation. Don't make excuses for not changing a particular aspect of your life for fear of what might happen.

Our lives are far too short to spend it worthlessly trying to impress others when the one person we should always strive to impress is ourself.

As I sit here I think of all of my friends who have married themselves away to others at the age of 22 or 23, accepted their fate as an office jockey, and planted themselves a quarter million dollar seed in the suburbs.

Now this is all fine if they were in love with the life they live, but many are not and I am subjected to listen to their complaints. To that I say: Sack up!

Your 20's ought to be spent living for yourself, because until you live for yourself and make yourself happy you can never make another person happy. But if you start your life unfulfilled and not entirely happy with yourself, it is unfair to both you and those around you.

For all those who are Stuck, look at what you want or wanted out of life when you were younger and less jaded and actually take the steps to make that happen.

The path may be difficult and humbling but if you make it through and find yourself happy you have just found the meaning to life.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Round Peg, Square Hole

The following is a public service announcement on behalf of management…

Attention all thoughtless drones…

Forget your individuality and any diverse thought you may have had…

I just spent 15 minutes of a half hour status discussing how perception is everything and while it’s important to build your own brand we need to be aware of how other people view us. And I should change my quote… which sadly I’ve submitted to doing.

However, I couldn’t find any good quotes from Ken Lay or Skilling… any ideas??

I really want a quote that sounds good but comes from the vilest person on earth simply to prove my point. So when I hear feedback …. “Oh Darian your new quote is much much better!” I can reply with thanks, “Michael Jackson said it while he was on trial for child abuse! Glad you like it!”, or “Skilling said that while he was working at Enron!”

Regurgitating to Avoid Proliferating

My Response to the following accusatory statement: "There is no perception is reality here, that motto is bullshit,"


I would never agree with ‘perception is reality’ or much else of the BS HR likes to pass out. HR holds these meetings, acting as though the dispersal of corporate slogans were akin in nobility and import to the cause of ending world hunger.

I’m not taking the pill, or drinking the koolaid. I go to the meetings and smile and when they pass out the pills (BS slogans & propaganda), I put the little colorful and shiny distractions in my mouth and hide them under my tongue. I smile through my pearly white teeth and when the meeting is over I make way to the restroom and spit them out in the Toilet, where they belong.

I don’t care for BS, I only care for doing a job and doing it better than anyone else.