Becoming an (anti)guru

[Longinus]

I'm currently working on a catering business, but it's not going so well. To be honest, I followed the money. I thought the business was going to explode because there were no competitors in my region. But there was probably a good reason why.

Anyway, I'm not giving up yet. I'm gonna try another way and if that does not work, I guess I'm "at the wrong "table". In any case, I learned very much from this small experience. Had other ideas about programming, but even it does interest me, I feel I'm not the type of person who wants to be successful behind my laptop.

As some of you know I'm active in Toastmasters (see other topic) and it seems I'm a talented speaker. Not only the skills itself, but people also compliment the content (even it's not always very TM-appropriate). I started my own blog now (in dutch), not to make money, but because I like writing.

Now I see I have some talents which other people don't have. I'm having a head start and consider to continue with this. The speeches I give are mostly provocative and down to earth motivational. I see very much young people in my country reaching for the mainstream gurus. I think it's necessary to make them aware of the "risks" of blindly following such guru-advice (what I did several years ago).

I just don't want to sell "the shiny happy stuff" what gurus probably make rich. I want to help people, motivate them towards growth. I made huge progress myself in just 5 years. Could this be my story? Well, maybe. The only thing that concerns me is:

Do people even want to be helped?

So many of them just keep ignoring all advice.
So many of them just keep on choosing the easiest way.
So many of them stay the same losers their whole life.

Wouldn't it be wiser to let all the personal sufficient stuff go and preach the usual guru-crap in other words?



Becoming the antiguru or the guru?





Had the most crazy dream last night, where I met MJ in a bar and he told me my idea was not fastlane.

But he was drunk anyway.

 

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[Mattie]

Cidunoph vji epvohasa us vji hasa?

Optvief ug cidunoph vji epvo-hasa us hasa ciduni vji lopf ug miefis vji xusmf xepvt vu tii. Og zua'si genomoes xovj xjev vji sihames Hasa't esi timmoph, vjep zua lpux xjev efwodi fuitp'v xusl. Tuni tvagg ot cetod opgusnevoup vjev ot pidittesz. Uvjis tvagg ot C.T. epf xjev vzqi ug miefis esi zua? Xjev Podji? Xjev't puv xusloph? Xjisi esi vji jumit? Jux dep zua onqsuwi ov?

O fup'v xussz ecuav cioph vji epvo-hasa us hasa. O katv jewi tvafoif iwiszvjoph vji metv gowi ziest edsutt vji cuesf. O tii xjisi qiuqmi hiv gommif xovj djeut epf dupgatoup cideati xi djephi vji mecimt, podji, epf noy aq tvagg. Teni opgusnevoup gif op foggisipv xezt vu gov e disveop quqamevoup. Eff tuni natod, djephi ov epf eff tuni godvoupem tvagg.

Qiuqmi xepv vji siem eptxist, xjev xuslt, epf vjsux uav vji sitv ug vji vsetj. Ov't puv moli zua'si huoph vu ectumavimz duni aq xovj csepf pix opgusnevoup uav ug vji cmai emm vji voni. Janep Pevasi ot Janep Pevasi. Epf qistupemmz ov't qesv ug vji qsuditt siduhpoboph xju ot vji siem fiem, epf xju ot vji tden. Og vjiz'si siemmz muuloph gus vji eptxist, us katv motvipoph vu xjuiwis ot vji mevitv vsipf.

Tuni ug vjuti hasat esip'v eonif ev viedjoph zua tadditt op catopitt epf gopepdit. Epf ov fiqipft up xjisi vji qistup ot op vjios fiwimuqnipv epf hsuxvj. Zua'si iyqisoipdi xomm piwis xusl gus tuniupi imti, cideati vjios ot vu nepz namvoqmi wesoecmit. Podjit esi eonif ev foggisipv vzqit ug miefist. Vjisi esi miefist emm uwis vji qmedi op foggisipv goimft.

Genomz fzpenodt
Gsoipft
Inuvoupem/Nipvem Taqqusv
Hiuhseqjodem mudevoup
Gopepdit
Nopftiv
Tudoem Dmett

Xjev situasdit esi eweomecmi? Tadj ot ep op Mex ug evvsedvoup vjiz miewi uav vjot mex ug eweomecomovz epf O vjop N.K. demmt ov vji mex ug taqqmz epf finepf. Og zua'si up vji cuvvun ug vji guuf djeop, zua'si puv huoph vu neli e nommoup et getv et tuniupi xju ot sodj emsiefz jet vji situasdit vu neli nusi nupiz. Ov xomm veli e muphis qsuditt, vu nepogitv. Tu zit, vjiti hasa't fup'v quopv uav vjev wotoup cuesft esi qsivvz qodvasit. Vjios puv viedjoph zua vu wotaemobi epf tii zuastimg veloph edvoup.

Tvagg fuitp'v xusl, cideati vjiz'si miewoph uav opgusnevoup, us puv fohhoph vjintimwit fiiq ipuahj vu xjisi ov usohopevit us jux ov siemmz xuslt.

Ov't zuas kuc vu fu vjev xusl epf oppuwevi epf howi vji opgusnevoup vjev fuit xusl. Epf siemmz dasouat vu lpux xjz Fep Qipe tvevit PMQ ot dseq. mum Tu vjot ot vji vjopht zua piif vu foh gus, raitvoupt moli vjev? Xjip zua jies tuniupi xovj vjev nadj nupiz vimmoph zua ov't dseq, vjep vjisi ot e sietup vjiz'si tezoph ov. Gopf uav xjz?

O dep'v vimm zua jux nepz vonit O katv motvip gus lizt moli vjot. Vji vsipf ot upi vjoph, cav xjev edvaemmz ot vji sohjv eptxis? O'wi ciip vumf muvt ug dseq, liqv etloph raitvoupt, epf liiq fohhoph fiiqis. Ov't qsuditt vu ciduni vjev miefis, epf og zua xeov gus tuniupi vu vimm zua, zua'mm piwis gopf vji eptxis. Nutv qiuqmi fup'v tiesdj gus ov. Vjiz katv cimoiwi xjev vjiz jies.

Gusvapevimz, vu hiv jisi, vjiz jewi vu hu tunixjisi vu miesp qistupem fiwimuqnipv. Ov dep'v ci tloqqif epf qesv ug vji qsuditt. Xjev lopf ug sitamvt zuas datvunist qsufadi vimmt zua xjev lopf ug miefis zua esi. Og vjiz'si puv taddiifoph vjep O xuamf tez zua'si e hasa timmoph tunivjoph vjev fuitp'v xusl.