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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Yup. Same with Simon Sinek’s “start with Why!” Where he declared that his “why” is to teach me to find my own “why”. F*ck off.It really is a me bias pandemic. This has got to be one of the biggest hurdles to business success in new entrepreneurs.
It’s not about me and never will be.
"Amazon is a multibillion-dollar company that has millions of millions of dollars in profit that they use for stock buybacks and dividends,
"The group says all 70 members of the campaign will refuse to work with Amazon until it complies with labor union demands, including a $30/hour minimum wage, better working conditions, and a halt to any union-busting tactics"
"Amazon is a multibillion-dollar company that has millions of millions of dollars in profit that they use for stock buybacks and dividends," Joshi said. "They have the capability to give people $30 an hour, and they don't."
30 an hour ???? Aren't they a bit delusional ??
Just because Amazon "could" doesn't mean they should.
I'm sure the world's largest e-commerce company is scared of some attention seeking bitch who barely averages 10k views a video (which means a lot less than 10k on YT) and whose group uses GOOGLE DOCS to broadcast their manifesto.What an idiot. Amazon doesn't distribute dividends, and hasn't undergone any buy backs for years (until this year) and relatively speaking, is at the bottom end of tech buybacks.. This is what happens when morons get social media megaphones, morons who should be washing dishes, not asking for compensation comparable to a degreed medical assistant.
Amazon can't."The group says all 70 members of the campaign will refuse to work with Amazon until it complies with labor union demands, including a $30/hour minimum wage, better working conditions, and a halt to any union-busting tactics"
"Amazon is a multibillion-dollar company that has millions of millions of dollars in profit that they use for stock buybacks and dividends," Joshi said. "They have the capability to give people $30 an hour, and they don't."
30 an hour ???? Aren't they a bit delusional ??
Just because Amazon "could" doesn't mean they should.
I used to respect him and Kevin O'Leary, now I won't go near anything they are involved in.
It makes me wonder if anyone pushing for a $30/hr wage at Amazon has done the basic math to get an idea of the cost:Amazon can't.
They cannot pay everyone 30 per hour and still make money. It would be a disaster. Full stop. These people don't know what they're talking about.
Never mind the fact that 30 per hour is a decent rate for a skilled tradesperson with experience (welder, plumber, electrician, fitter, tile, roofing, etc.)
And ya know what? They could probably ditch America and go get workers in other countries for even less than they're paying now. They've already done this to an extent, but could go ape on this strategy and abandon the first world even more.
It would actually be this:It makes me wonder if anyone pushing for a $30/hr wage at Amazon has done the basic math to get an idea of the cost:
(# employees)×(average hours per year)×($30)
A quick Google search suggests 1.6 million full or part time employees at Amazon. Not all are hourly, but just to get an idea.
Let's assume an average 30 hours per week, for 52 weeks per year is 1560 hours per year.
1.6million x 1560 x 30 = about $75 billion per year in wages. Does not count benefits.
But the CEO's salary of $213 million (3/10 of 1 percent of that) is going to bust the budget? Lol.
Those people need to take a math class.
Quite an accomplishment.
Has anyone read this author's material?
Just curious to what is so special about Ms. Hoover that she warrants 4 of the top 6 spots on Amazon's top best sellers list among ALL books.
Quite an accomplishment.
Is the writing that good? The story? The character dev? In scenarios like this, I always wonder what sets this author a part from the other 1 billion on Amazon.
This really bothers me.I saw a video on YouTube this morning that was interesting. Once you get past about page 10 on ANY search engine (google, Bing, duckduckgo, yahoo... Didn't see Brave) the results are all the exact same. Page 11, 12, 13, 14.... All show the same thing on every page, and each page is essentially the same. It's all MSN links and wikipedia. Doesn't matter what the search term is.
An incoming Google update they're calling the “helpful content update” that's "part of a broader effort to ensure people see more original, helpful content written by people, for people, in search results."
The idea is to "better reward content where visitors feel they've had a satisfying experience, while content that doesn't meet a visitor's expectations won't perform as well."
I wish Google stopped taking into account backlinks at all and was able to judge purely the content. It would put a lot of spammers out of business but would be great for content creators.
Here goes my pen rant.What do you guys use for pens when writing? I have switched 100% to writing everything down rather than using a computer. My brain works better, I have 0 distraction, and it just feels good.
However, 100% of the pens I have used are trash. They write poor, or they don't last more than a week, or the ink smears, or some sort of BS issue.
I know some of you guys are hardcore writers, any best pen that you swear by?
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The slightly fancier pens are scratchy and the ink always bleeds and smudges, I've always assumed the really expensive ones would be the same.
Lamy is a good pen brand if you really want something a bit nicer, but I bought my gf a really cool one for her work and she never uses it, she prefers the cheaper ones too.
Yup. Same with Simon Sinek’s “start with Why!” Where he declared that his “why” is to teach me to find my own “why”. F*ck off.
After swearing off social media for the last month or so, I was forced to dig back into it for research purposes.
What an incredibly depressing and sad bunch of people. This feels like all the worst parts of society congregated into one place.
That was me pre-purge - I was averaging 2+ hours a day. Such a mindless waste of time and I'm glad to be rid of the apps/temptation.I looked at my screen time the other day and how much time Twitter occupied in my life. I promptly deleted it off of my phone. I haven’t had the Facebook app on my phone in years.
If I must use Twitter, it’s not going to be mindlessly scrolling on my phone. It’s going to be deliberate on my PC for my radio show.
I have learned that protecting my phone from such attention thieving apps is a good policy for personal productivity and happiness.
Here's the answer:
How Colleen Hoover Became The Queen Of BookTok
Colleen Hoover’s success is proof of BookTok’s huge real-world impact.www.buzzfeednews.com
In short: social media but mostly seems driven by TikTok.
looked at my screen time the other day and how much time Twitter occupied in my life.
It is all designed to grab hours of your life without your objection.That was me pre-purge - I was averaging 2+ hours a day. Such a mindless waste of time and I'm glad to be rid of the apps/temptation.
Sadly, I still need to use FB for work stuff which was just as addicting so I started using a feed blocker on my desktop. It's been huge for my productivity and keeps me from getting sucked in when going on to respond to messages, check groups, etc. for my business.
I command-line killed Play Store and the Browser for this reason. *shrug*I looked at my screen time the other day and how much time Twitter occupied in my life. I promptly deleted it off of my phone. I haven’t had the Facebook app on my phone in years.
If I must use Twitter, it’s not going to be mindlessly scrolling on my phone. It’s going to be deliberate on my PC for my radio show.
I have learned that protecting my phone from such attention thieving apps is a good policy for personal productivity and happiness.
This is Floyd Mayweather's strategy as wellI have learned that protecting my phone from such attention thieving apps is a good policy for personal productivity and happiness.
So basically, it sounds like she's a good author who is a better social media marketer. And I must mention, a pure productocracy, as people are recommending her work over and over.
TikTok (and now IG shorts) is insanely addictive. I even struggle to get off there after a few moments. What a great tool to give 15 year old kids. Last night I saw 2 kids skateboarding in the middle of the street which is pretty dangerous around here with the people who drive 2X the speed limit, however what was absolutely stunning is, they both had their heads down, staring at their smartphones, while SKATEBOARDING! In the middle of the street! It was pretty sad to watch.
I've said before on here that I don't believe humans survive the next 100 or so years, and if we do, it will be apocalyptic. This is one of the reasons why I've come to that conclusion. You can't have entire generations who are brain dead and unable to focus on the simplest of tasks, and survive, at least well.
Personal though has already been given to others to do. I'd wager to say that 70% of the planet had their critical thinking skills removed during this "pandemic". Whatever side you are on, it does not matter, 70% of thinking skills were removed.We're evolving into the Borg.
So far it's disorganized and decentralized, and the mob mostly works online. But it's transitioning to the real world. Look at "lone-wolf" terrorism fueled by online incitement. Same with political violence on the left and the right. A better organized example is flash mob looting.
Someone will refine the communication link and create an army.
The fact that the majority of doctors don't look for new knowledge or simply give academic solutions (take the pill!) is worrying.Personal though has already been given to others to do. I'd wager to say that 70% of the planet had their critical thinking skills removed during this "pandemic". Whatever side you are on, it does not matter, 70% of thinking skills were removed.
I look at my family. I have successful engineers, a C level executive, some retired engineers and a few others. Literally the only one of my dad's family that can still think and question is my dad. Everyone else can't even look at something that makes perfect sense outside of any narrative and not even question it.
My own brothers and cousins, I have 1 cousin who can still think, and about 8 who shut their brains off. My brothers, 2 refuse to use their brains, and the ex Commie actually woke up and is seeing what is going on.
Heck, my oldest brother, who I always considered to be far more intelligent than me, can't think about ANYTHING outside of the narrative now. I was trying to bring up a discussion about Marvel, marvel of all things, and he can't even see it outside the narrative. I was frustrated at the direction it is going, and how every new character craps on old established characters, and the new young ones are instantly better than them at everything. He has the pre scripted "Disney excuse" for everything, you can't even debate him on that.
Imagine how much worse it is on things of meaning and substance. No one can question the narrative on anything! Not even brain dead movies.
I have a friend with genius level IQ who as a child was doing things on computers that the adults could not do. Today he is so far stuck in the system it doesn't even matter. He follows the narrative and the "experts" hook line and sinker every word.
Hell, even my wife gets stuck. She had a blood test the other day and they were worried about her cholesterol and sugar levels. Something is up as she eats pretty good and is very petite, however recently had 2 kids and she is sedentary lately. I told her to start moving, a bit of exercise is probably the #1 thing she can do as she already has the diet pretty solid, cut out the odd juice and drink and replace with water. Well her doctor told her "the only thing you can do is change your diet" which is 100% false. I told her that doctors were told whatever in school in order to graduate, and almost none of them look outside that or gather new information. Hell, a pamphlet she was looking at for healthy alternatives for food said that margarine was good for you!!!!!!!
Okay I'm done ranting for now
"Therapy isn't enough but we need Biden to act on climate NOW"I'm sure the world's largest e-commerce company is scared of some attention seeking bitch who barely averages 10k views a video (which means a lot less than 10k on YT) and whose group uses GOOGLE DOCS to broadcast their manifesto.
She might have 100k+ followers on TikTok but TT is riddled with bots (most of my followers on TT are random bots)
It's funny how they have stated they won't accept any sponsorship from Amazon (which I doubt they were getting in the first place) and to not use their links (that no one was probably buying anything from)
They won't commit to not using Amazon for themselves as they love that next day delivery and convenience too much
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