Other current threads have shared how our own experience and/or observations have given us guidelines that we each tend to live by or make our judgments according to. I am NOT thinking of the genetic instincts or human drives innate to us, but the lessons learned from reflection on non-passionate experiences.

Presently we have discussions about the amenities and luxuries available in our present daily social structure and the old saw of “…what I had compared to…”. This is what we are naturally inclined to differentiate “living standard necessity” and “luxury” by.

The one philosophy or standard I have drawn from all this is “Anything Totally Free has NO VALUE!”

I, personally, believe this to be the case, whether adult or child, wealthy or poor, employee or manager, spouse or acquaintance………Regardless of the portions given, 50/50, ~ 1/99,….. without SOMETHING from both sides (0/100), it HAS ZERO VALUE to one side.


Case Example-
A 10 man shop was provided coffee as a working condition courtesy, through a coffee service company that brought in the coffer maker station and sold the coffee supplies. When the monthly bill exceeded $300, it was discovered that the “get a cup at your leisure” option had breed a VERY sophisticated taste bud for a substantial number of employees. A 30 minute old pot, with one cup removed, was dumped out to make a “fresh” one had become the practice.

The policy was changed to submitting the monthly invoice to the group for a 10% contribution, through whatever device decided, before the next order could be placed. Within 90 days, the 90% company portion stabilized at $80 - $85 per month.

This meant that a $90 monthly bill required less than $1 per person average contribution but reduced the total cost by about 70%.


So what lesson have you learned that has given you a personal philosophy in life?

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I think I just learned a very important one! ha ha

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

As you go through life,
Two rules shall never bend.

Never whittle towards yourself,
Or piss against the wind.

I'd think an important one I've learned is...

"Always assume people are capable of more than you think they are -- and if you give them challenges, and put faith in them, they will likely succeed."

I've learned that I work best with the hungry underdog-- the person who wants responsibility and is looking for someone to give them challenges. I've never yet been disappointed in giving these folks opportunities.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

OK. One more....


"The day is never too short, or too bleak, to give SOMEONE a (sincere) compliment and tell someone else 'Thank you.' "


...what goes around comes around.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

My philosophy is my passion..."Everyone can learn"...... it's my job to figure out how

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

I'll have to think about that question some more!


But, PF.....the reason your imaginary employees have such discerning taste, and can't drink from a pot of coffee over 30 minutes old, is merely because they're Canadian and used to Tim Horton's.... which everyone knows is always fresh because the pots are emptied after 20 minutes

<~~~~ hates old coffee

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

I have learned what I already knew: numbers are confusing.

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Being human is really a trip.

Hold onto the melons Pantyboy .......gonna grab a coffee and give this some thought! BBL

Not true....totally free usually equates to something given

I had many things given too me and i valued everyone of them

Many a horse was given to me as it was deemed worthless...with some TLC and retraining they all became quite valuable (and not necessarily in price)

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loving, giving and nurturing others and yourself seems to make something inside yourself shine so much brighter......

Life is too short to hold a grudge or let someone else make you crazy with their problems. (I don't mean the sharing the load we do with loved ones, but there are people in this life that are "crazymakers" they seem to make choices that impact negatively on others lives .... but I've learned that you can WITH A LOT OF WATCHFULNESS deflect most of that back to them.) (sorry ... too long of an explanation!!! LOL)

i have learned too much in my short life to put it all here, but i'd like to say one thing: although i kinda get what you're saying PF, i would never ever de-value, ignore or discount anything just because it came for free or because i was the only one invested 100%. you could miss out on the best things in life that way.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

Three lessons I have learned throughout my life...

Trust no one and you will never be disappointed in life.

Expect the worst in life and you will always be surprised when something good happens.

The world is full of assholes and you just have to deal with them.

He what can I say I am not a glass is half full or a glass is half-empty guy; I am the glass will be empty until I do something about it kind of guy.

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R.I.P.

DAM THE MAN!

What constraint or genus can I use to focus my topic and thoughts?

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