Ride Your Bike to the Next Job Interview. Excellent Idea.
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It’s a brilliant short post and I don’t know why I didn’t think about it before. My previous jobs before, computer programming, really didn’t care much about who you were, but more about what you could do. Can you carry a gun? You got the job. Are you qualified to drive a truck without killing someone? Here you go. In the computer world, can you program a computer? Well that’s nice, but where do you live? How do you feel about the President? Do you think these Dockers make my ass look big? The “team” was wondering what type of cake you like? On and on it would go and I often wondered how any work got done. It did, so who am I to judge? Maybe cake is more important than what I realize.
I don’t think a motorcycle would have been a factor in the hiring process at any of my previous jobs, but it certainly would have got those begging questions out of the way.
- Cake flavors are not a priority for him. Big guy, but he just wants to get his work done and go ride.
- He’s part of the team, but doesn’t need need a group hug to get the day started to feel secure.
- He rides that thing in the rain, a few hours overtime won’t bother him, so long as the weather is bad.
- No, he’s not going to go over the edge if we change a few things in our processes. Wendy in accounting nearly killed him turning left in front of him this morning and he’s already over that.
If I would have followed the advice to ride my motorcycle to the interview, many things could have been cleared up quickly. They either would not have hired me or welcomed me no matter what type of cake I liked. I never think to much about what people think of me and my motorcycle. I don’t care. Apparently, there is a type of person that rides and they either like you or not. There are some obvious points about a motorcycle rider I have just discovered:
- You understand risks and understand that they can be managed and/or ignored in order to persue passions.
- You don’t care what the status quo says. They will tell you that you could wreck and die on these things, but you ride anyhow.
- You enjoy life and fear a life without fun, adventure, and meaning.
I’m probably missing some other points. You don’t need to be a motorcycle enthusiast to have these qualities, but arriving on a motorcycle just makes these points obvious. If these points are going to be a problem with a future employer, you don’t want to work for them. If the employer appreciates these qualities, you will thrive.
Super White Power?
Changing times and references can really mess up an old brand name. Super White Power is on the hood of this truck. I’m sure it was brilliant branding back then, today, not so much. They were White trucks and they had power, what could go wrong with branding them Super White Power trucks?
- Super White Power
I was late, but still got a few pictures of the antique semi-truck show in Newark, Ohio.
I have more photos from the truck show and trucking and general.
How to Blog Day 6 – Take a Ton of Advice From Big Time Bloggers
This is a continuation the book review for, 31 Days To Build A Better Blog.
Here’s a real disappointing chapter in the book. The author says he asked a bunch of successful bloggers what they think their most important posts were, then he links to those posts. ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income reads more like a blog than a book. I’m working off of the old version(I bought it a month ago, but it’s already old), the new version is only in hard copy and Kindle form. This would be a real pain if you don’t have the e-book form.
Here’s the thing about the gurus. Their going to sell you on their most intimate secrets of success, but you are dreaming if you think that you actually get them to tell you. They’re not going to lose their edge by telling you all of the secrets. In order to be somewhat credible, they’re not going to give you bad ideas though. To truly know what they do, you’re going to have to watch their website. Even that is not going to help because many other people are doing that too. You’re never going to learn their tricks, but the one thing they cannot hide is their content. You can learn something from their ads, their design, etc.
For example, have you ever noticed that the format that blogs are laid out in is similar. I’m starting to notice it. The colors are even common on many websites. It’s something to think about. If you’re going to copy anything others do, don’t let it be the content, follow their general design ideas and toss your ideas of being special in this area out the window. They’ve paid big money to set websites up in the best format for sales and readability. Copy that.
Remember, the Problogger book says to check all of these out in a day! No way. Spread it out over a long period of time. Try some things in your blogs and keep what works. I’m keeping a list of what works to repeat later. Keep in mind that these suggestions are coming from people who’s livelihood depends on making suggestions. If something sounds strange, see what others are saying about it before you try it.
Another trap is to fall into an education glut. This has happened to me often. You start reading “how-to-blog” blogs and never do any work. This information is endless and not all of it is worth the time reading. Read about, then try it and try it immediately.
Here’s the links that the book says to check out.
- How to Get Traffic to Your Blog
- How to Send Personal Email
- First, ten
- 21 Tactics To Increase Traffic
- Blogging In A Saturated Market Is A Poor Decision
- 21 Tips To Earn Tweets And Links From Your Posts
- Complete Guide To Finding And Using Flickr Images
- How to Start or Start Over Building Your Personal Brand
- 25 Paths to an Insanely Popular Blog
- How to Grow Your Google Authority
- Diggbait, Linkbait, Flagship Content and Authority
- The Art of Getting Things Wrong
- How To Write Great Blog Content
- Why Bloggers Don’t Understand E-mail Marketing
- Top 10 Worst Ways Of Making Money
- Why You Should Embrace Negative Press
- Six Steps To Make More Money With Your Blog
- Re-Thinking Blog Comments
- You’re Not Just The Writer, You’re The Editor In Chief
- 10 Reasons Readers Don’t Leave Comments
- The Secret To Massive Social Networking Links
- 7 Great Ways To Connect With Others
- 43 Design Mistakes To Avoid
- How To Find Advertisers
- 50 Ways To Take Your Blog To The Next Level
- 40 Ways To Deliver Killer Blog Content
- 27 Secrets To Power Your Community
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Tea Party Fearmongering. A Little Knowledge Can Be Dangerous.
I really hate to post anything from infowars.com. This sight should place a disclaimer that it’s to be used for
entertainment purposes only. The website puts out some of the most ridiculous claims and most should realize it. I call it entertainment because I like to see how quickly I can either debunk what they’re saying or find someone else that has debunked one of their stories. I do fear that a loony could go crazy with their stories, but that’s free speech and we just have to take the good with the bad.
The latest that I know for certain is total bullshit is this story about the U.S. Army training to take on the tea party. It’s humorous when you know the truth about how the Army trains, but this would scare the crap out of someone who is a Tea Party member. The Army is not training to take on the Tea Party. I’m sure.
I am sure because I was a member of the 194th Armor Brigade in Fort Knox. The fact is, they do train as a heavy QRF(quick reactionary force) for all sorts of situations. We were placed on alert frequently and nobody really knew why. We did know to be prepared for anything.
It was common to be called out on alert and they tried to make things as realistic as possible. It’s been many years ago and I can’t remember the details of the SITREP(situation report). I do remember the first time I heard one that I was astonished by it. Nobody else batted an eye. I then learned that these SITREPS were usually just a bored Second Lieutenant who was charged with making up something for the fake alert. It’s just not to realistic to come out and say, “We’re calling everybody in to sit in the motorpool and nap on your rucksacks until we figure out where an open area is to go do some maneuvers.”.
My money is that the Army is not gearing up for a bunch of drunken Tea Partiers. They are gearing up for ANY major civil disturbance as they should be and have been for many, many years. The person who wrote this training exercise was most likely trying to come up with a scenario while he was watching MSNBC and this sounded as good as anything.
There may be some credibility to some stories at Infowars, but you can be sure that they’ve cranked up the hype on everything to keep everyone tuned into their constant end of the world news.
