On the steps of Krak Des Chevaliers
Walking with a cane
Hauling her oxygen tank
The old lady said
“Travel while you’re young”
Category: Strategy/Entrepreneurship
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Some folks do not like changes.
Break the entire organization apart.
Resetting emotional equilibrium is the hard part.
It is time to do some spring cleaning.
Everything is covered with cobwebs and dust.
Chip away crust
Testing
One
Two
Three
Four
Shake up the beans
Rip the seams
Experimentation galore
Grab a broom
Sweep out the store.
Innovation is never a bore.
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Retail store wasteland
Close layoff sell online
Change or rot on vine
248
A picturesque night
Choppy sea who will help me?
Keep swimming forward
243
The prosperous
Old man
Sitting
Behind
His
Oversized
Luxurious
Desk
Meticulously
Crushing
His cigarette
Into the ashtray
Looked at me and said
“Kid
Success is easy
If you desire it
Some do
Some do not
Some are afraid of success
All the self-help
Mumbo Jumbo
Only goes so far
Put
Horse blinkers on
March, March, March
And
March some more
Until
Every muscle
Cannot move anymore”
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The father
Told his young son
“Here is a box of fresh picked grapefruit
Haul the fruit in your wagon
Go door to door
Keep going until all sold”
The boy
Did as he was told
Spending a few hours
Going house to house
Until all the grapefruit were gone
The father
Did not tell his son
That he priced the citrus so cheap
Many people would buy the fruit
Lessons learned:
-
- Self-confidence-believe in ability
- Do not quit until job done
226
The scholarly
Highly compensated
Inside the beltway
Statistician
Made his prediction
Based only on raw data
Unfortunately
Completely neglecting
The emotional human condition
Leading to a wrong embarrassing prediction
194
Calm yourself
I know it is extremely difficult
However
Try your best
Stop
Blaming others
For your sorrows
Hit the beach
Jump
On a skateboard
Ride
A boogie board
Pull out
Old long surfboard
Check out
Gorgeous tan ladies
Wearing
Brazilian bikinis
Sip
Pina coladas
Forget
Martinis
Thread the needle
Sow your oats
Next morning
You will wake up
And
No longer
Feel like an old goat
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Watching the water
Run down the drain
I understand your pain
Drop the bum
Move on
Go have some fun
Grab your backpack
Hop on a jet
Southeast Asia
Is
An exotic place
To hang out
And
Forget
Soon
You
Will be laughing again
Fresh
Happy
Wiser
Starting over
Without him
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Worn out hiking boots
He just kept moving along
Soaking wet but strong
170
Relax
Be patient
Sit by the river with your fishing pole
Most of all
Do not be dragged down the rabbit hole
Overtime
Bad character
Will be exposed
Then you will completely know
It is time get up
And
Permanently
Walk away from the sideshow
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I never laugh at others misery
However
This time it is worthy
Smaller and smaller
The number of places for the corrupt to hide
Stashing the cash
In safe locations
Is like sticking a finger in a beehive
The barristers who wash the money
Do not have complete control anymore
Setting up shell companies is the game
No one knows in whose name
For decades the scheme worked
The data kept in nice little paper books
Today information online
Compromised security
Could put all involved
In a very bad bind
Maybe time to go back to old school
Buy Private Island
And
Bury currency, diamonds, gold coins
Under the mansion’s swimming pool
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Bite Bite Bite some more
Laser focus on one chore
Only so much time
Grab a shovel dig mine
Results ring like cathedral chimes
145
They come they go
Do not succumb to undertow
Maintain steady flow
89
Serpents circling
Back to back swords in our hands
Together to end
88
In the game too long
Time to get up walk away
Before heart decays
75
When running business
Think just like the Japanese
Be in for long haul
54
Cold Analysis
Conflicts with intuition
Causing me great pain
46
Numerous do try
It’s about longevity
Have the discipline
33
To control one’s life
A person needs to train the
mind to be relaxed
32
Winners have thick skin
Do not care what people think
March forward like horse
The Hermit Poet's Ramblings 