View Poll Results: Read my Post then answer - Who Would you Respect More (honestly)

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  • #1 - the "do what it takes at any cost" for good approach?

    1 6.67%
  • #2 - Keeping it real, real, real.

    14 93.33%
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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Atlanta, GA (Buckhead)

    Who would you respect more?

    One of my more serious polls.

    1) Someone who is savvy, manipulative, but a decent human who is wildly financially successful, but feels he needs to "screw some people over" and be false at times to provide for his/her family and can do it quite easily?

    or....

    2) Someone who is their own man/woman, who is 100 percent pure, doesn't kiss butt or play politics and follows their heart completely, doing everything they can to make an honest living doing what they love, even at the sacrifice of struggling financially at times - because they want to be "real."


    -EarlJam

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    I'd respect the second person. But, depending on the circumstances, I'd probably hire the first.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Atlanta, GA (Buckhead)
    Quote Originally Posted by brevity View Post
    I'd respect the second person. But, depending on the circumstances, I'd probably hire the first.
    That is an interesting perspective and interesting response.

    You know what? I think I agree with you. But I would very much more respect the "real" dude/duddette.

    -EarlJam

  4. #4
    I work for the first guy, and I can honestly say I would never hire a person like him, unless we were digging ditches or cleaning sceptic tanks. I hope I have the cojones to maintain honor and respect for myself even in the face of gajillions of dollars.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    St. Louis, MO
    In my last job I worked with 2 people who fit into category #1. That's the major reason I switched jobs.

  6. #6
    While it is hard to be happy if you are destitute, once you have "enough" having "more" doesn't make you any happier. The guy in category #1 may be financially successful, but he may not like his life.

    Learning to feel like what we have is "enough" is one of life's hardest lessons. I turned down a job offer that had a lot more earning potential than my current job becaue I would have had to give up coaching my older son's AAU Bball team and my younger son's Little League baseball team. A LOT of folks thought I was nuts, but the ones who understood, really understood.

    I own my own home (well, together with Wells Fargo) have a relatively new non-luxury bare bones Saturn VUE, can take my kids on vacation two weeks a year to somewhere fun, and can buy really good seafood or steak when I want to grill out. It took me a long time to learn that was not just "enough", but instead, it was a "gracious plenty" (there are some southern phrases that are just perfect, "gracious plenty" is one of them).

    Unless guy #1 is also very happy, in addition to his financial success, he is a moron. And I have tried, with limited success, to avoid being a moron.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Back in Vegas... again.
    Quote Originally Posted by allenmurray View Post
    While it is hard to be happy if you are destitute, once you have "enough" having "more" doesn't make you any happier. The guy in category #1 may be financially successful, but he may not like his life.
    Quote Originally Posted by allenmurray View Post
    Unless guy #1 is also very happy, in addition to his financial success, he is a moron. And I have tried, with limited success, to avoid being a moron.
    What he said. Word.

  8. #8
    When schoolchildren of the future are taught the meaning of false dichotomy, they will hold high the memory of this poll.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Seattle, WA
    Quote Originally Posted by billybreen View Post
    When schoolchildren of the future are taught the meaning of false dichotomy, they will hold high the memory of this poll.
    If the schoolchildren of the future are exposed to Earljam's various polls, I will weep for all the lost innocence, and for the future demise of our planet.

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