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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador] * 1
    #26521331 - 03/06/20 08:59 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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Bosses are prone to error just like anyone else.

I'd wager the bosses of the world have failed more than most people have ever pondered the idea of trying.

And they're not afraid to admit they've failed before. Quite the opposite. They'll highlight their failures to prevent them from happening again and to learn from their mistakes.





I don't encounter many people who toot their own horn as much as you do.  Ew...


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: Amanita86]
    #26522314 - 03/07/20 02:18 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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It seems the folks in the US are so convinced they’re the absolute best in the world in all regards they haven’t bothered taking a look around and possibly realizing they might be wrong.

I’m not shitting on the US but it’s more like a fixer upper.  There’s some problem areas.  One being that nobody can agree on anything and two, that it really wouldn’t matter even if they did.




No we're not perfect but it's definitely the greatest country on the planet. I don't care what anyone says. Are music, tv shows ,movies, way of life influences the entire planet. We aslo have the most powerful military in the world. The reason the United states has a immigration problem is because most people want to live here! It's actually really nice. There's no way I would live anywhere else.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: Shenmue] * 1
    #26522622 - 03/07/20 06:16 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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It seems the folks in the US are so convinced they’re the absolute best in the world in all regards they haven’t bothered taking a look around and possibly realizing they might be wrong.

I’m not shitting on the US but it’s more like a fixer upper.  There’s some problem areas.  One being that nobody can agree on anything and two, that it really wouldn’t matter even if they did.




No we're not perfect but it's definitely the greatest country on the planet. I don't care what anyone says. Are music, tv shows ,movies, way of life influences the entire planet. We aslo have the most powerful military in the world. The reason the United states has a immigration problem is because most people want to live here! It's actually really nice. There's no way I would live anywhere else.




How does the average American fair in all of this?  Not good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult

"22 United States"

So who is the US great for? The very wealthy and that's it. On a relative basis, it's not so great at all.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: qman]
    #26522901 - 03/07/20 09:04 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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So who is the US great for? The very wealthy and that's it. On a relative basis, it's not so great at all.




Just speaking on Dallas alone, where I reside -- from what I can see there seems to be a ton of motherfuckers who seem do be doing pretty well. A lot better than I am.

I'm surrounded by luxury highrises, I mean they are everywhere, and everyday it seems a new one is going up. None of which I could afford.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: 1234go]
    #26522927 - 03/07/20 09:26 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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Bosses are prone to error just like anyone else.

I'd wager the bosses of the world have failed more than most people have ever pondered the idea of trying.

And they're not afraid to admit they've failed before. Quite the opposite. They'll highlight their failures to prevent them from happening again and to learn from their mistakes.





I don't encounter many people who toot their own horn as much as you do.  Ew...




Most people don't do anything worth tooting aboot.

And if sharing my experience, knowledge, and opinions is tooting... maybe look inward as to why that threatens you so.

Also, I operate the PC just fine. I stored the lid in the oven to make counter space then went to broil a steak. Instead I broiled the gauge. I laughed about it- you should too.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador] * 1
    #26525126 - 03/09/20 08:01 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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We see eye to eye on this! They will NEVER EVER "take less" so to speak (that's the way they see it I'm sure). It goes against capitalism, corporatism, and "just business".:scat:




Would you ever "take less" for your hard work?

Yes. Especially if I was making millions and billions of dollars.








Like take what you make and give some back to your employer for some reason?

This is just absolutely ludicrous and you know it. This is a stupid point to try and make. If I made say 5 million a year (small business, right?:rolleyes:). and I could give the employees a little more and I would only make a measly (LOLOL!) 3 million. YES! I would do this! It's so simple, even a caveman can do it!





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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador]
    #26525172 - 03/09/20 08:54 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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Most people don't do anything worth tooting aboot.

And if sharing my experience, knowledge, and opinions is tooting... maybe look inward as to why that threatens you so.

Also, I operate the PC just fine. I stored the lid in the oven to make counter space then went to broil a steak. Instead I broiled the gauge. I laughed about it- you should too.





This is what I mean...still rambling on, and on.  I just gave you a hard time about your signature, that's it...and you went off about bosses, and their struggle.
I'm sure you can use a PC just fine.  No need for any more speeches about the bosses of the world, and their ethics...it's silly is all.  Failure happens.  I get it.  Let's move on.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: tyrannicalrex]
    #26525262 - 03/09/20 09:58 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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We see eye to eye on this! They will NEVER EVER "take less" so to speak (that's the way they see it I'm sure). It goes against capitalism, corporatism, and "just business".:scat:




Would you ever "take less" for your hard work?

Yes. Especially if I was making millions and billions of dollars.








Like take what you make and give some back to your employer for some reason?

This is just absolutely ludicrous and you know it. This is a stupid point to try and make. If I made say 5 million a year (small business, right?:rolleyes:). and I could give the employees a little more and I would only make a measly (LOLOL!) 3 million. YES! I would do this! It's so simple, even a caveman can do it!








Nice people often say things like this when they haven't put in the work to build a business. Once you see what it takes to build even a small business compared to what it takes to clock in and do the robot job, you'd likely not be so keen on just giving away your money.

1234go- What exactly is your point? I toot and ramble. This a forum. Why don't you add something to this conversation? Also, the subject of this entire thread is about the boss of Amazon and his ethics.

When people go out and move mountains, they're always going to have armchair, keyboard, sideline haters. I just don't get why. Better to learn from those people than hate. That's my point. Been my point this whole thread.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador]
    #26525271 - 03/09/20 10:05 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Well, illuminate us fools.

What lessons have you learned from Jeff Bezos?
How successful have those lessons made you?


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador]
    #26525287 - 03/09/20 10:15 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Nice people often say things like this when they haven't put in the work to build a business. Once you see what it takes to build even a small business compared to what it takes to clock in and do the robot job, you'd likely not be so keen on just giving away your money.


I'm not a greedy money hungry asshole, so yeah, I would give more to the employees. Plus I don't have the drive, nor do I NEED to have millions of dollars. Money does not drive me to succeed in a job or in life. I know I need money, but I make decent money. I have no desire to start a business. I have seen people who do, and they are super stressed MOST of the time. I will be fine in my retirement. I am good now. I do not need multiple millions and billions of dollars to feel good about myself. If I won a lottery of like 128 million or whatever it is, I would give away most of it and keep like 5 million.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador] * 1
    #26525295 - 03/09/20 10:20 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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When people go out and move mountains, they're always going to have armchair, keyboard, sideline haters. I just don't get why. Better to learn from those people than hate. That's my point. Been my point this whole thread.





You're moving mountains now?  What gives...

What's your turnover rate like?


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: feldman114] * 1
    #26525312 - 03/09/20 10:37 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

I don't think you all are fools.

Look at any successful person you know. Doesn't even have to be Bezos. If you pay attention they'll tell you exactly how to be more successful.

Do they wake up early? Do they take days off? Do they give up? Do they complain? Do they see people that have done better than them as a barrier to entry of success? Do they go out and do instead of stay in and say?

I've learned a lot from people like Bezos and those lessons have absolutely brought me success. Success is incremental and inconsistent though. Success comes in lots of small steps and it usually takes a bunch of failures in between each success as you figure it out.

Am I successful? Yes. I always succeed eventually if I keep trying. Which means I'm always eventually taking a step forward. Is my life improving as a result? Absolutely. Is my success independent of Jeff Bezos success? Of course it is.

How successful? Not sure how to measure success. Probably prefer to measure success in frequency of the steps forward that I take. And if we did that I'm to the point of being at a medium shuffle in the forward direction. Sometimes I still fall, but I've been at what I do now for a decade so my steps forward are more frequent and when I take my steps I've got a pretty good handle of where I'm going to land.

Wealth is another way some folks measure success. If I were to guess my net worth it would probably be in the mid tens of thousands of dollars. But that's a stupid way to measure success, IMO. Maybe until Forbes is calling you with questions anyway.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: tyrannicalrex]
    #26525316 - 03/09/20 10:40 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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Nice people often say things like this when they haven't put in the work to build a business. Once you see what it takes to build even a small business compared to what it takes to clock in and do the robot job, you'd likely not be so keen on just giving away your money.


I'm not a greedy money hungry asshole, so yeah, I would give more to the employees. Plus I don't have the drive, nor do I NEED to have millions of dollars. Money does not drive me to succeed in a job or in life. I know I need money, but I make decent money. I have no desire to start a business. I have seen people who do, and they are super stressed MOST of the time. I will be fine in my retirement. I am good now. I do not need multiple millions and billions of dollars to feel good about myself. If I won a lottery of like 128 million or whatever it is, I would give away most of it and keep like 5 million.





I'm saying you would change your mind if you ever tried to start a business. It would be more clear how all this works and you would understand why people are not just arbitrarily paid based on how much money the boss thinks it would be nice for the employees to have.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador]
    #26525379 - 03/09/20 11:41 AM (3 years, 11 months ago)

I don’t see how that answers my question.

What have you learned from Jeff Bezos while we were hating on him like the dumb, inexperienced business idiots we are?


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: feldman114]
    #26525431 - 03/09/20 12:39 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Really the question is why hate? And also, why do you think you're just a dumb idiot?

I'm not going to spoon it to you as to why it is better to not hate on people. I think that answer should be obvious.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador]
    #26525446 - 03/09/20 12:49 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

ok so you haven’t learned anything. Settles that.

Why do you think you know more about starting a business than people you’ve never met?


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: susurrador]
    #26525448 - 03/09/20 12:50 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Like a lot of people who get rich, Bezo's was there at the right time. For that I give him credit.

He certainly doesn't need all that wealth that he's accumulated though.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: christopera]
    #26525456 - 03/09/20 12:55 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

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He certainly doesn't need all that wealth that he's accumulated though.




:notlikely:

Sure he does broseph those 150 million dollar LA mansions ain't gonna buy themselves you know what i'm sayin


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: Niffla]
    #26525465 - 03/09/20 12:57 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Pretty sure he can buy all of LA, except for that pesky, Musky tunnel.


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Re: Jeff Bezos' estimated personal wealth, as of this morning, is about $129,500,000,000.00 [Re: feldman114]
    #26525497 - 03/09/20 01:22 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Of course. No one needs anything besides food, water, air, shelter.

If we all only had what we needed, we'd be wild animals again.

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ok so you haven’t learned anything. Settles that.

Why do you think you know more about starting a business than people you’ve never met?




I said I've learned a lot. The lessons are gained through observation, trial, and error. They're not so easily conveyed in a post to be honest. You observe someone doing better than you. You take note of how you behave differently. You try adopting practices from people doing better than you. Chances are it doesn't work perfectly and needs adjustment, more observation etc. But eventually you get to something solid that guides you in the right directions.

There is more I don't know about business than what I do know. But I do know if you throw around ideas like arbitrarily, artificially, and unjustly modifying aspects of people's lives and businesses to change how you or others live without changing what you do... you don't know jack about how business works. There was a time I didn't know jack about it either so I don't blame or hate on that account.

Also, I'm trying to express the idea of people deciding what other people do or don't need is an endless, fruitless pursuit. Because every individual has different tastes and perceived needs. Some vary drastically and some vary only slightly but each person is different.

So rather than being like this  :circlejerk: trying to get to the bottom of what other people should or shouldn't have, and decide what people need...

I am suggesting you have all the power in the world to create whatever you want out of this life from scratch no matter what Jeff is off doing behind his curtain.

Like this :rocketcrotch:


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