- November 6th, 2024, 3:03 pm
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There is a wise saying that goes like this:
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
That's why, for example, a hiring manager might not hire a job applicant who has a typo in their résumé or whose résumé is poorly aligned or has low quality or boring formatting, even if the job for which they are applying has nothing to do with writing or designing things on a computer/paper.
One could be applying to be a garbageman or janitor and still rightfully not be hired because their résumé contained a typo or was formatted in a boring or amateurish-looking way or appears like it wasn't proofread.
And it's very wise of the hiring manager to not hire that person. Typically, the way that job applicant does anything is the way they do everything. If they are careless or rushing or sloppy when they make their résumé, they will be careless, rushing, and/or sloppy when doing their duties as a garbage collector or janitor.
It goes both ways. If I were hiring an in-office HR manager or someone to do complex computer programming in-office, and for whatever reason I visited their personal home and noticed that it was dirty or that some of the garbage wasn't even in the can but splattered around the can, then I would almost certainly not hire them. They'd almost certainly bring that same sloppiness or "good enough" attitude to their job.
This doesn't just apply to business and finances. For instance, consider this example in the world of romance: Imagine you go on a first date with someone. Imagine that it is important to you that you don't end up dating (or marrying) someone who cheats or is unfaithful or lies about important things. Imagine also that you happen to be a cigarette smoker yourself, but since it is a first date, the person doesn't happen to know that about you. Imagine you ask your date, "Do you smoke cigarettes?" Imagine your date is secretly a cigarette smoker too, but thinking you might not like cigarette smokers, the date lies to you and says he or she doesn't smoke cigarettes. Now imagine you later find out they flat-out lied to you about smoking right to your face. But they then claim that they only would lie about smoking and would never cheat or have affairs or lie about things related to those or related to money. They claim in some contexts and situations they are honest, and in others, they are not. I would strongly recommend you assume that is untrue. The way they do anything is the way they will tend to do everything.
If someone says they'd lie to their boss but not their spouse, or lie to their spouse but not their boss, or physically abuse their pet but not their kid, or abuse their kid but not a pet, it just doesn't add up. The way they do anything is the way they will tend to do everything.
Use this wisdom not only to understand and accurately predict the behavior of others (e.g. by not hiring someone who demonstrates sloppiness when creating their résumé) but also to understand and predict how others will view you and make decisions about you.
Use it to understand that, for example, you would be wildly incorrect to think people are likely to (or, worse, "should") 'look past' small seemingly irrelevant things like a typo in a résumé for a job that has nothing to do with writing or proofreading or some small spinach in your teeth on a first date.
No, it's very wise for them to conclude, for most practical intents and purposes, that whatever little seemingly irrelevant issue they notice is actually just the tip of a huge very relevant iceberg.
Even if you aren't an iceberg, people are wise and right to think and believe you are an iceberg if you stick even a tiny bit of ice out of the water.
If you don't want to be perceived as and treated as a giant horrible dangerous iceberg, don't even have the tiniest amount of ice sticking out of the water.
This goes for the spiritual side as well. For example, just as nobody lies about just one thing, nobody hates just one thing. Nobody resents just a little bit each day. Nobody clings to miserable unforgiveness about just a couple of things.
Show me someone who is at least a little hateful, and I'll show you someone who is very hateful and living in a living hell.
Show me someone who is at least a little resentful (a.k.a. unforgiving), and I'll show you someone who is very resentful and living in a living hell of their own choice and creation.
The way you do anything is the way you tend to do everything.
Don't aim to love merely most people or things. Don't aim to forgive merely most people or things. Don't aim to avoid resenting merely most people or things. Don't aim to have inner peace merely most of each day or merely most days.
Love all. Resent none. Have invincible free-spirited inner peace all day every day. In other words, have true happiness and happy self-disciplined unwavering spiritual fulfillment all day every day.
With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott
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In addition to having authored his book, In It Together, Eckhart Aurelius Hughes (a.k.a. Scott) runs a mentoring program, with a free option, that guarantees success. Success is guaranteed for anyone who follows the program.
There is a wise saying that goes like this:
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
That's why, for example, a hiring manager might not hire a job applicant who has a typo in their résumé or whose résumé is poorly aligned or has low quality or boring formatting, even if the job for which they are applying has nothing to do with writing or designing things on a computer/paper.
One could be applying to be a garbageman or janitor and still rightfully not be hired because their résumé contained a typo or was formatted in a boring or amateurish-looking way or appears like it wasn't proofread.
And it's very wise of the hiring manager to not hire that person. Typically, the way that job applicant does anything is the way they do everything. If they are careless or rushing or sloppy when they make their résumé, they will be careless, rushing, and/or sloppy when doing their duties as a garbage collector or janitor.
It goes both ways. If I were hiring an in-office HR manager or someone to do complex computer programming in-office, and for whatever reason I visited their personal home and noticed that it was dirty or that some of the garbage wasn't even in the can but splattered around the can, then I would almost certainly not hire them. They'd almost certainly bring that same sloppiness or "good enough" attitude to their job.
This doesn't just apply to business and finances. For instance, consider this example in the world of romance: Imagine you go on a first date with someone. Imagine that it is important to you that you don't end up dating (or marrying) someone who cheats or is unfaithful or lies about important things. Imagine also that you happen to be a cigarette smoker yourself, but since it is a first date, the person doesn't happen to know that about you. Imagine you ask your date, "Do you smoke cigarettes?" Imagine your date is secretly a cigarette smoker too, but thinking you might not like cigarette smokers, the date lies to you and says he or she doesn't smoke cigarettes. Now imagine you later find out they flat-out lied to you about smoking right to your face. But they then claim that they only would lie about smoking and would never cheat or have affairs or lie about things related to those or related to money. They claim in some contexts and situations they are honest, and in others, they are not. I would strongly recommend you assume that is untrue. The way they do anything is the way they will tend to do everything.
If someone says they'd lie to their boss but not their spouse, or lie to their spouse but not their boss, or physically abuse their pet but not their kid, or abuse their kid but not a pet, it just doesn't add up. The way they do anything is the way they will tend to do everything.
Use this wisdom not only to understand and accurately predict the behavior of others (e.g. by not hiring someone who demonstrates sloppiness when creating their résumé) but also to understand and predict how others will view you and make decisions about you.
Use it to understand that, for example, you would be wildly incorrect to think people are likely to (or, worse, "should") 'look past' small seemingly irrelevant things like a typo in a résumé for a job that has nothing to do with writing or proofreading or some small spinach in your teeth on a first date.
No, it's very wise for them to conclude, for most practical intents and purposes, that whatever little seemingly irrelevant issue they notice is actually just the tip of a huge very relevant iceberg.
Even if you aren't an iceberg, people are wise and right to think and believe you are an iceberg if you stick even a tiny bit of ice out of the water.
If you don't want to be perceived as and treated as a giant horrible dangerous iceberg, don't even have the tiniest amount of ice sticking out of the water.
This goes for the spiritual side as well. For example, just as nobody lies about just one thing, nobody hates just one thing. Nobody resents just a little bit each day. Nobody clings to miserable unforgiveness about just a couple of things.
Show me someone who is at least a little hateful, and I'll show you someone who is very hateful and living in a living hell.
Show me someone who is at least a little resentful (a.k.a. unforgiving), and I'll show you someone who is very resentful and living in a living hell of their own choice and creation.
The way you do anything is the way you tend to do everything.
Don't aim to love merely most people or things. Don't aim to forgive merely most people or things. Don't aim to avoid resenting merely most people or things. Don't aim to have inner peace merely most of each day or merely most days.
Love all. Resent none. Have invincible free-spirited inner peace all day every day. In other words, have true happiness and happy self-disciplined unwavering spiritual fulfillment all day every day.
With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott
In addition to having authored his book, In It Together, Eckhart Aurelius Hughes (a.k.a. Scott) runs a mentoring program, with a free option, that guarantees success. Success is guaranteed for anyone who follows the program.
My entire political philosophy summed up in one tweet.
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
Favorite Philosopher: Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
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