Good Morning, Nostriches.

Good morning, #Nostriches!

REVERSE GOAL-SETTING (#notes from a #self-improvement video) Notes from: video. (I took these notes for myself, but providing here for others in case they find it useful. These ideas are not mine but those of the creator of the linked video. This is a text-summary for convenience and easy reference. Please subscribe to the creator because they make lots of useful content like this) 1. Figure out your long term vision or direction 5 to 10 years ahead. 2. Why should this be your goal? What this will help me achieve? 3. Break this goal into term into medium term goals (1-3 years) 4. Specify what is required to achieve these goals. (If when u try to specify you don't know what the requirements are: find out) 5. Define your future self: What kind of person do you need to be to easily accomplish these mid-term goals. 1. Look at the first (or next) mid-term goal and create a meta goal: define the person for whom it will be easy to achieve medium term goal. 2. What are the skills attributes habits and opportunities they need to have to be that person? 6. Define current self: where are you in relation to three abilities? 7. Make a plan to fill the gap between the person you need to be and the person you are currently. The plan needs to consist not of the steps to reach the mid-term goal but of steps to become the person who can reach this mid-term goal easily. (If you don't know what these steps should be, find out) Do a forcefield analysis: * looks at self * looks at goal (future self) * Barriers and obstacles * Drivers (help succeed and push through) * Network and resources to help overcome the obstacles Build the plan: * What to start focusing first * When to start doing it * How? (if don't know, figure it out and research it) #selfImprovement #productivity #accomplishment #goals

"Alpha Male", "Traditional Gender Roles/Values", and "Racism" is are synonyms to unearned entitlement and insecurity and the opposite of meritocracy. Here's why: In a meritocracy hierarchical structures are formed based on merit. Examples: "Why should Alex be in charge of building widgets? Because Alex is the best at building widgets evidenced by the fact that they build the best widgets." or "Why should Alex lead/be in charge? Because Alex is the best leader, evidenced by the fact that things run smoother when they are in charge." Alex also does not have to proclaim themselves "alpha" or "dominant" because that is evident from actions they take naturally. Their actions and words have the end goal of the obvious outcome of that action and NOT of building an image of themselves in the mind of others. "Traditional Gender Roles/Values" and "Racism" are for the people who want to exercise unearned un-earned authority that they are not by their very nature, words, or actions qualified for. Ex: "Alex should be in charge because he has a peepee or is white." or "Don't look at Alex's individual strengths (because there's nothing much to look at) but look at that stereotype over there! Give Alex the job of building widgets not because Alex builds good widgets but because some people said that people with peepees and/or white skin build good widgets." An "Alpha Male", instead of saying confident things because he feels confident, will say things that he thinks sound confident with the end goal of SEEMING confident. He will try to take charge not because they are good at being in charge but because they feel insecure and being in charge will improve their struggling self-image. He is by nature un-confident and insecure, so he needs to pretend to be good at things he is not good at because inside he feels he's not good at anything and needs to hide that by any means necessary. Making decisions based on stereotypes has no other purpose than keeping unqualified individuals in power while hiding their evident inadequacies behind a smoke screen of invented generalities. So if you're out here trying to push these values I need you to know that you are outing how weak, unqualified, and insecure you are. It is very evident that you are trying to distract others from your own lack of merit. The irony is these same people are usually the ones complaining about Affirmative Action and DEI on the basis of "unearned positions and positions given out based on an a trait unrelated to the function of the position (skin color, gender, etc). How ironic that they are trying to get the same thing accomplished for themselves. I want to lead if I have the best ideas and am the most competent one in the room. You believe you are entitled to lead because you have a peepee and/or because your ancestors are from a certain place or did a thing. We are not the same.

Good morning, #nostriches

I reeeeaaally need to fix my avatar and cover image. ,👀

Good morning, #nostriches. Apparently, today is headache day. ☹️☹️☹️ I have already involed the power of Acetomennaphen + Caffeine + Aspirin. Let's see if the magic works....

Oh no! I really hope I'm not allergic to cats.... I got two & they're long haired. Recently, I notice that when I pick them up my eyes and nose itch... 👀👀 I contributed it to rouge cat hairs getting in my eyes or nose. But EVERY time? Well, I'm not getting rid of my babes. Looks like it's death by anafilaxis for me. 😔

#GM, #nostriches. Rumor has it that certain forms of morning cereal were created with the purpose of deterring masturbation*. Guess what? It doesn't work. :3 *

Mental Floss

When Corn Flakes Were Part of an Anti-Masturbation Crusade

In the 18th and 19th centuries, much of the world worked itself into a tizzy over the idea of people touching themselves.

#fraud #government #elon #dodge

Drinking #coffee from the weeeeeekend mug on the weekend is a requirement.