Don't worry pal, I'd be crying too if someone made me look like Corey Feldman in Friday the 13th. An aside about Corey Feldman, he claims Hollywood is full of kid touchers. His claim.... he liked it.
This reminds me of the real reason I play Sir Not Appearing in this High School Yearbook. My sister gave me a haircut that made me look like Brian Bosworth, "The Boz"....
Enough said.
The barber shop that I go too isn't giving me cuts that make the ladies swoon and drop trou at the site of me, just a simple solid job that never makes me look like the clown with the rag wrapped on his face, yet I've been going there for years now.
And why? Because they give me something that The Boz couldn't give the Seattle Seahawks and Feldman couldn't give any of his roles after The Goonies.... and that's VALUE!
ANDY! You... GOONIE!
Actually, if you're a fan of The Goonies you should probably check out that site I linked too.
I talk about it all the time, but it can't be separated, every single human interaction everywhere, everytime comes down to a matter of VALUE. In other words, "How does this make my life better?". If it does, then the people will come, if not, ghost town ladies and gents.
There are three barber shops around the corner from my house, yet I drive a ways away to keep going to my place, just for an average cut. Again, why? Because for $12 I'm always greeted with a handshake and a smile. We talk about women and how to make money, two things that consume most of my mind. I've started to learn the game of soccer sitting there, and at the end, a hot towel cleans the garbage little hairs from my head and clears my sinus', something they don't do anywhere else.
No, there's no Cedric the Entertainer in this place (too bad though, he was funny as hell in that flik), they're a bunch of Russian Jews, but what they do extremely well is, as Henry Ford always said, they show you have much they can give for a dollar as opposed to what they can get out of you for it.
When I lived in Vegas it took me a while to find a barber I got the same good feeling out of, that made me feel I was getting VALUE, making my life better. Then I came upon a small place where an unbelievable Mexican beauty would do the cut, all the while fondling my head and shoving right where I got the full glimpse of her....
No one spoke a word of English in the place, but it didn't matter. All I had to do was utter 4 and 1 and get ready for the show, all for a measely $10. Oh, and she cut my hair too.
Beautiful women have it easy it that sense, without having to think or worry about it when they walk into a room or post something on the net their VALUE speaks for itself. The mistake many of them make is in thinking that the wares that they're showing, outside of a little bathroom material (maybe a little more for those few, those lucky few), provide the rest of us with enough VALUE to make us dip into our pockets to make THEIR lives better without any more effort than showing up. (In many cases they're right)
Life's a party if you're a Hotty
Hold up, the cleavage made me forget where I was going with this.....
OH YEAH! Literally, every single human interaction comes down to the question "How does this person make my life better?" or what value does this person add to my life, even your friends. Just think about that, when people you know get too serious, or they're kind of a drag, you really only put yourself around them when you absolutely have to. But when they're fun to be around you put yourself there every chance you get, and that's the VALUE they bring you, afterall....
You can't put a price on a good time!
Or was that...
Dyn-o-MITE!
Unfortunately, 99% of the world is running around looking at everyone and everything in terms of "How does this make my life better?", how it adds VALUE to THEM. But like my barber, or Henry Ford, success comes when we start to think in terms of "How can I make YOUR life better?"... "How can I add VALUE to YOU?"
But then, if we all thought that way, there would be no greed, no violence, no hatred... the world would be a beautiful place. Speaking of.....
For no other reason than I think this is HOT!!!
Later People!
That attitude seems to permeate everything. Its another basis for how humans perceive. Most people are fundamentally selfish. That's why they speed, run lights. THEY need to get where they're going, so its ok for them to speed run lights signs and generally be a jerk on the road.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you're following the rules, they will get angry and aggressive (tailgating, hard turning, etc.) because you're in THEIR way its your fault because you are preventing THEM from going as fast as they can to wherever they're going.
So, speeders are very selfish as they put their need to go where they're going above the lives and the safety of everyone they encounter.
I remember I found a barber downtown Philadelphia. A couple of really grizzled old barbers in the basement of some building. It was $10 and they did perfect cuts - welcomed you by name, were courteous and quick. And at the end, they trimmed with a straight razor using warmed shaving cream following by a quick shoulder rub w/ the vibrating things on their hands. THAT was value. Tremendous value. I never paid $10 for a cut - b/c I always tipped $5 (yes 50%). And I knew he was an owner - so tips went to the business, effectively. I didn't care. The guy was so great, the first time went like this:
ReplyDeleteBarber: "That's $10"
Me Hands him a 10 and a 5
B: "Its 10"
M: "Rest is a tip?"
B: "You wanna pay $15 for a haircut?"
M: Slight pause..."Um, yeah. It was worth it."
B: (putting it all in the register) "Ok, thanks."
I (almost) always paid $15 for the $10 haircut. Yes, I could pay $10, and no biggie. but acknowledge service and value. Even at $15, it was a great deal.