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LuneBlu t1_j7l32of wrote

Tell that to Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, Michelangelo, ... to the great inventors, explorers and artists, on which our lives rest.

Maybe for the mediocre...

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DoseOfRealty t1_j7lf4o6 wrote

Judging from the kind of quality I see from subordinates, it seems that “doing simple things consistently” is, in fact, “extraordinarily difficult.”

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NostalgiaJunkie t1_j7lwl6t wrote

Replying to DoseOfRealty (#1,745,394)

Or maybe you don't understand the work as well as you think you do and its potential variables and opportunities for problems to arise? Just a thought. I often see a disconnect between management and worker that is exactly this. It's easier to write it off as stupidity than to learn the ins and outs of the work itself and try to understand.

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2019calendaryear t1_j7ly5jj wrote

Replying to DoseOfRealty (#1,745,394)

Haven’t heard the term “subordinates” in a corporate setting in at least 10 years which tells me a lot about how you view people, but if the people under you are fucking up, then it is YOUR fault because you can’t handle your own responsibilities.

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SmashMatador t1_j7myr9g wrote

I don't know what I'm enjoying most here - the entire 17 pixels of this image, or the inspirational backdrop of a laminate wood floor...

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fenton7 t1_j7ncpyn wrote

Regular contributions to your 401k are the perfect example. Set it, forget it, and be richer than 90% of peers in your age group.

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fenton7 t1_j7p515s wrote

Replying to Fun_in_Space (#1,751,017)

Market fluctuations are irrelevant for a long term investor. I've been in it since 1990 or so and it has averaged about a 10% annual gain. Yes there were tough periods like 2001-2002 and 2007-2008 but all that just looks like noise now. Unless you foolishly cash out, you'll almost invariably be at many multiples of the pre crash balance. I've got 18 times as much as I had in 2000 and about 4 times was much as I had in 2007.

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Fun_in_Space t1_j7pdjkz wrote

Replying to fenton7 (#1,752,469)

If I tried to retire, I would have enough to live on for less than 3 years. I have contributed to retirement my whole working life, but I cannot make enough to contribute enough to create enough wealth to retire. Just glad I never had kids.

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