[p2p-research] Order .. is boring

[marc fawzi]

the current system makes it almost impossible as an objective

but the "system" is not the "universe" (defined: all that there is)...

sometimes struggle is rewarded by the universe in unexpected ways, sometimes
at the least expected time, so if someone wants it (desire) strong enough
they're likely to eventually be given the opportunity (not by the system but
by the universe)

that's what i can attest to and I'm sure others can attest to it as well

nothing magical, just a lot of struggle and fighting for ones belief


On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> well, desirability is one thing, achieving it is quite another ...
>
> Michel
>
>
> On 4/23/09, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> That does make sense, Michel.
>>
>> I guess I'm in transition to that model.
>>
>> I always thought that it takes a certain personality for this path to be a
>> most natural and inevitable one, but maybe it's a much more universally
>> desired path than I thought.
>>
>> I'll elaborate on how I ultimately arrived at this model and what I had to
>> do to get here... that is once I get to the next stage in the transition...
>>
>> Thanks for this enlightening feedback.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> in my experience, this is how high-paid consultants work, lots of free
>>> time and permanent learning to be able to zoom in once there is a contract,
>>> with one day paying for five ... this is partly why they are so expensive,
>>> the other reason is that each consultant can rely on a staff of assistants
>>>
>>> Michel
>>>
>>>   On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 3:36 PM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> For a long while now, maybe several years or even decades, I lost track,
>>>> I have lived in relative self-enforced chaos simply because I get very bored
>>>> with predictability and routine.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously, to get paid (the kind of money I used to get paid) I
>>>> leveraged my expertise living in chaos to launch creative transformations at
>>>> the companies I worked for.
>>>>
>>>> But at some point I could no longer take it anymore and decided to live
>>>> for the moment .. .and during that transition I wasnt working for anyone for
>>>> a couple of years and eventually found myself homeless and now back working
>>>> for someone although with more freedom at lower pay
>>>>
>>>> I find myself spending 80% of my time thinking out loud, debating, and
>>>> expressing myself through the things, ideas, music, etc that I find funny,
>>>> interesting, odd, awful, etc
>>>>
>>>> And yet I find that what I do in the rest of my time (the 20%) is
>>>> infinitely more magical (in this case iPhone development, working on several
>>>> apps at once) in that the time I supposedly "waste" allows me to make huge
>>>> evolutionary leaps in the design and ideas
>>>>
>>>> So it's the opposite of what Google allows their employees to do (they
>>>> let them dedicate 20% of their time on their own projects - or at least they
>>>> used to) ... I think letting employees dedicate 80% of their time to
>>>> whatever they want to do and 20% to the task they sign up for AND then
>>>> giving them full freedom in designing the product or solving whatever
>>>> problem AND have their salary be based in large part on the success of the
>>>> product/solution in the market then they would have breakthroughs every
>>>> single day, IMO.
>>>>
>>>> If I ever was to get funded again and build an R&D team that's exactly
>>>> the approach I would take.
>>>>
>>>> It makes sense to me. I'm not sure it makes sense to anyone else.
>>>>
>>>> Just wanted to share it and see if anyone else is living in the same
>>>> state.
>>>>
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