when i closed the doors on one of my business ventures i did the same for the employees that were honest with me. the other ones just left before hand anyways. today we still talk and one day my friend and former employee says he will repay me. i think our choices are for eternity even if we never get punished or rewareded. i just want to know i contributed good to the world.
How to go down with style
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Re: How to go down with style
#22Alfred Pease, one of the guys behind Perceptron (PRCP), and the father of a classmate, had similar advice for some of us a decade ago: knowing when to get out is at least as important as knowing when to stay in. He got out of the operating system market with dignity when MSFT was coming on strong and was able to help build Perceptron.
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#23I might get downvoted for this but what the hell. Did you effing have to mention the younger girlfriend prize while talking about honor of all things? You just made me and every other female/over 30 reader feel like shit. If you think we all get worthless as we grow older, have the decency of keeping it to yourself. Especially if you are going to expound the moral virtues of treating people right. "Think twice before…
Where exactly did this get mentioned in his post? If you think we all get worthless as we grow older.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but that wouldn't mean they're expected to murder & steal on behalf of shareholders if opportunity presented itself. That money is owed to employees by shareholders.
Within the law obviously ;-)
Sorry, that sounded like a left rant. What I meant is 'isn't that outside the law?' The law says debts get paid, then shareholders can split what's left. I believe bankruptcy court is supposed to handle what debts go first. But it shouldn't theoretically make any difference to shareholders what debts go first.
Obviously the trick is to make sure your friends (the employees) get paid first by settling that debt before declaring. I can see how that might be legally troublesome. But it's the vendors, lenders, etc. that should be complaining, not shareholders.
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#25I might get downvoted for this but what the hell. Did you effing have to mention the younger girlfriend prize while talking about honor of all things? You just made me and every other female/over 30 reader feel like shit. If you think we all get worthless as we grow older, have the decency of keeping it to yourself. Especially if you are going to expound the moral virtues of treating people right. "Think twice before…
I think your comment was very immature and unwarranted.
The man's wife was wrong to leave him. The younger and prettier woman was smart and fortunate enough to have found a worthwhile man.
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#26I might get downvoted for this but what the hell. Did you effing have to mention the younger girlfriend prize while talking about honor of all things? You just made me and every other female/over 30 reader feel like shit. If you think we all get worthless as we grow older, have the decency of keeping it to yourself. Especially if you are going to expound the moral virtues of treating people right. "Think twice before…
I think your comment was very immature and unwarranted. The man's wife was wrong to leave him. The younger and prettier woman was smart and fortunate enough to have found a worthwhile man.
I'm male and reacted the same way as blurry. It's a puerile touch. Perhaps we can avoid this sort of thing in the future?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think your comment was very immature and unwarranted. The man's wife was wrong to leave him. The younger and prettier woman was smart and fortunate enough to have found a worthwhile man.
I'm male and reacted the same way as blurry. It's a puerile touch. Perhaps we can avoid this sort of thing in the future?
I believe the person was simply reporting on the facts, and I think that pointing out that fact (that the new wife was young and pretty) was valid, as it illustrated one of the ways that the man's efforts paid off, how life rewarded his honesty, integrity, and commitment to do the right thing.
It made me feel good actually, some woman leaves him FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING . . . but then, eventually, why, he meets a great woman who is in many ways (including young and pretty) better than the other one. How wonderful! Good for him! Good for her!
I love it when someone who does the right thing is rewarded.
Would it have been better you think if he had remained single, or if he had ended up with a wife that was not as great as the one that left him?
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#28I might get downvoted for this but what the hell. Did you effing have to mention the younger girlfriend prize while talking about honor of all things? You just made me and every other female/over 30 reader feel like shit. If you think we all get worthless as we grow older, have the decency of keeping it to yourself. Especially if you are going to expound the moral virtues of treating people right. "Think twice before…
"His wife left him."
Hahaha, over 30 isn't old, women are just to wrapped up in appearence, because hey, if your husband can't make money, you gotta find one that does right?
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#29I might get downvoted for this but what the hell. Did you effing have to mention the younger girlfriend prize while talking about honor of all things? You just made me and every other female/over 30 reader feel like shit. If you think we all get worthless as we grow older, have the decency of keeping it to yourself. Especially if you are going to expound the moral virtues of treating people right. "Think twice before…
"His wife left him." Hahaha, over 30 isn't old, women are just to wrapped up in appearence, because hey, if your husband can't make money, you gotta find one that does right?
Over 30 could be considered "old" from a child-bearing perspective. Risks of mis-carriage and birth defects start to skyrocket after ~33 for women. Still, I agree that the age comment only detracts from the core message of the post.
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#30I might get downvoted for this but what the hell. Did you effing have to mention the younger girlfriend prize while talking about honor of all things? You just made me and every other female/over 30 reader feel like shit. If you think we all get worthless as we grow older, have the decency of keeping it to yourself. Especially if you are going to expound the moral virtues of treating people right. "Think twice before…
I think your comment was very immature and unwarranted. The man's wife was wrong to leave him. The younger and prettier woman was smart and fortunate enough to have found a worthwhile man.
I think what's wrong is the approach that a partner in life is some sort of trophy to be had. That's why his wife left him - she wasn't really in it for him, she was playing her role.
To succeed in love, find the one that loves you at your worst. That's my two cents.