Stuff About Stuff

I wanted to thank my dear friend Collette Kim for sending me a link to one of the best and most effective blogs I have ever seen. It's at www.storyofstuff.com, put together by one Annie Leonard. It's good for adults and for sure very good for children to see this

The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

The whole earth matter is very topical right now, due largely in part to Earth Hour last weekend, as well as that the earth is literally falling apart as a result of our selfish attitudes.

And last week, I saw first hand the sloppy attitudes of the average Canadian consumer. Like any health conscious guy, I do work out at my local meat market of a gym. Nothing irks me more than to see someone having washed their hands, tear off like 2 meters of paper towel with which to dry their grubby paws. Yikes... what a waste.

So here's the conversation:

Me: Excuse me sir? (very politely)

Him: What (in an irritated tone)

Me: It would be great if next time you washed your hands you took less towel. We gotta keep some of the earth for our grandkids (even more politely)

Him: Shut the f%&k up, you f#$&*^g tree-hugging idiot!

That pretty much summed it up. Pretty frightening stuff!

Yo musclehead --- wake up!!

Sometimes talent is better than perfection

I was in Vegas a few weeks ago for CES ...WOW! There's too much to see, to do, to eat and enjoy. I also made a number of interesting observations with respect to business. In addition, I did make a couple hundred bucks at the Bellagio, playing poker. It was an interesting game, 4-8 Texas Hold'em with a 1/2 kill. But more about that later.

There's an old saying: "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

Well, what can you say about the price of perfection -- or talent?

One of the restaurants at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas offers two cognacs. One is named Perfection. The other is Talent.

The price of Perfection is $695.
But Talent? Talent costs $1,090!
Imagine the bar tender who gets a 20 percent tip for pouring those drinks!

Of course, there's a message here. Which is more important? Talent or Perfection?
One main cause of procrastination is the quest for perfection. People just can finish projects! Sometimes they are so overwhelmed with the idea of being perfect, they can't even get started.

They might be brilliant, but they can't get the job done.

On the other hand, talent is rare. It takes talent to come up with new ideas, see the boundless possibilities and put a plan in place to bring them to fruition.