Be so good that they cant ignore you!
I was thinking back to when I first got online. How things used to be back in the dial up internet days and the way everyone was learning so quickly and innovation was at an all time high. There were Hackers and Phreaker groups being formed and people were learning so much about data and the way it is stored and recorded. If you think about it, all the “scares” we have about privacy and security were tales that were told long ago as we moved to this internet age. I used to have a copy of this manifesto printed and kept in my wallet as a teenager as a sort of creed:
\/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/
by
+++The Mentor+++
Written on January 8, 1986
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Another one got caught today, it’s all over the papers. “Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal”, “Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering”…
Damn kids. They’re all alike.
But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950’s technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?
I am a hacker, enter my world…
Mine is a world that begins with school… I’m smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me…
Damn underachiever. They’re all alike.
I’m in junior high or high school. I’ve listened to teachers explain for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. “No, Ms. Smith, I didn’t show my work. I did it in my head…”
Damn kid. Probably copied it. They’re all alike.
I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it’s because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn’t like me…
Or feels threatened by me…
Or thinks I’m a smart ass…
Or doesn’t like teaching and shouldn’t be here…
Damn kid. All he does is play games. They’re all alike.
And then it happened… a door opened to a world… rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict’s veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought… a board is found. “This is it… this is where I belong…”
I know everyone here… even if I’ve never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them again… I know you all…
Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They’re all alike…
You bet your ass we’re all alike… we’ve been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak… the bits of meat that you did let slip through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We’ve been dominated by sadists, or ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us willing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.
This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn’t run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals.
We explore… and you call us criminals.
We seek after knowledge… and you call us criminals.
We exist without skin color, without nationality, without
religious bias… and you call us criminals.
You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it’s for our own good, yet we’re the criminals.
Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.
I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can’t stop us all… after all, we’re all alike.
+++The Mentor+++
Never forget where you came from and never forget to keep on learning.
I am big fan of @GrantCardone. He is a pretty straight forward guy with a no BS approach to sales. He is a great motivator as well. If you have not seen any of his videos, you should. I just ran across this one:
I have not read his book about if you are not first you’re last yet, and honestly the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the words, if your not first you’re last is Ricky Bobby from Taledega Nights. 🙂 But on a serious note. He makes a great point, the big brands that are out there and doing good things are not competing. I mean seriously, do you think Apple really competes? Of course not they come into a space and they own it. That same principle can be applied to every area of life. For the shy people that mean walking into the room and having your presence know and accepted because you went into the room and shook everyones hand and looked them in the eye as you tell them who you are. For the not so shy this might be the equivalent of hustling till you don’t have to introduce yourself but no matter what, we can all dominate. Sure you can’t be an Apple or Microsoft overnight, they didn’t get where they are overnight either. Sure you are going to fail and fail miserably at that but it’s not about how many times you fail it’s all about how many times you get back to the grind and keep going till you make it. I don’t know about you but when I don’t know something and I can’t figure it out and I keep at it and slowly find the answer or the way to get a specific task done I feel so productive. We don’t know everything and we never will. My favorite quote of all time says that success is a journey, not a destination. It’s so true. We will never have “arrived” at success. Sure we have accomplishments and jobs well done but success, like failure is an ongoing process for the rest of your life.
Today, I remembered a song I hadn’t heard in a long time. I started thinking about a friend of mine who did not HOLD ON. He just let go. Suicide is real. Pain is real. But, none of it is impossible. KEEP HOLDING ON! NOBODY should ever let go. We all bleed the same way, and we all have the same things to go through. Read these lyrics. Watch the video. Play the song. Do whatever you have to do to help people in need. Everyone is hurting in some way or another.
For many reasons, the fall is my favorite time of year. It’s a very reminiscent time for me, and sometimes, that same joy can turn to sadness. The important thing is to know exactly what you are feeling. Being sad is okay. Being overwhelmed is not. There are plenty of people who love you, care for you and wanna hear what you have to say. Life isn’t over until it’s over.
This world
This world is cold
But you don’t
You don’t have to go
You’re feeling sad, you’re feeling lonely,
And no one seems to care
You’re mother’s gone and your father hits you
This pain you cannot bear
But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through
Hold on if you feel like letting go
Hold on it gets better than you know
Your days
You say they’re way too long
And your nights
You can’t sleep at all
Hold on
And you’re not sure what you’re waiting for,
But you don’t want to no more
And you’re not sure what you’re looking for,
But you don’t want to no more
But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through
Hold on if you feel like letting go
Hold on it gets better than you know
Don’t stop looking, you’re one step closer
Don’t stop searching, it’s not over
Hold on
What are you looking for?
What are you waiting for?
Do you know what you’re doing to me?
Go ahead,
What are you waiting for?
Hold on if you feel like letting go
Hold on it gets better than you know
Don’t stop looking, you’re one step closer
Don’t stop searching, it’s not over
Hold on if you feel like letting go
Hold on it gets better than you know
Hold on
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The Moral of the story is to Never Give Up! No matter what it is, business, fitness any other goal you have set. Just keep at till you get it! It’s okay to fall, it’s never okay to not get back up! Keep Going! Hit your goals!
Life is an opportunity, …. benefit from it.
Life is beauty, …. admire it.
Life is bliss, …. taste it.
Life is a dream, …. realize it.
Life is a challenge, …. meet it.
Life is a duty, …. complete it.
Life is a game, …. play it.
Life is a promise, …. fulfill it
Life is sorrow, …. overcome it.
Life is a song, …. sing it.
Life is a struggle, …. accept it.
Life is a tragedy…. confront it.
Life is an adventure, …. dare it.
Life is luck, …. make it.
Life is too precious, …. do not destroy it.
Life is life, …. fight for it.
Read this today after a stressful day and thought to myself. At the end of the day…Life Is Good.
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