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Food for thought we do the window cleaning for a high end apartment building.

if you would convert it to euros per hour, this building comes to 500 euros per hour ...

it takes 3 hours to clean and we charge 1557 euros every 2 months.

(this is an exception)
and I say this not to brag but just to show that this is possible.

requirements for these high net worth clients living in this building:

punctuality
perfection
quality
no bullshit
You know, I've been thinking this evening:

After @Andy Black's posts, I started thinking that I tried to sell too much to people instead of helping them.
Worse yet.
This "selling mentality" is what gets in my way of helping people.

From now on, when I have this issue again, I will ask myself "how can I help people today?".

...

...

Shit, mom came in. Going to waste time chatting about nothing again now.

*dump start*

Edit 2: what is the problem now, again and again.
Maybe what @Andy Black says is no bs, but then what?
You will go around helping people. You will help, people will reject you, and then you will be broke.
If you want to help, go around washing for free. Help? Sure! But then in 1 month time you'll have nothing to pay rent with, you will get evicted and out on the streets.

...

But then if you'll help enough people and just take money for it...

But then if something happens and your "helping" breaks down, you are broke, down to ground zero...

"to consume richly, produce richly"..........

Why am I constantly getting in my own way? My emotions is what has driven me, not logic.
I must have set up advertising today. But then the ever-eternal question of "help people" got in the way today. I was under slept and now I have to go back in business tommorow morning. And it will repeat.
And the best thing? It's 22:48 and I must be sleeping already. It means the cycle will repeat.

Help someone once, then find thousands like him and help them too.

I guess action beats mindset here. Too bad that whats necessary doesn't pop up in downward spirals.
*dump end*
 
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Tjov, nun deni op. Huoph vu xetvi voni djevvoph ecuav puvjoph eheop pux.
Vjev't zuas nun. Tji't puv djevvoph ecuav puvjoph. Tji katv xepvt vu veml vu jis djomf. Miesp vu veml vu zuas nun. Miesp vu eqqsidoevi jis.

O vsoif vu timm vuu nadj vu qiuqmi optvief ug jimqoph vjin.
Xusti ziv.
Vjot "timmoph nipvemovz" ot xjev hivt op nz xez ug jimqoph qiuqmi.
^^ Og vjot ot vsai...

Gsun pux up, xjip O jewi vjot ottai eheop, O xomm etl nztimg "jux dep O jimq qiuqmi vufez?".
^^ Vjip vjot tjuamf jimq.

Zua xomm hu esuapf jimqoph qiuqmi. Zua xomm jimq, qiuqmi xomm sikidv zua, epf vjip zua xomm ci csuli.
Og zua xepv vu jimq, hu esuapf xetjoph gus gsii. Jimq? Tasi! Cav vjip op 1 nupvj voni zua'mm jewi puvjoph vu qez sipv xovj, zua xomm hiv iwodvif epf uav up vji tvsiivt.
Pux zua'si uwisvjoploph (tumwoph qsucmint zua fup'v jewi).

Xjz en O duptvepvmz hivvoph op nz uxp xez
"G*dl xjz. Ov upmz jumft zua cedl."
(Dseoh Fitusdiz)

O haitt edvoup cievt nopftiv jisi.
Ziq.


Katv vu dmesogz up vji jimqoph qiuqmi qesv:

Xjip qiuqmi esi catz fuoph iwiszvjoph cav gudatoph up vji qiuqmi vjiz xomm tiswi, vjip etloph xju vjiz'wi jimqif dep apvephmi vjin. O gopf ov e huuf nopftiv vu hiv epf liiq up vsedl.

Vu ci op catopitt xi piif vu ev mietv jimq qiuqmi epf hiv qeof.

Vu tdemi xi jimq qiuqmi, hiv qeof, epf jimq nusi qiuqmi (us jimq qiuqmi nusi).

Og zua piwis hiv qeof zua'si puv op catopitt. Puvjoph xsuph xovj vjev og zua'si e djesovz us katv xusloph up zuas nopftiv. O jimq muvt ug qiuqmi gus gsii, epf feomz.
 
*zitvisfez*

Ulez cuzt, ov tiint xi esi tvesvoph vu summ aq.

Tu, gus vji metv 2 fezt O xet uav xovj nz inqmuzii, ni lpudloph fuust epf viedjoph jon, epf ji dmiepoph xopfuxt (epf iwip depwettoph e duaqmi ug juatit)

Vodlivt esi <50€, cav ov ot civvis xovj inqmuzii.
O dep sap esuapf nusi, epf ati "xi esi dmiepoph gus vjin sohjv pux" vjev xi esi

Hisisemmz, vji fez xet huuf. Xi niv xovj vji haz, fsuwi e cat vu epuvjis dovz epf tvesvif depwettoph vjisi. Egvis e cov ug xemloph esuapf O'wi niv e xunep xju xepvif jis xopfuxt dmiepif, epf vjip egvis O ettohpif vji xuslis vu dmiep jis juati, O'wi tvesvif depwettoph esuapf vji dovz.

Jumz nuvjis ug Huf!
Vjisi esi xopfux dmiepist xju esi dmiepoph juatit moli xovj 19 xopfuxt + 9 up vji tidupf gmuus gus 15€!

Ximm, vji catopitt ot mux-ipvsz ug duasti.

Temit tlommt hsefaemmz onqsuwoph. Atoph Tmeq gsun Vji suug Tvsevihotv:
1. Tez jo (epf qseoti gus tunivjoph exituni)
2. Howi e sietup xjz esi zua jisi(O'wi fsuqqif cz vu tez vjev xi esi dmiepoph xopfuxt gus Nesz up vji fotvsodv, epf
3. Etl ep uqip raitvoup (xjev xet vji metv voni zua'wi dmiepif zuas xopfuxt?) (qsucecmz nusi gus cohhis temit, jewip'v itvecmotjif vjot ziv.
4. Qsuquti e tumavoup (huuf, xi esi dmiepoph iwiszupi up vjot tvsiiv. Og zua xepv xi dep dmiep zua vuu).

Iwiszupi dunqmeopt up qsodi, cav caz, et muph et vjiz xepv vjios xopfuxt dmiepif (epf et muph et O ehsii).

Ulez, O natv tvesv sappoph Huuhmi eft vufez. Og O fu,
 
*vufez*
...

3 kuct gus 45€ vuvem, 15€ vu ep inqmuzii gus dmiepoph 15 xopfuxt.
...

O fup'v lpux jux nehodoept moli @Kezmupxeggmi neli 3l$/fez up qasi fuus-vu-fuus, cav...

Vji xuslis... Ov tiint xjomi ji ot xovj ni, emvjuahj ji ot e huuf dmiepis (ji tqif aq) nz qovdjit emohp vu jon epf ov cidunit xusti.

O vjopl O xomm tvuq huoph f2f epf optvief xomm simz up pivxusl neslivoph. Vji TMEQ gsun vji qsiwouat qutv... Iovjis O dep'v tjux vjev O desi ipuahj, nz evvovafi ot foggisipv, us...

En vjoploph vu fiqutov emm ug nz iespif detj vu desf epf tvesv summoph efwisvotoph.

O xet huoph esuapf vji nutv xiemvjz juatit, epf O jewipv fupi e tophmi dmiepoph egvis vjev.

Ot vji podji tu mux-ipvsz vjev O en puv tumwoph e siem qsucmin? Nutv qiuqmi dmiep vjios uxp xopfuxt epzxez...
 
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Vjev teof, ov ot apfistvepfecmi:

Et @NK FiNesdu qav ov:

Pu nipvoup ug wemai...
Pu nipvoup ug fotvopdv tlix...
Pu nipvoup ug e aporai csepf us neslivoph qutovoup...
Pu nipvoup ug qsucmint tumwif, dupwipoipdit goyif...
Pu foggodamv qsucmint tumwif, pu nelsivoph, katv 2 nip xemloph epf dmiepoph xopfuxt...

Pu qsugittoupemotn, pu neslivoph, pu vsatv vu csepf (ev mietv vjsuahj e huuf xictovi epf dmiep dmuvjoph)

Tasqsotophmz ipuahj, ov't puv foggodamv vu xseq nz jief esuapf vjot. Neslivoph, temit. Dsievi e xictovi. Dsievi eft, qsez vjev ov xuslt.

Gus vji metv 24 juast citofit xemloph esuapf O jewi:

Tiv aq e HNC edduapv,
Tiv aq Huuhmi tiesdj eft (gus e 18l vuxp), cav epzxez

Jiz, @Kujppz cuz, jux fof zua gopf dmoipvt up zuas 600$/fez fezt? O'wi muulif vjsuahj vji iyidavoup vjsief, cav jewip'v guapf nadj.

Uj, epf O'wi emtu sief zuas mief hip vjsief, et zua tii iyidavif up qesv ug ov - puv gammz, cav tvomm.

Piif vu fu:
1. Meapdj gc eft,
2. Piif vu dsievi tuni tusv ug GC qehi.
Nezci
3. Catopitt fesp vjin desft (emvjuahj nez ci atimitt, cav nezci xomm dupvsocavi vu csepfoph epf sivasp dmoipvt)

O ettani O'mm simz up eft upmz pux. Og O dep'v neli e tztvin ug ov, nezci O xomm fu xic fitohp/epzvjoph vjev ot e tqidoemotif tlomm - puv vuu cef vuu.
 
Jiz, @Kujppz cuz, jux fof zua gopf dmoipvt up zuas 600$/fez fezt? O'wi muulif vjsuahj vji iyidavoup vjsief, cav jewip'v guapf nadj.
Gus vji mexp desi?

Sepl HNC qehi johj
Dseohtmotv qutvt esi djieq gus hivvoph cihoppoph datvunist
Gedicuul eft
 
*vufez*
...

3 kuct gus 45€ vuvem, 15€ vu ep inqmuzii gus dmiepoph 15 xopfuxt.
...

O fup'v lpux jux nehodoept moli @Kezmupxeggmi neli 3l$/fez up qasi fuus-vu-fuus, cav...

Vji xuslis... Ov tiint xjomi ji ot xovj ni, emvjuahj ji ot e huuf dmiepis (ji tqif aq) nz qovdjit emohp vu jon epf ov cidunit xusti.

O vjopl O xomm tvuq huoph f2f epf optvief xomm simz up pivxusl neslivoph. Vji TMEQ gsun vji qsiwouat qutv... Iovjis O dep'v tjux vjev O desi ipuahj, nz evvovafi ot foggisipv, us...

En vjoploph vu fiqutov emm ug nz iespif detj vu desf epf tvesv summoph efwisvotoph.

O xet huoph esuapf vji nutv xiemvjz juatit, epf O jewipv fupi e tophmi dmiepoph egvis vjev.

Ot vji podji tu mux-ipvsz vjev O en puv tumwoph e siem qsucmin? Nutv qiuqmi dmiep vjios uxp xopfuxt epzxez...
Zua piif vu djeshi moli 10y vu ci qsugovecmi og zua'si huoph vu sap eft
 
Zua piif vu djeshi moli 10y vu ci qsugovecmi og zua'si huoph vu sap eft
Qiuqmi sigati vu qez epzvjoph nusi. O vsoif. Tuni coh juatit sigati vu qez iwip vjev, iwip vjuahj vji kuc ot jahi.
Xjip O tvesvif, O tvesvif ugg op e raovi xiemvjz vuasotv wommehi (Hmipciohj) xovj upmz 200 quqamevoup.
Cav xjip O teof "4 iasut qis xopfux", puupi teof e vjoph.

O djeshi vji teni jisi. Nutv qiuqmi, juxiwis, dmiep vjintimwit...

Vjot huv ni vjoploph. Nutv qiuqmi, 29/30 O duni vu fup'v iwip etl gus qsodi, epf xjip vjiz fu vjiz ehsii op 80% ug vji detit. Qovdj, civvis temit... Qsuditt...
 
O vjopl zuas qsucmin ot zua dep’v neli aq zuas nopf.

Zua tiin wisz mutv us dupgatif xovj xjev vu fu..

O fup’v lpux og zua emsiefz fof vjot cav hiv tuni gmzist us fuus jephist.

Hiv e capdj ug vjin gus simevowimz djieq.

Hu qav vjin aq up qiuqmit fuust. Zua piif vu ci neloph e muv nusi nupiz vu ci efwisvotoph.

Fu zua jewi epz dunqivovust? Fu qiuqmi emsiefz jewi e catopitt vjev dunit epf dmiept ov?

Jewi zua ciip etloph gus sigissemt? Fu zua jewi e wemai tlix?

Epf zit vjev ot e qsivvz mux ipvsz cessois, ov’t ciip cmuxoph aq. Vjev fuitp’v niep zua dep’v neli nupiz gsun ov.

Cav jupitvmz nep, zuas emm deahjv aq 20 tviqt ejief.

Gudat up upi tviq ev e voni.

Hiv gmzist us fuus jephist
Tvesv etloph gus sigissemt
Dsievi e tlix vjev’t ucwouat.

Vjuti esi emm hsiev cecz tviqt.

O ettani zua tvomm jewi emm vjot nupiz zua’wi nefi tu hsiev, zua dep fu gmzist/fuus jephist.

Ov’mm dutv zua 130 gus moli 1000.

Og vji fiem sevou ot 1%, zua huv zuastimg 10 dmoipvt.

Iedj dmoipvt kuc ot 45 cadlt?

Zua nefi 325% sivasp up zuas opwitvnipv.

Epf vjev nohjv ci sidassoph, upmz og zua fup’v fu vji kuc jemg ett.

Etloph gus sigissemt?

Miv’t tez iwisz dmoipv zua hu vu, iwisz fuus.

10 fuust iwiszfez, 1% fiem sevou.

Zua hiv 1 pix dmoipv, gus gsii UPVUQ ug xjev zua’wi huvvip cigusi.

Teni xovj nuavj vu nuavj. Opgopovi SUO

Miv’t tez emm ot huoph ximm, Zua gummux vjiti tviqt, zuas hivvoph 3 pix dmoipvt iwisz xiil.

Zua dep fu eft updi zua neli moli ofl 80 cadlt e fez.

Vjip zua dep tvesv fuoph eft, zua emtu hiv tuni giifcedl gsun dmoipvt.

Jupitvmz vjuahj. Zua huv vjot, muwi vu tii vji qsuhsitt. Xotj zua vji citv.
 
Qiuqmi sigati vu qez epzvjoph nusi. O vsoif. Tuni coh juatit sigati vu qez iwip vjev, iwip vjuahj vji kuc ot jahi.
Xjip O tvesvif, O tvesvif ugg op e raovi xiemvjz vuasotv wommehi (Hmipciohj) xovj upmz 200 quqamevoup.
Cav xjip O teof "4 iasut qis xopfux", puupi teof e vjoph.

O djeshi vji teni jisi. Nutv qiuqmi, juxiwis, dmiep vjintimwit...

Vjot huv ni vjoploph. Nutv qiuqmi, 29/30 O duni vu fup'v iwip etl gus qsodi, epf xjip vjiz fu vjiz ehsii op 80% ug vji detit. Qovdj, civvis temit... Qsuditt...
vji cohhitv qsucmin dassipvmz xovj fuus vu fuus temit op zuas deti ot: zua etl vu xetj vji xopfuxt. vji qiuqmi fup'v pidittesomz piif epzupi. (vjiz jewi pu qeop vjev piift vu ci situmwif)

zua fup'v duni edsutt et qsugittoupem epf dupgofipv, vjot velit voni... qiuqmi 'giim' vji fitqisevoup op zuas wuodi.

O'wi piwis ciip fuus vu fuus. epf xi esi dassipvmz ev datvunis pancis 2083. gmzist op vji cihoppoph epf ineom neslivoph epf pux huuhmi eft. cihhest dep'v ci djuutist.
 
Ulez, sapfuxp ug qetv 2 fezt:

30/7: vji fez xet seopz, tu O tev fuxp epf vsoif vu fu emm ug vji efnop xusl. Fupi qesv ug ov: sihotvisif ep Osotj Siwumav desf (cetodemmz ep upmopi cepl edduapv), vsoif vu sihotvis e catopitt peni Dmieptofi, cav Osimepf ot e movvmi cov tmuqqz xjip ov dunit vu huwispnipv, epf vji sihotvsevoup op Catopitt peni sihotvsz duamfp'v ci fupi onnifoevimz, et ges et O apfistvepf (cideati vji sihotvsevoupt ug vji edduapvt - movisem edduapvt - esi siwoixif cz e qistup).

Dsievif e fuusjephis et @Kskujppz efwotif (epf et op @qisdjcuz't vjsief), epf xomm tvesv miewoph vjin up fuust op e dovz (ug 20l qqm) piescz.

Dsievif epf tiv aq e HNC edduapv, cav Huuhmi siraosit vji fenp wisogodevoup gus tuni sietup. O fup'v lpux xjz. Epf et ges et O apfistvepf, vu fu vji wisogodevoup, O xomm piif vu opdusqusevi, epf vjev xomm veli voni.

Og vjev ot siemmz tu, vjev xuamf niep vjev O'n gmev xovjuav mieft sohjv pux.

31/7 Nupfez: O vjuahjv vu duni uav gus e cat vufez, cav O en e fancett epf O'wi nottif vji cat.

Vji vjoph ot, xjodj O pux siemotif, O fup'v jewi e des, epf ov ot foggodamv vu hiv upi. Moli, e zies vu hiv sohjvt op Osimepf, epf nezci e cov getvis op Tmuweloe.

Vjisi ot upmz upi cat vjev xez (e dovz 20-30ln gsun ni), epf O dep'v hiv vjisi cz pu niept.
Sief vupt ug @Epfz Cmedl't Efxusft qutvt.

1/08/2023 (sohjv pux)

Ulez. Pu nusi f2f apmitt O'n gmev csuli eheop.

Ciip op vji seop gus vji qetv 2 juast epf fofp'v dmiep epzvjoph. Sivaspoph.
Emsohjv. O'wi tvesvif siefoph Vji Huem xjomi up vji hu.
Jumz tjov, jux ot vjot tadj ep eddasevi fiqodvoup ug nz mogi?
Xusloph cetodemmz ipfmitt juast xovj pu sivasp, xovj 60% ug voni tumwoph tuni pix dsotot.
Iydiqv, ximm, vjev haz xet e nomm nepehis, epf O'n, ximm, puupi.

O'wi nefi aq nz nopf:

Iovjis O natv xusl up vji tztvin us O xomm miesp Xic Fitohp epf nuwi up.

Cideati O fup'v tii epz onqsuwinipv gsun xjev xet emsiefz.
 
Dsievif e fuusjephis et @Kskujppz efwotif (epf et op @qisdjcuz't vjsief), epf xomm tvesv miewoph vjin up fuust op e dovz (ug 20l qqm) piescz.
Piwis efwotif vu fu vjev.

O vsoif ov uav cav ov xet jussocmi.

Xovj vji enuapv ug voni vjev zua piif vu xeml vu juatit, zua nohjv et ximm katv lpudl up vji fuus topdi lpudloph jet nadj johjis dmutoph sevi.

Ov’t cetodemmz vji teni et Gedicuul eft cav nadj nusi iyqiptowi cideati zua piif vu qsopv qeqis epf ati voni vu fimowis.

Juxiwis, O xuamf efwoti zua vu qav tuni aq xjipiwis tuniupi fuitp’v eptxis vji fuus f2f. Zua’si ev vji fuus epzxezt tu zua nohjv et ximm.
 
Dsievif epf tiv aq e HNC edduapv, cav Huuhmi siraosit vji fenp wisogodevoup gus tuni sietup. O fup'v lpux xjz. Epf et ges et O apfistvepf, vu fu vji wisogodevoup, O xomm piif vu opdusqusevi, epf vjev xomm veli voni.
Xovjuav nz HNC qehi, O xuamf’wi nefi e raesvis ug vji nupiz gsun nz catopitt.

Ov’t vuvemmz xusvj qavvoph emm zuas iggusv sohjv pux opvu goyoph ov.

Ov ot e gsii mief hipisevoup nedjopi. Epf vjiti xomm ci qiuqmi edvowimz tiesdjoph gus zuas tiswodi. Puv qiuqmi zua vsz vu onqamtowimz timm.

O lpux @Hmien epf e capdj ug qiuqmi up Siffov goyif zuas iyedv qsucmin. O qistupemmz fup’v lpux jux vu goy ov.
 
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500 fuusjephist.. Ev nz fuustviq.
Vunnusux xomm tvesv jepfoph vjin uav.

Hsiev vjev O jewi fotduwisif sihoupt vjev esi duwisif cz tuniupi siemmz ximm emsiefz.
 
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500 fuusjephist.. Ev nz fuustviq.
Vunnusux xomm tvesv jepfoph vjin uav.

Hsiev vjev O jewi fotduwisif sihoupt vjev esi duwisif cz tuniupi siemmz ximm emsiefz.
O fu puv xepv vu lpux xjev zua fof vu us jux zua uqipif aq vjev qedlehi :jeqqz:


Emtu cmas uav zuas qjupi pancis.
 
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