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Carnegie ‘the Blogger’: The Keys to the House of Cards.

(The original working title of this piece—Carnegie ‘the Blogger’ and How to Lick Correctly— seemed rude to me, and I decided to rephrase the idea, that is, the title).

What is the pillar of our society? What prevents us from finally plunging into the carnage with each other, what protects us from other temptations so accurately noticed in one of the main books of the mankind? Which is better—hypocrisy or the unvarnished truth with no antics?

As I see it, our entire society (globally, no one anywhere is an exception) is one big house of cards, which, if you happen to blow, slam or kick awkwardly, will be scattered in all directions! You won’t find it funny! Somewhere the rotten ceiling beams are camouflaged a little better, somewhere wishful thinking does not work out, and the whole situation starts overstepping the mark, the system resonates, and everything around begins to buzz and shake so that it becomes scary—just a little bit more and the heavens (though and really) will open up. Well, who will benefit from it? So, in such an epoch-making destructive scenario, I will assume that no one. Is it better to continue propping up, tinting and patching. Or not? Well what the heck?! Down to the foundations, and then…?! No, it's a bad scenario. And who knows…

To my mind, the relations between individuals in our society are conceptually similar—everything rests on the invisible power of laws (written and unwritten + we replace the ugly word snot) in one or another location. Have you ever fixed the moment of crossing the boundaries of an administrative region, especially if it were a large one? For example, the border of some megalopolis or a civilized / civilized country. Why do the same people clearly adhere to the set norms of behavior in one place, and in others they ignore the rules by default, as if a switch were activated? Why is it possible to smoke in a public place of some local principality and one could not care less, and in another such a brazen trick would nominate for a headliner in the district community and one could even end up at a police station. Invisible strings (as in that very theory) vibrate to the breathing beat the of the society, timely dampening everything that should fade.

Carnegie—why the blogger?
The book How to Succeed in the World Today, which I read the other day, in order to refresh the skills of ‘licking correctly’. But the result seems to have turned out to be some kind of a reverse one. The ‘laws’ of achieving success do not fit in, and the maestro's recommendations merely provoke angry irritation. Well, this is rushing things somehow. Blogger — because to my mind, all these radio broadcasts, shows, and invited stars do not exactly remind of, basically they don’t differ at all from modern YouTubers and their invited guests. Just the format maybe is a little different. Blogger! Just so!

And now here are some quotes:
Happiness is wanting what you get.

If you want to develop courage, do the thing you fear and keep on doing it until you have a record of successful experiences behind you. That is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

If you are not too well versed in the subject of discussion, ask questions. People like to share information on a topic that is interesting to them. If you don't know what to say at all, say compliments.

The basis of successful sales is sincerity, and there is nothing more fatal than blatant flattery.

Let me repeat: in a business environment, the ability to make friends and influence people is six times more important than the most outstanding knowledge.

I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument – and that is to avoid it. Avoid it as you would avoid rattlesnakes and earthquakes.
Well, I'm not ready to lick (correctly)! It stinks! Sorry! Maybe if only through some cloth or using another product of deep petrochemical processing? Worth trying. So many have mastered this business! Well, why stand out!

All (no, not true, but many for sure) strive for the heights of the Olympus of life, taking by mistake all kinds of perks of our great civilization for it—from iPhones, to Rolls-Royce cars down to some kind of a house and a trendy handbag. But it is common knowledge (available at least to the selected) that behind all this tinsel and the endless noise of advertising stereotypes... —there's a void there. Emptiness, if there is nothing else there but houses and handbags. And there is a feeling of ringing emptiness within.The feeling is so strong that the brain is blown away by its own weakness, unable to withstand its endless pressure…Well, I got carried away...
But the point of the story, in my humble opinion of course, is an attempt to define a situation—if you build your life according to the principles of Carnegie—that is of course, being sincere and dedicated in licking, if your priorities are all limited to efforts to keep up with the infinitely replicated hooks and tricks of marketing specialists—it’s as good as lost... But what in return? What could be (or is) the big and main idea? What’s the nature and meaning of it all?

From the height of my life experience—pretty much the milestone of 40 has been passed—there is only one answer: growth and development. Just wait! In our society money is still the measure today, one way or another, in various manifestations. iPhones and Rolls-Royces are no exception at all. If one is successful in any particular business, it turns out that one has grown and developed, this way or another, physically and / or intellectually, then one’s doing everything right—then the life is well-lived? Is it? Here, damn, what a mess again! Well, that’s it! Here we go again! But there was no such thing! This needs to be done with.

All the best everyone! Wish you all great success, friends!
Sincerely yours.

PS Some time ago I wrote a small story Before: Elections. In fact, it isn’t about any elections at all, it's about the potential and power of AI. Well, at least the way the potential would be seen and considered. Meaning that instead of relying on the so-called social communication skills in society (to put it in a simple way, how to lick and whom; again about this, well, sorry), it would be wonderful to somewhat balance this system with the cold logic of a machine capable of separating the wheat from the chaff... Well, this is of course, and most likely, no more than another utopia.
2023-04-24 17:15