Tenet: Ask and Answer

"Ask and Answer as many questions as is humanly possible during your lifetime!"

Other people’s questions if they're there.  That of your VIM* if they're not.

You'll receive exponential compounding interest on investment of energy.  Imagine the addition of just 10 more minutes of active, creative thought in each day.  Just 10 minutes per day and after 2 years, you will have spent three additional 40-hour work weeks--wholly devoted to solving problems in your vicinity.  You are able to choose what priorities those work-weeks address, and you are allowed to increase the amount of daily time beyond 10 minutes.  Your brain will also benefit from untold numbers of creativity and problem-solving experiences.

This is not a crackpot self-help theory, it's just a description.  IF someone invests a little bit of mental energy each day, he/she will increase their chances for future success.  It's not perfect, but Luck favors the experienced thinker.


*[Voice-In-Mind--internal dialogue]

Micro-Fiction: Tnetennba

Tnetennba:  Meaning 1:  To try and fail--only to discover that the failure was actually the desired outcome.

Classic Example:

A police sniper shoots at a man in mask, but accidentally shoots the hostage.  The sniper later experiences a tnetennba when he is told that the perpetrator had switched places with the Hostage in order to aid his escape.

A Modern Example:  

They all wondered why I was pedaling so fast, when the closer I got to arriving before midnight, the

closer I got to losing my shirt.  I was under the mistaken impression that I was supposed to arrive BEFORE midnight.  I thought/hoped that I could make it!  Unfortunately, my wheel crossed the line just seconds after midnight.  I was heart broken when they interviewed me, so I could only manage an angrily sarcastic, "Good morning."   I'm not really proud of that.

Then I arrived to my team and rapturous applause.  It turns out that I had almost worked-so-hard myself into a loss.  If there had been any reserves I hadn't tapped, I would have shaved those few seconds.  And lost.

[upbeat]  "Good morning.  THAT's a nice tnetennba."

PS:  That being said, who the fuck wagers on a rider to cross AFTER a specific time.  It just doesn't make any sense.  It seems like part of this story is "phoned in."

Tenet: Mediocrity Recipe

"Doing exactly what you're told is a recipe for mediocrity."

I don't really want to say much about this one.  I like the way the reading unfolds the ideas.  For me, each reading of that sentence has a slightly different feel.  I've even written a ukulele song around the melody of it.