I’ve escaped the Matrix of corporate slavery

But I do feel like I’ve escaped the Matrix of corporate slavery that first day. Eventually I realized that there was yet another matrix outside of that matrix. Like Russian nesting dolls, each matrix is a creation of the matrix outside of it. On and on, forever. Each day another escape but only if I’m brave enough.

James Altucher

From his top 10 list of lessons from the deep water of running your own business.

A) It was always my fault when things went wrong.

B) I had to communicate to people.

C) I had to help employees feel good about their jobs.

D) Every idea was fair game.

E) People steal.

F) I had to educate.

G) I had to learn when the day ended. 

H) I had to forgive myself.

I) I had to make tough decisions.

J) I had to network.

K) I had to sell the company.

Read the whole story:

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/09/today-you-started-a-business/

If you hide from customers, they will fire you. If you hide from employees they lose respect for you. If you hide from investors, they sue you.

James Altucher

People of Earth

...People of Earth

The sky is open to the stars. Clouds roll over us night and day. Oceans rise and fall. Whatever you may have heard, this is our world, our place to be. Whatever you've been told, our flags fly free. Our heart goes on forever. People of Earth, remember.

Sound familiar?  See the 95 Theses on the Cluetrain Manifesto.

Critics

As always, insightful illustrations from Hugh MacLeod.  Check out his site for more.

http://www.gapingvoid.com/

A consultant is…

People get a little fed up and see their portfolio down significantly, and I always laugh to myself, because I still got paid.

Ken Sheinberg

This is for the financial world, but I am sure that the consulting readers can identify with this.

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Fin-world.png

A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.

Arnold H. Glasgow

The ideal client

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.  Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak. 

Jay Leno

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People that pay for things never complain.  It's the guy you give something to that you can't please. 

Will Rogers

The ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.

John Sterling