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What Would You Call Your Autobiography?

by lanfear63
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OK, everyone has a story, perhaps at least a a few memorable incidents, achievements in their life worth recording for posterity. So, you embark on writing your autobiography.

So, what would you title it as?
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  • Profile picture of the author MaeAee
    dont give a fckk and move on
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    I avoid talking about my life before I went to Vegas and worked on the strip every day for over a year. I did do the primary caregiver role for my parents the last three years of their lives which was a big reason I got as far away from my family after my parents passed

    I can't turn that into a book

    "My past sucked I don't live there anymore "

    That or

    "my shrink told me there was nothing more he could do for me . I just needed to do the things I knew I had to do to get better " it only took 6 years for me to start doing the things I knew I needed to do

    "There is something different about you"
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

    OK, everyone has a story, perhaps at least a a few memorable incidents, achievements in their life worth recording for posterity. So, you embark on writing your autobiography.

    So, what would you title it as?
    This is a real answer.

    Other than my selling experience, my life isn't interesting enough (except to a clinical psychologist) to be an autobiography.

    So maybe "Door To Door" or something like that.

    See......I have a few subjects I'm interested in. Maybe a few insights that might be valuable. But as a person, I'm not that interesting. I don't travel, Cheryl and I abhor drama, and we lead a pretty steady uneventful comfortable life.

    I wonder how many people are like that?
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      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      I'm not that interesting.
      Finally, some semblance of self-awareness.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      This is a real answer.

      Other than my selling experience, my life isn't interesting enough (except to a clinical psychologist) to be an autobiography.

      So maybe "Door To Door" or something like that.

      See......I have a few subjects I'm interested in. Maybe a few insights that might be valuable. But as a person, I'm not that interesting. I don't travel, Cheryl and I abhor drama, and we lead a pretty steady uneventful comfortable life.

      I wonder how many people are like that?
      You know of Reddit, a site with tons of threads about various subjects. Like: "Tales From Technical Support" (for example) Heavily patronized and read with loads of comments on the stories. On You-Tube, people are making a living by gathering these stories and reading them out, sometimes using characterizations on the various players.

      The most successful is the user R/Slash. Well over a million followers, He does this full time.

      It just goes to show how people are interested reading about all sorts of subjects, In this case, tech savvy people who enjoy reading about the tech challenged hilarities and companies who refuse to take advice from them and screw themselves over.

      Yours could be a journey through life, learning about how to sell, the stories and anecdotes with dealing people along the way, the psychology of it all, the people you delt with etc. How you progressed. I think you would be surprised how interesting people would find it, especially if you made it entertaining and funny.

      Anyone remotely famous who writes an autobiography is largely just charting their progress through life and interactions with others and the stories about them.

      I think you would be surprised at the reaction.
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  • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

    OK, everyone has a story, perhaps at least a a few memorable incidents, achievements in their life worth recording for posterity.
    I think you'd have to have an ego the size of a small planet to cite "posterity" as a reason. Just keep a diary, if you must.

    Money, I could understand - as long as you can get away with the claim it was only because the publisher and your fans begged you.

    Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

    "My past sucked I don't live there anymore "
    That's a great title.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      I think you'd have to have an ego the size of a small planet to cite "posterity" as a reason. Just keep a diary, if you must.

      Money, I could understand - as long as you can get away with the claim it was only because the publisher and your fans begged you.
      I gave this a little thought.

      I don't know many people who are insightful (in a general sense) enough...or interesting enough..to warrant an autobiography.

      Actors write them, because they are celebrities, and for that reason alone, they are interesting to many.

      But I've met maybe 3 people who were interesting in themselves. It's not that what they did was interesting, but they were interesting as people.

      I know one man that has an interesting life, that I would love to read about. He's a friend of mine. A clinical psychologist and a stage hypnotist and magician. He has played in Las Vegas, and I've seen his stage hypnosis show.

      He is interesting because of what he does. He and I have had long, deep conversations about how hypnosis works, and how it relates to selling.

      Dan Kennedy wrote an interesting autobiography. But he wrote it as a way to establish a deeper bond with his customer base, and he has said as much.

      If you write an autobiography, because you just think you are so damn interesting that everyone wants to know your every thought....

      Then you are a narcissistic delusional psychopath. Or you're me.

      By the way, there are a few people here, that I suspect could write a great autobiography. Either because they are talented or interesting.

      Added later; I read stories of combat veterans. And I suspect that these stories come from quiet, decent men ...who let epic lives.
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      • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        I don't know many people who are insightful (in a general sense) enough...or interesting enough..to warrant an autobiography.
        The problem with autobiographies, as I see it, is that in general, the person who's lived the life isn't the best one to write about it. Too often they downplay the role of chance in their achievements or are otherwise too close to recognize and explain many potentially telling insights of their success. We all know that memory is an unreliable record and how easy it is for stories and experiences to get adjusted to fit a narrative.

        A skilled biographer, on the other hand, can look dispassionately at a life and by diligent research from various sources, together with keen analysis can provide a more complete and accurate picture. I've certainly gained much more insight about a subject and their achievements from a biography than from any autobiography.
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        • Profile picture of the author Odahh
          Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

          The problem with autobiographies, as I see it, is that in general, the person who's lived the life isn't the best one to write about it. Too often they downplay the role of chance in their achievements or are otherwise too close to recognize and explain many potentially telling insights of their success. We all know that memory is an unreliable record and how easy it is for stories and experiences to get adjusted to fit a narrative.
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          In my view autobiographies tend to be marketing to get speaking gigs I just might be biased in that almost all the one I have read where just that.

          I would not write a traditional autobiography . I would write a cook book and integrate the parts of my past that drove me to cook better tasting food. And there is an unlimited number of recipes. And even today I think cook books sell well .
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          • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
            Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

            I would not write a traditional autobiography . I would write a cook book and integrate the parts of my past that drove me to cook better tasting food. And there is an unlimited number of recipes. And even today I think cook books sell well .
            Yes, recipe books sell well, but unless you're already famous, you'll need a hook. I think you have the bones of an idea there.
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            • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
              Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

              Yes, recipe books sell well, but unless you're already famous, you'll need a hook. I think you have the bones of an idea there.
              Not something Claude could do, but he's an expert in "Waiting Times" in various restaurants and fast food joints.
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            • Profile picture of the author Odahh
              Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

              Yes, recipe books sell well, but unless you're already famous, you'll need a hook. I think you have the bones of an idea there.
              It's more of a creative curse it takes up quite a bit of mental bandwidth so if I produce and publish it it is less to sell many copies. It is to get it out of my head and turn it in to a thing I can hold in my hands and look through

              Food is the best and fastest way to express that creativity but I have no desire to own a restaurant and develop a menu
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    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      I think you'd have to have an ego the size of a small planet to cite "posterity" as a reason.



      That's a great title.
      So much of what we do is recorded in databases around world at some point in the not to distant future people won't trust their memories and when they want to remember some they will enter a VR simulator of the event.

      I got to see what retirement was for my parents if I have the same lifespan as my parents I have about 35-40 years I have spent the last five fixing the damage from the first 37 physical and mental and getting myself into a better and better position.

      And it was five years of getting rid of large amounts of built up anger and almost two years of that was spent outside in the desert in Arizona. Not to be overly cliche
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

        Not to be overly cliche
        If there is one thing in life I've learned, you can never be overly cliché.

        If my life has any meaning....that's the meaning.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesMill
    What a fascinating question. I think it's hard to decide simply because no one wants to feel cheesy about it, ha!

    If it were me, I'd focus on my journey of manifestation which has allowed me to achieve such high highs and fulfillment.

    Perhaps I'd call it something like "The Journey of Integral Manifestation"
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by JamesMill View Post

      What a fascinating question. I think it's hard to decide simply because no one wants to feel cheesy about it, ha!

      If it were me, I'd focus on my journey of manifestation which has allowed me to achieve such high highs and fulfillment.

      Perhaps I'd call it something like "The Journey of Integral Manifestation"
      This isn't my thing.

      But all kidding aside, these books about people manifesting or discovering...on their personal journey...sell like hot cakes.


      But like Frank said, you need a hook. For example;
      You were a drug addict who found meditation while hallucinating.
      You changed your sexual identity while manifesting ...something.
      You had cancer, but you manifested a personal cure.
      Doctors declared you dead, but you had a personal vision you have to share.

      I'm not joking, or trying to be flippant. These books, as long as someone can connect with the journey or problem overcome...sell incredibly well.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        This isn't my thing.

        But all kidding aside, these books about people manifesting or discovering...on their personal journey...sell like hot cakes.


        But like Frank said, you need a hook. For example;
        You were a drug addict who found meditation while hallucinating.
        You changed your sexual identity while manifesting ...something.
        You had cancer, but you manifested a personal cure.
        Doctors declared you dead, but you had a personal vision you have to share.

        I'm not joking, or trying to be flippant. These books, as long as someone can connect with the journey or problem overcome...sell incredibly well.
        I deleted my other response ,and I play at a hook

        The universe. My higher self and all other spiritual contacts have mad it clear I should focus on manifesting better tasting and higher quality food as a human that eat 3-5 times a day almost every day .

        The best way to improve and enrich is to be able to sit and enjoy good tasting food that doesn't need to be covered in store bought sauces to taste good

        But one has to manifest a wide verity of food s or life will become boring and repetitive

        For the enemy of being happy is boredom
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post


          For the enemy of being happy is boredom
          To me, the enemy of happy is knowledge.


          But the Enemy Of Happy Is Knowledge would be the worst book title ever.

          The subtitle could be "Rid yourself of all that bothersome happiness, contentment, and bliss. Read this book"
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            To me, the enemy of happy is knowledge.


            But the Enemy Of Happy Is Knowledge would be the worst book title ever.

            The subtitle could be "Rid yourself of all that bothersome happiness, contentment, and bliss. Read this book"
            "Rid yourself of all that bothersome happiness, contentment, and bliss."

            That's what repeat customers think to themselves before walking into your store.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

              "Rid yourself of all that bothersome happiness, contentment, and bliss."

              That's what repeat customers think to themselves before walking into your store.
              When I get my first repeat customer, I'll let you know.
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              • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                When I get my first repeat customer, I'll let you know.
                Of course I was only thinking of people demanding a refund due to the machine not doing what you said it would, or needing a repair or service. But, it probably never happens as what you sell is either bag-less, or the bag is indestructible and lasts a lifetime, (or is cheaper on Amazon) Not to mention that the machine is of such high quality and never breaks down.

                Yes, that's probably why.
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                • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                  Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                  Of course I was only thinking of people demanding a refund due to the machine not doing what you said it would, or needing a repair or service. But, it probably never happens as what you sell is either bag-less, or the bag is indestructible and lasts a lifetime, (or is cheaper on Amazon) Not to mention that the machine is of such high quality and never breaks down.

                  Yes, that's probably why.
                  I never have to give refunds because I refuse to answer my store phone, or talk to someone who enters the store.

                  My technique is bulletproof. I never get rejected. I never have to give refunds.


                  By the way, all kidding aside, as a consequence of selling in people's homes for decades, I hate refund requests. i hate giving refunds more than I like making sales.

                  But the truth is, we get less than one a year, unless I sell the wrong part, or something similar. But refunds on vacuum cleaners? Almost never.
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                  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                    Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                    I never have to give refunds because I refuse to answer my store phone, or talk to someone who enters the store.

                    My technique is bulletproof. I never get rejected. I never have to give refunds.


                    By the way, all kidding aside, as a consequence of selling in people's homes for decades, I hate refund requests. i hate giving refunds more than I like making sales.

                    But the truth is, we get less than one a year, unless I sell the wrong part, or something similar. But refunds on vacuum cleaners? Almost never.
                    Extraordinary, I suppose that sniper course you took paid for itself.

                    An interesting statistic, you must sell the right thing and be prepared to show it's correct operation, I expect that's one of the plusses for specialist stores. In the large superstore I worked we got many customers back with the Vac's we sold asking for a refund because the thing did not pick up. (it was mostly Asian Indians for some reason and ironically the store was called Curry's) Every single time it was because the bag was full.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                      Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post


                      An interesting statistic, you must sell the right thing and be prepared to show it's correct operation, I expect that's one of the plusses for specialist stores. In the large superstore I worked we got many customers back with the Vac's we sold asking for a refund because the thing did not pick up. (it was mostly Asian Indians for some reason and ironically the store was called Curry's) Every single time it was because the bag was full.
                      Here is why we don't get refunds on vacuum cleaners;
                      We show them the complete operation, and let them vacuum in the store, on various types of carpets and bare floors. What they experience in the store is what they experience at home.

                      I always assemble the vacuum for them. They get a fully assembled and tested vacuum cleaner.

                      At the counter (assuming they buy), I spend time answering any questions...and I give full instructions on how to use the machine. I then make sure they understand everything I told them.

                      I then tell them that their bag may fill up the very first time they use it. I explain that this just means the vacuum is picking up what was left behind, and it's a sign they have a great vacuum cleaner.

                      I tell them that the vacuum will leave lines in the carpet. that means the carpet is being combed in the same direction. a sign of a great vacuum cleaner.

                      I tell them that if, the first time they use it, it fills up or stops working, to bring it in and I'll take care of it while they wait.

                      And before they leave, I hand them an extra box of bags, as a way to say Thank you.

                      And yeah, the very few times we have someone bring a vacuum cleaner back, it's always the next day...and it's always because they filled the bag up already.

                      And they nearly always ask for a refund, saying it's the machine's fault. I ignore the request, and show them the full bag, the clogged hose, and put a new bag in for them. I always act like they didn't ask for a refund, and I say that it's my fault, for not explaining it all to them.

                      90% of the time, they leave happy, with their new vacuum.

                      But I also have two signs up that say "No Refunds". So that helps as well.

                      When someone asks "How long until I can't return it?" or "What's your refund policy?"

                      I tell them we don't give refunds. In nearly every case, it's OK with them. They just needed to know. And if they ask why we don't refund, I explain that vacuums cannot be sold as new once they are sold and returned.

                      Yeah, I assume that large discount store have a huge problem with refunds. The customers often think of it as "Borrowing" what they bought.

                      I'd rather someone not buy from me than have a 50/50 chance of a return. To me, it's a personal issue, not a business issue.

                      I have to say, we don't often get discount shoppers in our store. Our advertising and marketing fairly screams that we are a higher end store. Our cheapest vacuum we advertise is over $250. And if they are coming in for a really cheap vacuum cleaner, I recommend a local store where they can get it.

                      The more you know.
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          • Profile picture of the author Odahh
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            To me, the enemy of happy is knowledge.


            But the Enemy Of Happy Is Knowledge would be the worst book title ever.

            The subtitle could be "Rid yourself of all that bothersome happiness, contentment, and bliss. Read this book"
            I thought we where talking about hooks to draw in people who buy the metaphysical/ manifestation books

            So knowledge of how to really improve their lives isn't what they are after
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

              I thought we where talking about hooks to draw in people who buy the metaphysical/ manifestation books

              So knowledge of how to really improve their lives isn't what they are after
              We were talking about hooks to sell books.

              People are after ways to improve their lives if it requires very little effort, and it makes them feel good about themselves just the way they are. Read self improvement book titles. Never do thy imply any real effort on your part. It's always the discovery, the secret, the affirmations that generate the benefits.

              To sell a book on self improvement (especially to the New Age crowd) you need...

              A journey that you went on.
              Something about you or your journey that they identify with.
              A benefit they can see or infer in the title. A payoff at the end.

              What you can never do, is include the idea that any of this takes real personal effort, any real investment of time, or that the results depend on them.

              At least that is my experience. Yours may differ.

              Added later; A self improvement book that I think is truthful might be How To Go From A Fat Lazy Loser With No Money Who Can't Get Laid Because Of Your Personality, To A Fit Handsome Winner With No Money Who Can't Get Laid Because Of Your Personality.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    "The Journey of Integral Manifestation"

    Subtitle: End Insomnia Once and For All ???


    Oops, my bad....Sorry - couldn't resist.
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    I would called it "My life story"
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    Maybe rather than one biography - it should be a book that includes biographies of multiple people....


    Title: Delusions of Relevance
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Claude I fully understand what you are talking about when it comes to these types of books.

    But again a lot of these books the authors make their money with workshops and coaching programs and of course now to get on pod casts and blogs with other authors selling this type of thing or anything to do with motivation and self help who need guests

    If I write a book that's mostly a cook book it I easily just so I can claim to be an author and that I travel around the world to get great recipes to put in my books something easy to explain to people

    There are far easier way to make more money that are just tough to explain quickly

    The enemy of the metaphysical stuff is applying logic versus knowledge. Without a framework of logical thinking . Knowledge is easily destructive or useless and can turn into a doctrine

    Historicity logical people banded together while passing of a watered down message to the masses who thought in terms of myths and superstition
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post


      Historicity logical people banded together while passing of a watered down message to the masses who thought in terms of myths and superstition
      This is just a guess.

      My thought is that superstitions, religious beliefs, myths, and legends...were just early attempts to understand what the world was doing, and how it worked.

      Imagine you lived in a world before science.

      You are walking along a path, and a breeze comes from behind you, and makes it easier to walk up a hill.

      Remember, wind is invisible. You don't know how weather works, or what causes wind.

      So...you might assume that an invisible hand is pushing you along the path, making your journey easier. you think you have made a real discovery, so you tell others.

      Details are added to the story, similar experiences are shared. Soon, we have a full blown myth. And after a few generations, it becomes "The Truth", a dogma.

      Add several stories like that, gather them in a book,, and you have a religion...a culture.

      And it really just started with a boy, feeling the wind at his back.

      Had the wind blown in the other direction at that moment, our history would be different.

      The Butterfly Effect, but stronger and over a longer period of time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Claude it's far different than that in Greece the stone quarries wher the got the stones to build their building also managed to be rich fossil beds so people came up with stories about wars between god and Titans and some force that could turn enemies into stone

    Or think about the gold is the only real money people that is almost a religion in itself millions of people waiting for the day the false money of fiat crumbles away and I replaced by the one true money which is backed by gold

    Something less serious margarita pizza there is a group in Italy that has declared it has the right to say what is and is not margarita pizza that is part of how religious organizations are formed

    The real reason people shifted from barter to money was taxation and tithing

    Let's say a calamity hits our civilization and technology stops working and within a few years the earth is down to a few hundred million people a generation from now those born after the calamity would carry around the relics of the time before aka cell phones and I pads awaiting the day everything works again and the great wi fi god return and bring great wisdom throulg the relics
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    I wonder what place autobiographies and biographies have in the age of social media where people build their fame or capitalize on their fame by posting the 5 best minute of their day to anyone wanting to see

    So any book written is mainly written for the current audience and to give them a way to support you and guid the creation of content
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      I wonder what place autobiographies and biographies have in the age of social media where people build their fame or capitalize on their fame by posting the 5 best minute of their day to anyone wanting to see

      So any book written is mainly written for the current audience and to give them a way to support you and guide the creation of content
      Social media (and the internet in general) are changing the publishing business.

      When us oldsters think of Autobiographies, I picture the accomplished person, at the end of a career...or at the end off their life, writing about their life as a way to try to save others from making the same mistakes...and maybe for some money.

      I can still find currently written biographies and autobiographies that follow that structure.

      But they are being drowned out by the content marketing, personal aggrandizement, influencer, personal branding...motivations.

      Our landlord for our store (He owns the building we are in) is about 85 years old. A fine gentleman. A good man.

      One day I asked him if he used online marketing to hlp his substantial real estate business.

      He smiled and said something like "I never go online. I know nothing about the internet. And I have always hoped that I would die before I was forced to learn anything about it".

      There is something in that sentiment that I understand. There are now plenty of online platforms and ways of communicating and online marketing...that I'm never going to learn, because I have lost almost all interest in keeping up with it.

      I don't know what a text is. I don't know what Wi Fi means. If Netflix or HBOMAX make me learn one more thing. I'm out.

      Now I know how old people think. And I know why.
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  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    "I don't know what a text is. I don't know what Wi Fi means. If Netflix or HBOMAX make me learn one more thing. I'm out."

    "Text" is a way to type in and send instant messages from your cell phone to another persons cell phone. All you need is their phone number.

    WIFI stands for: "Whitacre's Incapable of Following Instructions"
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    The entrepreneurs today are building the platforms

    While millions or tens of millions or hundreds of millions of people use thes platforms to build income in a wide verity of ways

    And once Facebook digital currency diem get approved so the 3.5 billion Facebook users have an easy way to send each other money other platforms will have to follow (what I said has nothing to do with bitcoin or crypto)

    Middle class income for most of the world is about 10$ a day so the amount of money most people need to make is not that much
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  • Profile picture of the author N1coleW
    " Not every day better than yesterday"
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Claude are you sure you understand how old people think versus you and many here understand how traditional entrepreneurs or business people think.

    My brother has a dog groomer come to the house 1 time a month he texts her a week before to set the appointment. She drives here and all gear can be carried in by her she washes and cuts the dog hear . Pays 50$ plus whatever for a tip pack her stuff up and goes

    She would prefer her own shop but can afford the 10,000 a month for rent it would cost and all the other costs.

    I don't think older people can grasp the effects higher and high costs of living while younger generations are not seeing real wages increases only the top ten percent of income earning have seen real wage growth
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Claude are you sure you understand how old people think versus you and many here understand how traditional entrepreneurs or business people think.
      That wasn't what I meant. I didn't mean how people think about certain subjects. I meant how their brain processes information.

      There are two types of intelligence. crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence.

      Fluid intelligence means the ability to grasp new ideas, learn new skills.
      Crystalized intelligence is the ability to use established skills and using their established knowledge.

      I'm sure they are exceptions, but most old people have very little fluid intelligence, and they still have crystalized intelligence. That's why 80 year olds find it harder to learn new skills, but they can still function.

      Wisdom is a function of crystalized intelligence.

      Anyway, there are exceptions to all this. But that's what I was meaning.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Yes young people who are yet to deal with cognitive decline and have less knowledge and fewer skills have a far easier time learning new things and building skills than older than epilepsy who may have reach their limits if things they could learn and are struggling on a regular basis to remember that and perform the skills they already have

    On the other hand at any age if someone doesn't have the patience to learn new skills it will be harder for them to build new skills

    You understand most of the skills you built took a number of years to become skilled at and took an amount of time being pretty bad at
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    • Profile picture of the author Devil Reincarnated
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Yes young people who are yet to deal with cognitive decline and have less knowledge and fewer skills have a far easier time learning new things and building skills than older than epilepsy who may have reach their limits if things they could learn and are struggling on a regular basis to remember that and perform the skills they already have

      On the other hand at any age if someone doesn't have the patience to learn new skills it will be harder for them to build new skills

      You understand most of the skills you built took a number of years to become skilled at and took an amount of time being pretty bad at

      Double poppycock.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Devil Reincarnated View Post

        Double poppycock.
        I was responding to Claude and his personal definitions of fluid and crystallized intelligence . Which look more to describe cognitive decline and the effects of aging. Instead of what I find when I search for the terms.

        He could have different sources for he definitions that what I find now for the terms
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  • Profile picture of the author Charlyne Masongsong
    Bad Choices.

    hahaha!
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    My problematic story.
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  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    "Meathead"

    that's literally the first thing that popped in my head
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by discrat View Post

      "Meathead"

      that's literally the first thing that popped in my head
      Unfortunately, Claude has already copywrited this title.
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    "peaceful resolution"
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Harrington
    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

    OK, everyone has a story, perhaps at least a a few memorable incidents, achievements in their life worth recording for posterity. So, you embark on writing your autobiography.

    So, what would you title it as?
    The Topsy Turvy Life of the Man They Called Harry
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Circumference Of Doom.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Circumference Of Doom.
      If your son ever wrote your biography, he would call it: "A Voyage Around My Father"
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    Makes you wondah what great explorahs like Marco Polo woulda made of Wooster's Home Appliance Supremo.

    "I have not told the half of what I saw. We fitted mighty sails to our finest boats, and yet we barely made it out of the navel. A successful round trip may ultimately depend on some bald guy in a dick-shaped rocket, and even then, they'll have to deal with a co-ordinate conundrum if Whitacre flick flacks, karate style, from the sofa to rustle up a burger."

    One thing, howevah, is certain.

    Howevah time-consoomin' it be to circumnavigate the man himself, imagine tryin' to deal with his autobiography ...

    Literary agent Luke Adam I. Take explains: Claude was insistent the events in his life that shaped his characteristic modesty should occupy no more than a trio of trilogies, which is why we eventually ran to 27 books for this theme alone. When we discovered this began as a mere footnote to what he called the 'retractible flex years', we knew we had a colossal task ahead regarding the sourcing of proofreaders who were semi-immortal. It didn't help that the publishing house dealing with Claude's memoirs was hacked by a group calling itself YannoDannoX, who delayed publication of the first 40 books in the Cheryl's Amazing Sandwiches series by randomly introducing the word 'penis' whenever the technical specifications for classic vacuum cleaner models were listed. I can't say it's been an easy ride -- even though the guy is such a charmer.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicenet
    Guess What - This is my life!
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  • Profile picture of the author lerxtjr
    So many people want to "share their stories" in a biography form. But, in reality, people only care about reading stories of celebrities. If you're not a celebrity, why not channel your stories into a book that outlines your expertise? People will always want to buy and read a glimpse into your expertise. Everyone is an expert at something. Heck if you're older than 10, you're an expert at staying alive. No one has stayed alive in exactly the same way as you have. What's your expert method? What five steps can talk about for 6 hours straight because you know so much about the topi? That's what you should write a book about.
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  • Profile picture of the author SussyBaka
    The cliché
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  • Profile picture of the author Hugimand
    I have never written my own autobiography actually. In my opinion, people should do it only in one case. When they understand that their days will be over soon. However, they start to write the will instead of autobiography. Anyway, people should write whatever they want and whenever they want. I would really want to write my own autobiography. I understand that it might make lots of time to me and I am not ready to devote this amount of time to autobiography. As for my works I have never written something about me or actually something that might be close to me. The name would be "the life which is full of emotions".
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