Evaluate the Landscape #176

“Neglected for now, but yo it’s got to be accepted  – (That What?)

…That life is hectic …”

 Takeaway #176: Listen, you can play the role of the victim or alternatively suit up and get competitive.  Focus on your strengths, minimize your weaknesses.  Recognize what you are best at given the lay of the land, and exploit that competitive advantage…now.

Wu-Tang ClanC.R.E.A.M. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers (1993)

NOTE: … “Transient-Advantage”or the Fleeting Nature of Competitive Advantage?

Takeaway #111: No Whining

but all I do is bitch about how I can’t find my niche

while standing in a treeless forest holding a battle axe

hate is a virus and it destroys habitats

 

Calm Treat Me Like A Villain

Takeaway 111:  No whining.  If you need to pick up some self-help books-on-tape, come with the quickness and git’er-done.  Bitter is not better and it certainly doesn’t help you make the cheddar or get that green.

For example:

worried-about-diversity-in-tech-try-doing-something-like-black-girls-code

#124 planning from #kardinaloffishall

I just put away thirty percent for my taxes

Twenty for the feds, the rest under my matress Huh

I gave my wallet a botox injection

A bunch ‘a rude boyz in’a your section

Trynna give my tax bracket an erection

 

Kardinal Offishall f/ Clipse Set it Off

Takeaway 124:   How’s your fiscal tax planning working out for you?  The market says, cash heavy, are liquid enough to seize opportunities?  Doing some dollar-cost averaging?