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Q3:
Q3 Answer:
My father was a restaurant/nightclub owner and a gangster left over from the bootlegging days. He was, in his way, a good man. However, he had a very nefarious side. I began to object to that life in my teens and quickly pulled away from it as I grew. It has been a great conflict between me and my family since. I am the outcast in my family as a result of it. My dad is in his nineties now and suffering from dementia. I haven't seen or spoken to him (or my family) for around fifteen years (this time around). We had a year or two on speaking terms here and there over the years, but we would ultimately have differences that resulted in not speaking for many years in between. It is having been raised in that old world of corruption that gave me what many of my business partners and associates through the years have coined "that little bit of larceny" they claim I have in my blood that helps me identify my path and enable me to "smell bullshit coming around the corner 6 blocks away".
I can tell you this as an absolute. I know how to be corrupt in most any business, I refuse to do it. It is not sustainable and it will eventually be self destructive as well as bring harm to others which is untenable for me. I could easily follow all of the Black Hat Crap out there to steal and pillage, my heart and my mind simply won't let me follow through with it.
I believe that my confidence is largely strengthened by having the the knowledge to succeed by following the rules, and maybe bend them a little here and there. At the same time, preventing myself from bringing harm to others. The core of my confidence comes from truth, knowledge, and experience. The confidence that comes from truth, knowledge, and experience is unmatchable in my opinion.
Well azgold, you touched on some very personal responses from me. I hope they aren't misinterpreted. Some of this may not translate into other languages well.
To any Newbies reading this post, I implore you to ask for clarification on anything that isn't immediately crystal clear to you.
Thanks azgold for raising the subject. Sorry if I got to wordy and took the long way around.
Q3:
Sorry but you seem so self-assured, I'm very curious about that.
Q3 Answer:
My father was a restaurant/nightclub owner and a gangster left over from the bootlegging days. He was, in his way, a good man. However, he had a very nefarious side. I began to object to that life in my teens and quickly pulled away from it as I grew. It has been a great conflict between me and my family since. I am the outcast in my family as a result of it. My dad is in his nineties now and suffering from dementia. I haven't seen or spoken to him (or my family) for around fifteen years (this time around). We had a year or two on speaking terms here and there over the years, but we would ultimately have differences that resulted in not speaking for many years in between. It is having been raised in that old world of corruption that gave me what many of my business partners and associates through the years have coined "that little bit of larceny" they claim I have in my blood that helps me identify my path and enable me to "smell bullshit coming around the corner 6 blocks away".
I can tell you this as an absolute. I know how to be corrupt in most any business, I refuse to do it. It is not sustainable and it will eventually be self destructive as well as bring harm to others which is untenable for me. I could easily follow all of the Black Hat Crap out there to steal and pillage, my heart and my mind simply won't let me follow through with it.
I believe that my confidence is largely strengthened by having the the knowledge to succeed by following the rules, and maybe bend them a little here and there. At the same time, preventing myself from bringing harm to others. The core of my confidence comes from truth, knowledge, and experience. The confidence that comes from truth, knowledge, and experience is unmatchable in my opinion.
Well azgold, you touched on some very personal responses from me. I hope they aren't misinterpreted. Some of this may not translate into other languages well.
To any Newbies reading this post, I implore you to ask for clarification on anything that isn't immediately crystal clear to you.
Thanks azgold for raising the subject. Sorry if I got to wordy and took the long way around.