"Who does he think he is? He cant say that to me?..Can he?

"There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm. Second, there are the hard-working, intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered. Third, there are the hard-working, stupid ones. These people are a menace and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody. Finally, there are the intelligent, lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office."

General Erich Von Manstein (1887-1973) on the German Officer Corps

I Know which one I am. Do you?

After my boss blasted my work ethic to bits and pieces I came back with this story....That, and evidence that this department is running about 200% more efficient then it ever has in the past.

The next day I overheard she wanted to fire me for having the audacity to make such claims about the structure of human nature in the food chain of the business world.

Now, she is the hard-working intelligent type, so naturally she hates my type. I get the same or better results with half the effort. This is a piss off. Ha.

Anyways, point of this post was to share my epiphany. I am going to start my own business. Nothing crazy, just going to start up my own property rental company. I cant purchase another house under my name, so why not create some numbered company, grab some cash from the gov and nab a few more houses. This will mean sweet tax write-offs, and if it all goes down the shitter I keep my properties, declare bankruptcy and only lose what the business owned. I would never let that happen, but its nice to know I can do this risk free for the most part.

I only do what I have to, to get the things I want done. There is always a balance in this wonderful thing we call life. Everything in life can be broken down into a net gain comparison with a break-even point. You can do a little bit more, but is it worth it?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

And in business, its always easy to see the equilibrium. In life? Not so easy. Ha.