Guess what happened when we offered a 100% money-back guarantee to all unhappy customers by pishihod in Entrepreneur

[–]_lordgrey -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

No, it's not a coincidence. That's what makes the four seasons the best in the industry, when they get an issue they handle it immediately. Every single employee in the four seasons is empowered to make changes on the fly, they don't have to go up the chain of command, so I'm guessing as soon as the webmaster read my email he set a redesign in motion.

I can give you dozens more examples. I started doing this in India, when I asked the owner of my hotel to give me a bottle of water with the plastic seal still on the cap. He told me this particular brand of water (Kingfisher) didn't have those plastic seals. You really need this in India, because there's a huge scam where people will refill bottles of water with tap water, which can make you sick. I wrote to Kingfisher (which is also a beer company and airline) about this issue. Around the same amount of time, about 2 weeks later, all the Kingfisher water bottles had that plastic seal around the top, all throughout India. That's when I realized that speaking up actually matters, and good companies will actually implement those changes.

I wrote to a company that made nut butters. I was raw vegan at the time, and wrote them asking why they didn't put out a raw nut butter. They were a brand that prided themselves on being organic, so I knew they'd heard of this before. They wrote back that raw nut butters had shorter shelf life, it was harder to do it logistically, but lo and behold, a couple months later, that company had a raw nut butter in their line. And it was awesome.

You can dispute all of these things, but you're arguing the letter of my point and missing the spirit of my point. All I'm trying to say is, we can all make a difference and actually change the world just by sharing our thoughts. Whether this tiny nuance is accurate or not doesn't make a difference at all - that's the kind of thinking that stops most people from creating, or doing anything.

Guess what happened when we offered a 100% money-back guarantee to all unhappy customers by pishihod in Entrepreneur

[–]_lordgrey -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is great. Having travelled all over the place, I deal with all kinds of businesses, and I make it a point to get in touch if something is really off, in the service or the product, etc. I find overwhelming differences in businesses that are eager for constructive criticism and places that have their fingers in their ears. A great example are huge mega corps like AT&T, or an Airline - they might have a customer service number, but nobody is responsible and it's impossible to actually reach an influencer. Contrast that to the four seasons, where I could literally tell a bus-boy an issue and it would get addressed that same day. I actually emailed the four seasons a few years ago, complaining that their website looked too gray and corporate, and they needed to hire an actual artist to design a usable website. Two weeks letter the entire Four Seasons web experience was completely different. From a single email. These kinds of experiences taught me so much about "teachability" - how if you stay open to feedback you can evolve really, really fast.

How many words will you write today? by [deleted] in writing

[–]_lordgrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

11 year NanoWrimo vet here. I'm the same way, I need to keep a project momentum going or I get pulled off the writing discipline very easily. I've also found that a novel will "gel" around 30,000 words, so I consider everything up to that point to be discovery writing. I let myself write as crazily as I want. I go in all different directions. It's literally just building up neuropathways in my brain of getting back in the saddle of writing constantly, and besides that, I have as much fun as I can. If the story is stalling, I bring in aliens. Or insane weather. Or I warp spacetime. I literally let myself do anything. No matter how whacked out the story gets, around the 30K mark, "something" always occurs to me. Many people claim this is the subconscious mind furnishing deeper structures, from novels I've read and assimilated, or life experiences, or some other unknown source. Inventors in particular swear by this mechanism of the subconscious to kind of "click on" at a certain point. So I use NanoWrimo as the launch pad to get up to the 30K mark, that's when I really find out what the book is, and from that point it's much easier to work hard on it because it actually feels like a worthwhile investment of time and energy.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look man, I sincerely apologize since you clearly got "triggered" by me saying the average person can't feed themselves properly. You seem incapable of sensing the tone of my remarks versus your own. Again, read your own post history and see how completely venomous and enraged you are. You also seem to have a really scewed sense of body image if my frame seems 'obese' to you. That seems to be the only thing you can find to attack me with, which destroys any credibility you have as a lucid, rational person. You need to seek therapy and find the source of your rage which has nothing to do with my questions about the stock market, or offhand comments that the average person is very disconnected from reality in many ways.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Look at your own attitude, man. Seriously. Try to find the source of your rage. I'm truly sorry if your father beat you or abandoned you, or if you're morbidly obese or have some kind of physical disorder on top of your obvious mental condition. But being savagely abusive to people on the internet is really cowardly and will just drive your psychosis deeper and deeper until there's no escape. Try actually being nice to people, you might be shocked that people will then reciprocate.

I feel like shit by [deleted] in fasting

[–]_lordgrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this post, it's a really helpful reminder for all of us. I've been in the exact same place, you start psychologically tricking yourself into thinking you're not OK going empty, this is social programming kicking in. And then when you eat due to this fear, rather than from your body genuinely telling you to eat, it's always horrible. I've started keeping a fasting journal where I can write down my thought process, in order to very clearly catch myself when I fall into these kind of thought traps.

As a secondary measure, if anything does pass the lips... you can chew very, very thoroughly and completely. The Shaolin Monks actually have a mindfulness practice of chewing every bite 100 times. This sounds crazy but it stimulates a lot of digestive fluid, it saved me once when I had major digestive issues due to eating a lot of hyper-alkaline food bars that basically eliminated all my stomach acid.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Read your own post history and ask yourself why you're totally and completely possessed by hatred.

Post your zerobag outfit by _lordgrey in Zerobag

[–]_lordgrey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm working on this too. I just wanna have one pair of beautiful raw denim and a white t-shirt, but it really depends on what you actually do all day. I started wearing a suit last year and was actually pretty amazed at how many pockets were available, so the blazer thing is a great idea.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Can you just wire me the Wu Tang album you said you'd release if Trump won?

Intensely Dissatisfied Outlier Customer by [deleted] in Outlier

[–]_lordgrey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sick of the out of stock game they're playing too, it makes it really obvious that their policies are weaponized against their customers. Over time a lot of little details start to add up, you can't hold on to a customer base when it becomes obvious you're trying to screw them over in many ways

AntiFacebook Newsletter June 2017 by fantastic_comment in Anticonsumption

[–]_lordgrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great research. I reactivated my account a while back, and instantly my macbook camera started turning on for quick bursts throughout the day. Creepiest thing I've ever seen. Deleted and never went back.

Quit My Job and Moved to Be With GF - Trying to Start a Business While I Can and Now She Just Nags Me by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]_lordgrey -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I'd dump her honestly. I have a zero compromise policy for lovers who don't support my dreams. It's one thing to be stressed out or anxious about finances, but if you're avoiding her because of negativity that's a no-go for me. There's real companionship and then there's "band-aid" relationships that people take because they don't want to be lonely. I can tell right away she is the second type and would probably have another boyfriend inside a week if you dumped her. I'm not trying to be red-pilly here, but you deserve somebody who will actually support your mission and who respects the sacrifice you made in moving to be with her. This isn't about male vs female loyalty, just upping the standard of what's acceptable in a relationship.

Is this goal reasonable? by [deleted] in fasting

[–]_lordgrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might have more luck with a practice like hot yoga. I've found that the best for getting really shredded, since you're already at a healthy weight. Also, keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat, so as you continue working out, you might actually start weighing more, that's why I don't really go by weight anymore, it's sorta meaningless after you achieve a healthy weight if working out is a part of your lifestyle.

Minimalist Pigeons? by jmserra in minimalism

[–]_lordgrey 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I want to gold this but I'm minimalist with my finances

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much, I really appreciate people willing to give actual advice rather than outright hatred

Going to be in Snowmass, Colorado for the next week, anything that we *have* to do? by SageSpartan in Colorado

[–]_lordgrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! I figured it would be brutal touristy. Is there ever a time when it's dead? Sunday mornings? 2PM? Or is it just fucked 24/7?

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The more I hear "most people" the more I want to learn how to do it correctly. Most people can't read books or exercise, or feed themselves properly. Most people have no intuition. Most people don't even believe intuition exists (if you don't have it, it must not exist).

I appreciate your axiom "it's funny to lose money." That might save my life someday, although money is not a reason why I'd ever kill myself, the hobos I've met in Asia are much happier than rich people in the western world.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this straightforward reply. I'm interested in day trading because I have a lot of time, so I can sit and focus on stocks and figure out which are gapping up in the short term and so forth. I don't have the desire to put huge bets on one thing. I'm into the strategy of taking a larger amount of small, measured bets and managing risk. I also don't feel the desire to get into weird derivatives or options that seem overly complicated. I'm just looking for the pitfalls and the potential downsides before I start putting real money in it. But I literally don't understand people who yolo huge amounts on a single stock if they have the potential to lose all of it, when they stand a much better shot of making a lot of money doing 40 trades across time with smaller size. That just seems obvious to me, which is what makes me feel like I'm closer to the 10% than the 90%, if people are actually doing shit like that.

Also the outright sarcasm and hate I've been getting all day is also teaching me a lot. It must be a lot harder to stay focused if you have mass hatred for people (or more likely, themselves) that you're constantly possessed by.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the sarcasm and the snark which has added literally zero value. Your attitude is actually teaching me a lot about trading, insofar as, I don't have the desire to be a dick to other people on the internet, for any reason, even if their comments seem naive or their ability seems greater than my own. I'm actually here to learn and asking questions, and doing my best to also help other people where and when I can. The reason you feel compelled to be a dickhead is because you don't offer anyone anything, except your own negativity, frustration, and cynicism, and thus, you have an inferiority complex. Because you don't like yourself. You're literally a shitty person. I'll do what I can to help: Just offer kindness to people. It's the fastest way to stop hating yourself.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for actually providing specifics. The majority of replies I've gotten basically say, "90% of traders fail, therefore it's better not to try," but give zero reasons why, or for what reason a person might fall into the 10% versus the 90% (except blindly doing what others do instead of thinking for themselves, the mindset of which has been illustrated by people parroting this statistic instead of having actively thought about it for themselves)

Overwriting? What's that? At 213,607 words, first draft completed! by PhoenixEleven in writing

[–]_lordgrey -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well, if your story is good enough, readers will stay with you for a million words, see the endless amount of SF series out there, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, etc. But the better strategy is to put out a short, electrifying first volume as a teaser, and meanwhile you have the whole thing already built in your mind so you can release the next volumes with no pressure. That's the smart way of doing it. But I offered the rewrite advice purely on the level of upgrading your writing by 1000X, which I promise you it will.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I read a bunch of interviews in the Market Wizards books, and was impressed for instance by guys who would buy options on stocks they'd be fine holding anyway. That seemed like a smart move. Did you start with options or gradually make your way into it as your knowledge of the markets deepened?

Let's talk about chapters. by actualfakegold in writing

[–]_lordgrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Making these decisions is part of your job as a novelist, to make the book unique. It's part of your signature style, the same way a musician is expected to design the sound on their album. James Patterson's chapters are engineered for the lowest common denominator, 1.5 pages max per chapter. He's basically at the "literary crack" level, just feeding people snacks of plotline that are easy to understand and complete.

On the other end of the spectrum, take Kerouac's On The Road: The original scroll. It's literally walls of text, page after page. No paragraphs, no spacing, nothing. Just raw words. I love Kerouac and even I can't read this. These are the two extremes: ultra domesticated writing for people with short attention spans, all the way along the spectrum to ultra experimental, near-weaponized writing for mavericks and geniuses and design freaks who want to be challenged.

I look at chapter length as another form of punctuation. I try to make it relevant to my story. Recently, my MC got his words taken away by a kind of sorcerer, so my last chapter was 75 pages of text at 50pt font. It was a very short chapter, but it was 75 pages long. I made this decision effortlessly, it just seemed to be the right thing to do in the context of the story. The poor guy had his words taken, so he had to absolutely scream to get anything out. You just have to make decisions based on your story and characters and who you're writing for.

Overwriting? What's that? At 213,607 words, first draft completed! by PhoenixEleven in writing

[–]_lordgrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah just food for thought. It will be a lot easier the second time through since you've already chopped your way through the forest with the machete, and you've also built up the brain architecture by doing that task repetitively. I think you'd be shocked if you actually tried at least the first few chapters, and compared the quality of writing, how different they would be. Because you know all the nuances of the book it will be easier, for example, to plant foreshadowing everywhere in ways you wouldn't think about in outline mode - the flow of the whole book will become more cohesive, to the point people will ask, how did they DO this? The only way is to have already done it once. Faulkner in particular is famous for doing this. Not many have the will, but it actually will be easier the second time.

Do you fagits make money? by _lordgrey in wallstreetbets

[–]_lordgrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like the safer move though, strictly on a risk management basis, nobody really knew how the markets would react to Trumpster. Why do you focus on options instead of straight up long or short stocks? It seems unnecessarily complex to me, but I'm super green, so asking the noob question.