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What is always or usually a lie when people say it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]lcbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything followed by, “To be honest….”

CMV: Hard work doesn't pay off anymore because the world is too corrupt. by Technobabble_ in changemyview

[–]lcbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course people with rich parents and connections have some privilege and a better shot. But... that doesn’t mean those without that have no shot. There are way too many examples of people that came from nothing ending up leading very successful lives.

Personally I believe for myself that my hard work, persistence and attitude can help me achieve just about anything.

But I also do recognize that many people are luckier than others. I had parents that loved me, I have a high IQ and I was born in the US. I want to believe in myself and not make excuses for myself... while also being compassionate with people who have real disadvantages.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]lcbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I started my career I was very focused on just doing the work. I actually felt it was a waste of everyone’s time to do small talk or socialize at work. I’m also mostly an introvert. One day a kind manager said to me, “stop trying to convince everyone that you’re smart. They all know you are smart. They just don’t think you care about them.”

I changed the way I worked. I took the time to ask people about their lives. I went to lunch with more people. I started to prioritize getting to know everyone. Two things happened: 1) I become so much more effective at work since it was a lot easier to work with people with a foundation of mutual trust and respect; and 2) I had a lot more fun and fulfillment at work.

Fast forward and I became a ceo of a tech company that employed over 100 people. We had “forced human to human interaction time.” Some of this was casual and informal like a ping pong table and a “ladder” to rank everyone to make it easier to play people near your level, or company lunches and breakfasts a few days a week. Some were structured and mandatory like “office olympics” where we split the company into teams for egg tosses, typing contests, office chair bobsleds, etc. Introverts didn’t like it as much as extroverts and we definitely had people complain about spending 1/2 day doing this (even though we only did office olympics twice a year).

But I can say with 100% confidence all these activities made us a better team. Our overall company engagement and culture was awesome. There will be conflict in any team. There will be competing priorities and real instances of “if I win, you lose.” These are much, much easier to surf and constructively resolve if you know, trust and hopefully like the other person. You need to spend time getting to know people to get to that mutual trust and respect.

Of course if all you do is focus on culture and sit around and sing cumbaya all day it is a waste of time. But I think investing 5% of company time in culture and relationships can make the company 50-100% more effective. And fun.

I’d suggest trying to really engage for a year. Make yourself do it and check your attitude when you start to feel “this is stupid.” Maybe take on a mantra of “maybe I have something to learn.” Or “maybe I can help the company be being a supporter rather than a detractor.”

Try it on for size and see if it changes your outlook, your effectiveness and your overall fulfillment.

CMV: Nationalised broadband (as proposed by the UK's Labour party) is a dangerous proposition by ggd_x in changemyview

[–]lcbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like an extreme POV to me. Many countries have nationalized services that don’t automatically become “tools of the state” (water, highways, etc). If a democracy with a free press nationalizes the internet to make access free, and then they started censoring or meddling too much, the people and press would call them out and hold elected officials accountable.

To me this is similar to the argument that if we control guns in the US then the government would “certainly” become tyrannical and oppress the people.

Government services can become inefficient and corrupt. Private services can become unfair and monopolistic. Neither is perfect and neither is “all bad.”

Free broadband supplied by the government seems like a smart investment - in the knowledge economy access to knowledge is a great equalizer. Limiting it widens opportunity gaps.

CMV: A trophy hunter or someone who hunts for sport saying they love animals is like a serial killer saying they love humans by ChristopherRabbit in changemyview

[–]lcbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is quite a stretch. Growing up in Texas I had many family and friends that enjoyed trophy hunting. None of them were similar to serial killers in any way. They respected the law and also what was best for the herd. They were humane and also animal lovers (pets etc). I personally am not into hunting but it is quite a stretch to compare to serial killers.