Elegant Solutions

You know what I do at that point? I very bluntly
insist I will no longer continue brainstorming if that particular person is
allowed to remain in the room. Why? Because the people I've just described, the
"Negativity On Steroids" type people, are in my opinion, the worst
kind of criminals in all humanity. I identify them as...

"Dream Thieves"!

There is nothing more valuable a person can steal
from you than your dreams.

Thank God not all "Dream Thieves" are
successful. If they were, we wouldn't have electricity, radios, televisions,
automobiles, telephones, computers, cell phones, or any of the luxuries of
civilization we have today. No, "Dream Thieves" would still have us
living in dank, dark, freezing caves trying to convince us how
"dangerous" it would be for us to leave that miserable environment...
and... go out into the warm, inviting sunshine.

I think stealing a dream should be a capital
crime. Because...

Without Our Dreams...

We Are Nothing!

Let's switch gears and explore something which could be
considered the opposite of an "Elegant Solution". We're going
to discuss here what you should do if, deep in your heart, you want your company
to fail.

Say you and your Evil Twin decide to create a company, and you
want it be dysfunctional and you want it to screw up everything it touches. Your
Evil Twin goes out to recruit all the people who will work for this company.
When he's finished you ask him, "Okay
Evil Twin, are all these individuals criminals and/or screw ups?"

Your Evil Twin replies, "Yes.
I know they all are criminals and/or screw ups... but... only 65% are
documented. That just means the other 35% haven't been caught yet."

He continues, "Look
at this: I've got 535 people to work for us. Seven have been arrested for fraud;
19 for writing bad checks; 71 of them have such lousy credit, they can't even
get a credit card; another 8 were handcuffed for shoplifting; 84 ended up in
jail for drunk driving; additionally, 29 were arrested for beating the living
shit out of their wives; 3 others did jail time for assault; and 14 have been
incarcerated on drug-related charges. That doesn't even take into account the
117 others who previously owned businesses which they forced into
bankruptcy."