Troubled times will help determine whether someone is in committed to being successful or not. When the going is good and things seem to be going your way it is easy to get settled into a comfort zone. This happens alot when a person has an hours for dollars job that pays the bills with a little extra cash for fun. But what happens when the chips fall, a job is lost or business just isn't what it use to be?
For the average American, the comfort zone is a dangerous place to be. Sometimes it takes an attitude adjustment to realize that life and lifestyle will not improve until a person gets a little uncomfortable and less convenient to make things happen. They really do expect things to just happen so the commitment level is not very high. These people become followers and not leaders. They have set goals too low or not at all because they got comfortable in the manner in which they were living.
Financial freedom is determined by the extent that a person is willing to become uncomfortable and do things that take them out of their comfor zone. When the chips fall the average American instead of jumping up and finding a new way to make it happen, they throw in the towel. They blame everything but themselves for the lack of determination to create a new plan, go a new direction, dream a new dream.
Successful people know how to change with the times. They don't get stuck in a rut and always doing the same thing over and over, year after year. If you truely want to be successful you must constantly evaluate and make adjustments to improve and move forward. So when new opportunites come your way you will not shrink back which keeps you from moving to the next level. The good old days are gone and it is time for the good new days. Stretch yourself and be willing to take on a little risk. Dream a new dream. If you do not have a dream then you are not really living you are just existing.
One problem with this discussion is while nice; it's an example of the tail trying to wag the dog. The needs of transit authorities to be able to collect small payments rapidly probably is not high on the list of lawmakers' concerns, especially since in the US the jurisdictions running transit agency are not those printing and coining money.
The better solution is to move to electronic fare collection systems (RFID-based, smartcard-based, whatever) for most trips. For one-off trips by non-regular transit users; onboard (or platform-located) vending machines can sell single-ride tickets.
At a very minimum, transit authorities who have little cash to upgrade their onboard equipment, could still switch to a proof of payment system (enabling faster boarding and rear-boarding) by having the driver give out transfers for all cash fares; anybody with a pass or a ticket purchased elsewhere is free to use the rear door; anyone who wants to do it the old fashioned way has to board in the front, pay exact change, and keep their receipt.
This will help transit agencies run efficient operations more than hoping the greenback goes away; even if the US currency is excessively paper-based..wllv20111108
Posted by: Reebok Zigtech | November 07, 2011 at 05:58 PM
One problem with this discussion is while nice; it's an example of the tail trying to wag the dog. The needs of transit authorities to be able to collect small payments rapidly probably is not high on the list of lawmakers' concerns, especially since in the US the jurisdictions running transit agency are not those printing and coining money.
The better solution is to move to electronic fare collection systems (RFID-based, smartcard-based, whatever) for most trips. For one-off trips by non-regular transit users; onboard (or platform-located) vending machines can sell single-ride tickets.
At a very minimum, transit authorities who have little cash to upgrade their onboard equipment, could still switch to a proof of payment system (enabling faster boarding and rear-boarding) by having the driver give out transfers for all cash fares; anybody with a pass or a ticket purchased elsewhere is free to use the rear door; anyone who wants to do it the old fashioned way has to board in the front, pay exact change, and keep their receipt.
This will help transit agencies run efficient operations more than hoping the greenback goes away; even if the US currency is excessively paper-based..wllv20111108
Posted by: Reebok Zigtech | November 07, 2011 at 05:59 PM
This is just mean-spirited and petty. Here's a guy who has given most of his professional life to public service in Durham County and done more than creditable service through some pretty important issues. He gets in trouble for giving commission members legal advice they don't want to hear on a hot zoning case and they dump him - only months before his planned retirement. Shame! is all I can say.I also believe true "equal opportunity" in practice requires an open hiring and employment process. I think both Patrick Baker and Lowell Siler are wonderful people. However, as someone who would potentially compete for these jobs, it is disheartening to have these positions be filled as a result of backroom negotiations rather than open processes.
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This is just mean-spirited and petty. Here's a guy who has given most of his professional life to public service in Durham County and done more than creditable service through some pretty important issues. He gets in trouble for giving commission members legal advice they don't want to hear on a hot zoning case and they dump him - only months before his planned retirement. Shame! is all I can say.I also believe true "equal opportunity" in practice requires an open hiring and employment process. I think both Patrick Baker and Lowell Siler are wonderful people. However, as someone who would potentially compete for these jobs, it is disheartening to have these positions be filled as a result of backroom negotiations rather than open processes.
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