When does probability + problematic = probity?

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Another darn mathematics question?

Not exactly.

No need to begin sweating just yet.🫵🏻🤭


Seriously though. Life is not rocket science. There good people out there. Seek and ye shall find them🙂.


In the meantime.

Get to work.


Outsmart is a “condition”. That continually needs to be dealt with one way or another. On the front end. On the back end. On the front nine. On the back nine. Too.


Honesty is the best policy.

Why limit yourself?

Your potential is so much more than you think it is. Really.


Remember there are good people out there. Seek and ye shall find them.


The probability that ye shall find them may include a problematic circumstance, situation or personal failing.


Own it.

Sooner rather than later.

Move along.

Realize and remember there are two sides to every story.

One is lie.

One is truth.

Outsmart is somewhere in the middle.

The foggy middle.

The dusty middle.

The troubled middle.


Your reputation is the you which you build up over time.

Not down.

You are the only real one in charge of your destiny.


Persons and bugs hide around every corner. And their hearing and dexterity is usually quite attuned and in tune. With you and what you got. Some will stop at nothing. Some will say anything. Do anything.


Keep your wits about you🫤😳. And you should be ok. Stand the test of time. The test of all tests.


Contrary is as contrary does. A man of probity is one who loves justice and honesty, and who dislikes to contrary. Honesty implies a refusal to lie. Quality of evidence. Live a good and honorable life and as you look back on your life you will be able to enjoy it twice!!


Be as fair with yourself as you would be with others. Numbers do not always tell the truth of the matter. Why we insist upon valuing their value SO MUCH is beyond my capable reasoning.


Stick up for yourself and your beliefs when it comes to matters of the heart. Whether you are agreed with or whether you are not agreed with.


Naievete is or can be the sincerest form of flattery. Stay alert. It is a dog eat dog world out there at times. Competition is one thing. Fierce competition is a whole ‘nother ball game. Fierce competition can cause a good and honest person to lose their way, if and only if they do not stick to their guns. Their principles. Their good and honest principles.


Every man for himself or a dog eat dog world sounds like a very lonely world if you ask me. Persons willing to harm another in the spirit of competition. Will only be left holding an empty bag.


Ruthless. Do anything to get ahead. Scarey stuff. Keep your wits about you. Folks will or can even resort to use your wits an unfair advantage to get what they want.


Sad. Really.


It means that someone is willing to get ahead at your expense and place you in danger to allow themselves to succeed. It can refer to an environment lacking ethics where people will do anything to get ahead, at any cost.


There is that math again..


Stay firm. Everyone may be jockeying for position, and if you are not firm in your beliefs, you will not help yourself. Stay firm. Hostile environments are no where for a good dog anyway😃


Look out for the dogs. Look out for one another. Leave the past behind if and only if it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and your desire to up chuck it becomes over whelmingly the minute to minute to minute focus of your day.


Even people you love will attempt to outsmart you. Keep your wits about you.


It is better to have failed at doing the right thing than failed to do the right thing.


At least in time, in your lifetime the lesson will be learned. Hopefully solidified within your mind. If not, seek and ye shall find. There are good persons out there.


Promise you that.

Probably you will meet them.

Most probably if you work alongside them you will learn a whole bunch of good stuff.


Problems are the nuggets of wisdom we hope to chew on as we figure it out. Surround yourself with like-minded people, but not TOO like-minded. Why?


Too much of a good thing is just that, too much of a good thing. At some point you will have to let it go one way or another. In the meantime align yourself with the good folks who have your best interest in their mind. Ask questions of and about your doubts. Challenge yourself to always see and seek the truth.


See what I mean about out smarting. It might get the job done in the short term. But man o man, it can wreak havoc on doubtful minds. There are folks out there who study this stuff. Not just arm chair quarterbacks.


They know of what they are talking about. Know how to ask the right questions. To get you thinking. About the right things. About the right stuff. About your reputation-building characteristics and the best ones to engage in in order to build up a good and honest life.


That way you can share the best of it with others. No whisper, whisper…..gossip. Straightforward and to the point. The quickest and best way from Point A to Point B is a straight line.


No probability allowed. No problem allowed. Just lifetime practice of probity. Even when it hurts.


Leave the arm chairing quarterbacks sitting on their recliners. They normally do not participate in an action but still makes judgments about it. They wish to control much of the game and much of the game of your life and will engage in dog eat dog tactics in order to keep doubt stuffed in your head. Waiting to explode maybe.


Arm chair quarterback-types offer you criticisms, opinions and nay saying in your direction in order to keep you off of your toes and on your keester.


Experience is the best teacher.

As is truthful reputation building.

The probability of the problems beginning to evaporate into a smokey puff of nothing is out there. Fading from memory. Keep challenging yourself to find the best way.


For good. The probity of this occurring is without question.












April 24, 2023 19:33

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