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I want Gus to find what hes looking for and maybe discover its not all its cracked up to.
he's not going to witness what's beyond the mirage if off the rails crackpot uber rich are
holed up in their private medical suites.

Money is like a drug to some and they can never get enough, ..others know when to walk away , even from a great fortune.

MONEY won't buy you membership at Augusta, its 'invitation only'

You could be an uber rich oil king mad golfer, but another person who can't play a stroke of golf to save their life
or afford your life-style, can get membership over you, cause its about who you know..

Agree but it is also the drive the individual has and his/her ability to maneuver through chitt, tough chitt at times.

You're exactly right, I know a couple of [educated] dudes that keep marrying whores, having kids, losing their foothold, and having to start over again and again, they'll never get a leg up, that should be easy, "DONT MARRY A WHORE"

Some of the most educated people I know do the stupidest things.

Just as I said in an earlier post Buddy, "don't take no for an answer, and whip ol caint till he could," and never ever quit or admit defeat.

https://psychcentral.com/lib/what-is-emotional-intelligence-eq/

What is Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?
By Michael Akers & Grover Porter
Last updated: 8 Oct 2018

For most people, emotional intelligence (EQ) is more important than one’s intelligence (IQ) in attaining success in their lives and careers. As individuals our success and the success of the profession today depend on our ability to read other people’s signals and react appropriately to them.

Therefore, each one of us must develop the mature emotional intelligence skills required to better understand, empathize and negotiate with other people — particularly as the economy has become more global. Otherwise, success will elude us in our lives and careers.

“Your EQ is the level of your ability to understand other people, what motivates them and how to work cooperatively with them,” says Howard Gardner, the influential Harvard theorist. Five major categories of emotional intelligence skills are recognized by researchers in this area.

Understanding the Five Categories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
1. Self-awareness. The ability to recognize an emotion as it “happens” is the key to your EQ. Developing self-awareness requires tuning in to your true feelings. If you evaluate your emotions, you can manage them. The major elements of self-awareness are:

Emotional awareness. Your ability to recognize your own emotions and their effects.
Self-confidence. Sureness about your self-worth and capabilities.
2. Self-regulation. You often have little control over when you experience emotions. You can, however, have some say in how long an emotion will last by using a number of techniques to alleviate negative emotions such as anger, anxiety or depression. A few of these techniques include recasting a situation in a more positive light, taking a long walk and meditation or prayer. Self-regulation involves

Self-control. Managing disruptive impulses.
Trustworthiness. Maintaining standards of honesty and integrity.
Conscientiousness. Taking responsibility for your own performance.
Adaptability. Handling change with flexibility.
Innovation. Being open to new ideas.
3. Motivation. To motivate yourself for any achievement requires clear goals and a positive attitude. Although you may have a predisposition to either a positive or a negative attitude, you can with effort and practice learn to think more positively. If you catch negative thoughts as they occur, you can reframe them in more positive terms — which will help you achieve your goals. Motivation is made up of:

Achievement drive. Your constant striving to improve or to meet a standard of excellence.
Commitment. Aligning with the goals of the group or organization.
Initiative. Readying yourself to act on opportunities.
Optimism. Pursuing goals persistently despite obstacles and setbacks.
4. Empathy. The ability to recognize how people feel is important to success in your life and career. The more skillful you are at discerning the feelings behind others’ signals the better you can control the signals you send them. An empathetic person excels at:

Service orientation. Anticipating, recognizing and meeting clients’ needs.
Developing others. Sensing what others need to progress and bolstering their abilities.
Leveraging diversity. Cultivating opportunities through diverse people.
Political awareness. Reading a group’s emotional currents and power relationships.
Understanding others. Discerning the feelings behind the needs and wants of others.
5. Social skills. The development of good interpersonal skills is tantamount to success in your life and career. In today’s always-connected world, everyone has immediate access to technical knowledge. Thus, “people skills” are even more important now because you must possess a high EQ to better understand, empathize and negotiate with others in a global economy. Among the most useful skills are:

Influence. Wielding effective persuasion tactics.
Communication. Sending clear messages.
Leadership. Inspiring and guiding groups and people.
Change catalyst. Initiating or managing change.
Conflict management. Understanding, negotiating and resolving disagreements.
Building bonds. Nurturing instrumental relationships.
Collaboration and cooperation. Working with others toward shared goals.
Team capabilities. Creating group synergy in pursuing collective goals.
What factors are at play when people of high IQ fail and those of modest IQ succeed?

How well you do in your life and career is determined by both. IQ alone is not enough; EQ also matters. In fact, psychologists generally agree that among the ingredients for success, IQ counts for roughly 10% (at best 25%); the rest depends on everything else — including EQ.

A study of Harvard graduates in business, law, medicine and teaching showed a negative or zero correlation between an IQ indicator (entrance exam scores) and subsequent career success. Three examples illustrate the importance of emotional competencies.

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Starman, Ole Gus is gonna be alright and I suspect he’d be the same if he were rolling in the money. You’re right about who one knows and what that can do for a person. . Birds of a feather............unknowns and new money don’t ring well with old money and ‘the club’.

Napoleon said all women are whores....except for his mother.
...not because she wasn't a whore , but just because she was his mother.

Every man pays them in some way whether they realize it not, . the price and the type of currency varies
from woman to woman.
If not your money, they still want or get something else of yours,...like your time or attention, or loyalty, etc

There is a price attached to ALL of them.

As mentioned previously, “Love is an abscess that starts in a man’s head and burst in his ass.”

If Gus struck it big time rich , I'll gamble that the pleb filled campfire would never hear from him again.!
...LOL...not even a postcard...

Ya reckon ? I think he’d buy up a bunch of primo deer property average and invite us all to come hunt with him (by invitation only).

Heh.

Edited
That’s acerage not average.

careful, I thinK it would be a ruse, and that Lord of the manor Gus in his new tweed hunting jacket would have a CF pleb
only as a tag along gun bearer.

Hell, I’d be the gun bearer just to see that !

Ole Gus with knee pants and stockings with a tam on his noggin and a glass of Glenfiddich in his deer gloved hand, Holland and Holland 28 gauge draped over his forearm, the total package.

Sir Gustave, Esq.

You never know, Gus might be Steve_NO, come back to keep an eye on us!

Whatever my station in life is I want my kids to do better. Hell, I wouldn't even mind if they were millionaires.

Especially if they’re the ones that pick your nursing home.

Id try and talk mega bucks Gus into one of these...one shouldn't rack their H&Hs and Purdeys in anything less.
https://goo.gl/images/FKbHZg ..

Hell if they are millionaires they can get me a special nurse at home.

I can see ya now. Monogrammed towels with your initials to wipe the drool off your chin, a wheelchair with spinner wheels and fake dual exhaust pipes poking out the back . Hell, I’m going with you.

This provides much food for thought. I suck at people skills. That would explain having to bust my ass to get where I am I suppose.

I understand what you're saying in that sense, what I'm talking about is the guys I know have married women 20+ years their jr. and have a few kids after they've divorced the women that stuck by them while they made themselves rich and infamous.

Them or me have not one damn thing in common with women that young, and older man cant hang with them anyway, one of the most intelligent, is some sort of investment banker/realtor guy, in two years he lost over 1.5 mil gambling, his wife and four daughters , that's the very definition of stupid, he had been rambling and crying on the phone to me somewhere in hour four, I said, I'm too damn stupid to gamble, and will purposefully remain so, he stated, do you know how smart that makes you?