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    Fair Chances

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    joshgreene
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    Bad Calls for James Harden
    Life Ain't Fair
    I was watching the NBA playoffs a few weeks ago, when the Houston Rockets were playing the Golden State Warriors.  James Harden in his post game interview, made a comment that he wanted a fair chance to compete.  This was in regards to the officiating.  He felt that he was being fouled on a few questionable plays and never received the call.  
     
    This brought back memories of when I was in McDonald’s,  and I made similar requests to McDonald’s Corporate.  While Harden and I reached out and requested similar things, we both got the same results, nothing.    While Harden felt the calls weren’t correct I would bet the money in pocket the refs thought they called a fair game.  Just as my requests to the higher ups they probably thought their staff were doing a fair job with their grading.  Even though I firmly believe the grading I got was from mid-management bias on not wanting to grow with me.  Regardless neither Harden or I could change how others do their jobs, since they are not our employees.  
     
    Everyone in life feels at some point that they haven’t been given a fair hand to play.  And it is probably true.  However how you react to it, is what you can control.  I as well as Harden tried to appeal to those who can control these decisions for a chance.  If we got it or not it doesn’t matter to the point.  But you have to work with the tools you have and control what you can.  
     
    Luckily and unluckily for me another opportunity came by that I was able to leave McDonald’s and not have to worry about these visits.  I had gone with another franchise, who cherry pick when they wanted to come and visit in complete disregard to their franchise agreement.  Now I couldn’t control when the came in or how they wanted to grade me, but I can control my reaction, and figure out a way around their nonsense.  That eventually became a legal battle with these guys for some other issues, and is a whole another story.  
     
    But the point is do the best of what you can with what tools you have.  You can’t control anyone’s actions or reactions but you can control yourself.  When I was reacting to lack of fairness I was receiving, I didn’t let it get personal.  I didn’t attack people’s character.   What I did do, was attack what was presented to me as facts and the actions that others taken, I kept it professional, while I did take what was happening to me personally, I did not let my comments, actions, and responses be personal,  but merely me disputing their account of the ‘facts’.

    Please send me a message or start a discussion below, if things haven’t happen to you as you’ve planned.  Someone like you is think the same thing, however they are waiting on YOU to start the discussion

    Use The Rules to Your Advantage

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    joshgreene
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    Rules to your advantage
    Rules to Your Advantage
    When we think of rules most of the time we think of what we can’t do.  That rules are the there to tell us what we are not allowed to do when it comes to games and to life.  However rules can be used to your advantage if you first know the rules, and understand them.  
     
    No one uses the rules of golf to their advantage better then my one friend Ryan Yip.   This was a few years back when I saw how well he does this.  It was at a Web.com Tournament in Knoxville Tennessee.  The course was Fox Den.  And every year when he plays there it reminds of how knowledgeable Ryan is of the rules of golf and how well he can use them to his advantage.  
     
    The first day of the tournament Ryan went off the back nine to start his round.  Number 10 was a Par 5, a hole you should birdie.  Ryan’s second shot was off track and landed left of the green above a bunker.   I’m not sure what rule was in placed but I believe his ball was plugged and their was a local rule for ground under repair he got a drop.   However the area in which he had to drop the ball was recently placed sod.  So when he dropped the ball it was clear it was more then likely going to land in between two pieces of sod, requiring another drop.  
     
    That happen so eventually Ryan was able to place his ball down, on a spot that he was able to take a a clean shot that was with in the rules of the game but also made his third shot something he would be able to land close to the pin.  While you may or may not be think was all this legal? The answer is yes. Ryan did the right thing and called over the rules official to monitor the drops and relief he was entitled to.  
     
    Ryan ended up putting in for a birdie and it was a start to a great round.   The importance of knowing and understand the rules in which you governed by, have it be a game, your job, or whatever you doing,  is important.  Once you understand the rules they can be used to your advantage, as Ryan was able to understand the rules and he knew he was entitled to relief.  The rules in golf are not just there to add strokes, but also to allow for relief when deemed.  Since that day I watch in admiration how Ryan conducts himself when it comes to living within the rules of the game, but using those rules to his advantage when allowed.  
     
    The same goes for life.  When it comes to your taxes and what write-offs are allowed the IRS has set forth rules and guidelines for what is legal.  Understanding and knowing what those are can save you on your taxes, is just another example of using the rules to your advantage, in real life.

    Please send me a message or start a discussion below, if things haven’t happen to you as you’ve planned.  Someone like you is think the same thing, however they are waiting on YOU to start the discussion

    Facebook is the WORST

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    joshgreene
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    Thumbs Down Facebook
    Thumbs Down Facebook
    One of my least favorite social media platforms is Facebook.  I dislike it not from how it is setup, the functionality of it, but from how the users use it.  I have never read some many negative comments, hateful speech or so much false information in one place.  But every now and then I catch myself on there because I get a message or I have to check my ads to see how they are performing.  And every time I start to scroll I get sucked into some trolling comment and  the flood gates open on the meanest comments ever.
     
    For those who engage on Facebook remember a few things when you are writing your comments and posting especially when it is political in nature, or can be controversial.  If someone post a comment or has a belief that is different than yours, that does not make them a bad person, nor does it mean you have to be hateful towards them because they disagree with you.  A prime example is this. 
     
    In May,  abortion was a hot topic because of the state law’s legislative passed (but I don’t believe had actually gone into law).  Pro-Choice people would be posting as the same as Pro-Life folks did, most of it would prove their points and would be presented as facts, but most cases it was nonsense or taking out of context.  Then you have people posting if you don’t believe what i believe you need to defriend me because clearly we are not friends.    But yet we expect our government to separate church and state when in our own lives, we believe our “friends” are single dimensional.  And how they feel on one topic is the basis of your friendship with them.
     
    This stuff drives me crazy.  Here is a knowledge bomb the only person you 100% agree with all the time is yourself.  Your closest friends, your family, your co-workers, everyone else you may agree with majority of the time but not 100% of it.  My mom and I when it comes to politics tend to see a lot of things differently.  I come over once a week for breakfast, she has the news on, and we end up discussing whatever it is the is on the news cycle.  Like I said we don’t agree with each other but it doesn’t make me right or her wrong and vice versa.  And I don’t define my mother from who beliefs in politics.  I define my mother who she is as a person and as a mother, by the actions she does.  Not if she is pro-choice or pro-life.  
     
    Everyone has different life experiences, and through these experiences they get their point of view.   Some of my best friends have different beliefs when it comes to politics, religion, and sports teams.   But I don’t tell a friend to stop contacting me because he likes the Golden State Warriors as they are playing the Cavs in the finals.   
     
    One of the morning shows I listen to is the Bobby Bones Show.   He was talking a while back how he ran into one the new analysis who political beliefs were the opposite of his own beliefs.   However Bobby went up to him had a conversation about music, sports, comedy all sorts of topics.  At the end of the conversation he told us that this person was a great person and they had a great conversation. He was not a bad person and he did not demonize him for his political beliefs.   Imagine that, it is possible to have conversations with people who believe in things you may not believe in.  
     
    I challenge everyone to have a conversation with someone you don’t agree with on personal topics like religion or politics ion person and see how much differently you speak and they speak to you then what you see online.  I also get it there will be some people that are so close minded and are not willing to have a discussion, their passion may be a bit extreme for you,  but that doesn’t mean they are bad person, they just have passion and could be misguide by that passion.  And folks like that you just have to stay away from topics that may not bring the best of them out.   Hey it happens.  
     
    Please comment below on some experiences you’ve had working with others who think differential then you.
     
     
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