The Law of The Jungle AKA How to Take Less Crap

If you have a boss, customers, clients or anybody else that is paying you for a service that you are providing: then you have to take crap. Shit, as they say, travels downhill. Bosses are the worst type of crap givers. They usually delegate menial tasks that they can't be bothered to do themselves. And guess what? When you complete that task, they'll probably take credit for it too. Ever wonder how that guy or girl who seems to be ridiculously, incredibly and stupendously terrible at their job - yet they earn double the amount you do? Chances are they got there by passing more and more crap down to minions like you. Clients are just as bad as bosses though. "I need this by 5pm.", "How long is it going to take?", "Why can't you sort it out for me now?", "If you don't get me a better deal, I'll go elsewhere." This is the law of the jungle. Much crap will be taken, and many faces will be palmed (if only in your mind).

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Innovation: How to Stand Out in a Sea of Imitators

Attention. Everyone craves it. Especially online when the success or failure of your project depends on it. Even in the offline world you want the attention of other people. It could be anything from wanting respect from your boss for a job well done, to trying to catch the eye of the gorgeous girl at the bar. Our instinct is to do what others before us have done. You might try and pick up the hot girl by following the advice of the "pro" pickup artists. But if she's really that hot, chances are she gets hit on daily. Probably even hourly if she lives anywhere near me and I have no place better to be! If she's seen it and heard it all before, she won't care about what you have to say. Within seconds she will have decided that there is no way you're getting to spend time with her and nothing you can do will change that. And so it is online.

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