Honesty And Truth Are Not A Joke

An honest man or woman can seem like a cosmic joke to some, especially when they have been seriously cheated and swindled. But, in all reality, honesty and truth are not a joke in any way, nor should they be considered such even when cheating and swindling happens. Now, I am not saying everyone should be perfectly and uniformly patient, if we were, that would be the ultimate in cosmic jokes in every way. But everybody at the very least should be honest with themselves. I put the word should in italics, because it does not always happen. The way life works and the world works is like this: Nobody always does what they should do, but if the corners are cut, they are always paid for in misunderstanding and ultimate benefit "the easy way" through hard work anyway instead of the genuine hard way that is ultimately genuinely easier.

What I mean by "the easy way" is this: When you take the time to fully understand things and work with them without trying to cut corners, you fully understand. With that understanding, you can fully do what needs to be done and wants to be done without fear of getting it wrong if you know and understand what I mean here. If you do not, stop cutting corners, going "yes, I understand" in your head and really think about it. I cannot do your thinking for you. Like a train needs to go to each stop, so does the thinking of each person on their journey to genuinely get things done.

So, in this last part, I answer an asked question: What has every efficiency expert said ever since Ivy Lee in the early twentieth century said about genuinely getting things done? Make a list, stick to it and achieve each item in order to advance. Sure, there are better ways to do things as you get experience in doing them, but that is a good start and there is not any better time than the present to get started on a journey. Even the best Easter and Chinese philosophers said that every journey begins with the first step and ends with the last step. Also, the "cracker barrel" wisdom man down the street says that winning starts with beginning. I end by saying: If you can genuinely plan it, you can do it. Simplicity itself, until you try to cut corners in that Rube Goldberg or Platonic Philosophy Cube way, "AB=DE or DE=CF" and all that stuff. Reality is reality and we must work with it.

My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest action taker. I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.

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How Smartphone Retailers and Networks Are Secretly Taking More Of Your Money, Each Year

Mobile phone networks and retailers have been extremely nifty when innovating contract deal plans that we assume are the norm: in reality, every year consumers are paying more and more for their mobile phone, especially in the smartphone market. And here's the proof. Apple have recently released their newest pair of models: the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus.

If you take a glance at the best iPhone deals in the UK market today, you'll notice nothing too drastic in terms of monthly payments. Let's take one of the better value deals, that Vodafone is offering: you pay £34.50 a month, and receive the iPhone 6 in grey, along with 600 minutes, Unlimited texts and 500MB internet. That allowance is pretty standard, no major increases, a good number of minutes and adequate internet (remember, the iPhone 6 is essentially a mobile computer, where most apps will connect to the internet and eat data allowance).

Here's the cheeky part which we tend to scan over.

Firstly, we have to pay an upfront cost. Here, the retailer and network is grabbing an extra chunk of almost £50, asking it upfront simply to lower to monthly cost and "appear" cheaper than other deals on the market. This tactic has become very common now: a few years ago, we would never have seen an upfront cost for a mobile contract (it would be included in the monthly payments).

Secondly, the contract length. Many of us assume a year long contract is the norm: this is no longer the case, especially with premium smartphones such as the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. You would strike gold if you were to find a 12 months long iPhone contract now. The majority of deals will lock you in for 24 months. That means sticking to your agreement for at least two years. It does not matter how amazing new deals are when they come to market over the period: you won't be able to leave that contract without a hefty fine.

So let's take all the costs and contract length into account, and work out the cost of this "better" deal described above. £34.50 a month, for 24 months, plus a £44.99 upfront cost. Over two years, that's at least £872.99. So over £435 a year. A few years ago, prices like that would be laughed at, but society has now come to accept their obsession with the latest technology, jumping on the bandwagons for paying premium prices (close to laptop prices!) just to have a smartphone that can only do a little more than predecessors. And paying higher and higher prices to satisfy that demand.

The point of this article? Carefully consider what deal you will take up, do your research, collect as much information as possible from all retailers and all networks. Because the difference in prices varies significantly. Rush into a contract and you could have made a serious financial mistake, regretting not completing that small amount of work that could have occurred.

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