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Disclaimers, Disclosures, Disavowals, And Declarations
First Things First — No! Make That Important Things First.
Regarding any mistakes you find, here is a quote or two or three to set the tone…
It can only be attributable to human error. HAL — 2001: A Space Odyssey
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see. Edgar Allan Poe
Don’t be such a FullMoron, you FullMoron! Mother-in-law (frequently)
With the above housekeeping out of the way, onwards!
First, a quick recap of the Before Rules:
The Before Rules In Three Words: Here Before There.
The Before Rules In A Statement: The Before Rules offers a straightforward, structured approach to personal transformation. They begin by recognizing your current reality (‘Here’) and identifying your desired outcome (‘There’). Then, this integrated framework based on scientific research, behavioral science, and evidence-based systems guides you to realizing your potential.
Create Clear, Concise, Consistent Commitments: The Before Rules are always three words, with ‘before’ as the middle word, i.e., Action Before Outcome, Deposit Before Withdrawal, Systems Before Goals, Decision Before Choice, and Through Before To.
I will use the Before Rules style to proclaim all, or most, or many, of the disclaimers, disclosures, disavowals, and declarations.
Purchases Before Earnings: If you buy any product or service via a link, I may earn a commission, as paltry as it may be.
Verify Before Trust: When in doubt, check it out — try Wikipedia for starters.
Curiosity Before Judgment: In case of mental ingestion, your inner monologue might actually agree with you.
Assemble Before Use: Just like Legos, or anything from Ikea, there will always be ‘Some Assembly Required.’ You’ll need to put together these ideas in your head. If you have any parts left over, just forward them to me, I can always use more ideas.
Complex Before Simple: The ideas and concepts shared get easier as you apply them to your personal life.
Action Before Outcome: Umm, this isn’t magic. You must take action to achieve your desired outcome.
Deposit Before Withdrawal: You will receive more than you invest, but you must first invest your time and effort.
Fire Before Ready: Gawd, a bit of simple, profound self-advice that I should have applied long ago…
Lesson Before Test: Some of the information you may read may not make sense until you encounter the situation that makes you recall the lesson.
Obstacle Before Opportunity: Behind all problems, predicaments, perils, puzzles, setbacks, snags, stumbles, stresses, challenges, conundrums, complications, confusion, oh-no’s, oopsy-daisies, can’t do that, forbidden fiascos, nuh-uhs, no-go zones, issues, impediments, inhibitions, impasses, hiccups, hindrances, hitches, headaches, dilemmas, doldrums, downturns, WTFs, debacles, obstacles, obstructions, oversights, and outages, troubles, turmoil, trials, problems, setbacks, Oh-Mi-Gawds, can’t do that, no, nope, no way, no can do, eye rolls… you get the idea, you encounter, an opportunity awaits you.
You made it this far, so here is your reward, of course, it is intermittent and unexpected, as to cause you to look for each more of these ‘thought-eggs.’
I thought you would want to ‘know-this.’
OK, there is probably more, but you get the idea.
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Oh? Still around?
OK, OK, much like the end of the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, here is more information for you.
And, bonus quotes.
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. Mark Twain
Just What Are My Sources?
Real World Sources: These sources are verified and well-researched, and here is just a summary: People, Us Weekly, The National Enquirer, Entertainment Weekly, Star, plus back issues from the early 80s that are still in my dentist’s waiting room of The Tattler.
My most consistent sources of inspiration vacillate between my Ouija Board and keep doing exactly what I was doing, everytime my mother-in-law tells me, “That is only what a ‘FullMoron’ would do.” That is how I know I am onto something important, insightful, and invaluable.
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking
Online Sources: Of course, I research heavily online — Facebook, Twitter — you know, that site still known as Twitter — even though it is not, TikTok (if that is even still around), Instagram, and more. I prefer posts with originating IP addresses from North Korea, Russia, and Iran. Those statements are a great place to begin my investigations, as when up is your only choice, that is what you do.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Marcus Aurelius
What About Personal Experiences You Ask: Great question. Yes! Most, if not everything, either originates, is composed and/or influenced by the following.
Since you’ve read this far, I can tell you are technically proficient, so I will include percentages in the subsequent discussion:
FullMoron: 53.26% massive personal failures, which I did not recognize when I executed the maneuver, nor later. It wasn’t until that major miscalculation, screw-up, bone-head action was repeated at least twice more, often in front of people who already doubted my abilities.
FullMoron — II: 14.1873% additional failures on something I already failed at during my FullMoron apprenticeship, and I was completely aware that I failed before, and I still continued misjudging my abilities, miscalculations, errors in assumptions,
Down The Rabbit Hole: 12.7% by purposely and knowingly going down the wrong rabbit hole (I mean, who doesn’t want to know if cows in Sweden bellow differently than cows in Wyoming?). Then, after realizing how far down the rabbit hole I have fallen, I next…
Down The Donut Hole: 19.206477% Yes, I know that this percentage should have be listed second, but I didn’t want you to see that sad fact. And, I wanted to see if you were paying attention.
Further Detailing Online Sources: 48.54732% Typically, after I search ‘coupons, donut shop, near me,’ I access, in no particular order, the following sites: Asana, Calendly, Canva, Coursera, Duolingo, Evernote, Facebook, Google Bard, Instagram, Khan Academy, Linguix, LinkedIn, Mailchimp, Medium, Microsoft Copilot, Netflix, Piktochart, Quora, Reddit, Shopify, Slack, Spotify, SurveyMonkey, TED, Trello, Twitter, Wikipedia, WordPress, YouTube, Zapier, and Zoom. Sometimes I get stumped when searching for misheard lyrics from a song playing in a movie soundtrack. (“Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix — Misheard: “‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy. Actual lyric: “‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky.”).
Why So Many Sources? Nobody likes typos, nor grammaros, nor thinkos, nor thoughtos.
I Am Frequently Asked, “Hey Einstein, Did You Even Check Your Math?” All, those percentages above, well, they are just estimates. They could be off by a digit, or twenty. Besides, haven’ you ever heard of the ‘The Irony of Information?’
Just How Confident Am I In All The Above? VERY!
Anyways, these are my disclaimers. Just like Goldilocks and the three bears, I have attempted to give a version that is just right for you.
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” — Edgar Allan Poe