Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Deserted Island Theory?

I have this way of categorizing people I am acquainted with. Yeah, I know. Probably not real nice of me, but I do it. Surely most of you have some sort of system, right? Ok, so here it is.

Picture this: You are shipwrecked but manage to cling to a large piece of drift wood and make it to a deserted island. Over the course of time, others make their way to YOUR island. Out of that group, I generally find people to be a.) someone who needs to just stay on the other side of the island b.) someone who I wouldn't mind sharing the occasional seaweed sandwich with, mostly because it gets lonely on the island and c.) someone I would be willing to share my grass hut with. Make sense? Now you might not have this particular categorization model for interpersonal relationships, but I bet you have some sort of system.
Why am I talking about this? I think it is interesting to analyze what sort of person I relegate to these different categories. And what to do about them. After all, we share ONE island. Personally, my OSOTI guys are usually folks with a negative energy. I find that hard to tolerate. They find fault with everything and are usually bad for business. I can spot them a mile away and that's where they need to stay. The SEAWEED guys... they are normally fun folks, great in small doses and ok to work with. Now the HUT guys, these are people who are smart, motivated, positive, energizing and always interesting to be around. Terrific people to build a business with, talk to and all sorts of things one might do in a hut. Get my drift? All three types live on my island, but only certain ones will make it to my hut. The opportunity lies in recognizing those people and surrounding yourself with them.

No real business news to report. I did get paid by AdVentures4U. That was nice.

Anyone have anything interesting to share?

Diva

2 comments:

DivoPaulie said...

Yeah

Where am I ??

Diva said...

I suspect you would be one of my huts folks Paul! You always manage to keep me laughing.