Don't sweat it

According to scientist the planet is about The age of the Earth is around 4.54 billion years, we (anatomically modern Homo sapience), on the other hand, have only existed around 100 thousand years. So if we divide the time that earth the modern man has existed, into the time earth has existed, we get a percentage of 0.002%. This is how long we have lived in the earth since it originated. In this time, let’s say that the last 100 years of human civilization have been the ones in which we have developed the fastest, population wise and technologically. This means that the richest, most powerful men on earth have only been alive for 0.000002% of earth’s life.

Scientist believe we will probably go extinct, either we will kill each other, kill ourselves or get destroyed by a 3^rd party (aliens, meteorite, something else???). It’s true we are very uncertain in when this will happen, but at the rate we are using our resources, and our steep population growth, it’s probable a big catastrophe awaits us in the future, killing us all.

This makes is just food for your thought, feed your brain this couple of paragraphs, and evaluate if the way you are living your life is the right way, is it right to study hard, for over 30 years of our average 70 year life span, to get a job we hate, so we can one day retire and finally enjoy life? Or are we supposed to wonder the earth, not knowing frontiers and evolving consciousness, putting our other 90% of our brain capacity in action, or maybe this is a waste of life too.

Sometimes there is just no right answer for this analyst; sometimes nothing makes sense… my advice, if any; appreciate every day, because every minute that goes takes you closer to your grave. Don’t fool yourself looking for happiness, because happiness (as sadness) is a state of emotion/mind (feelings), it comes and goes. Most of our lives we are what most people call “normal”. But we can strive to have more happy moments than sad ones, because at the end, you don´t take your money, you don’t take your cars, you don’t take your G4 airplane or your servants. The only thing you can leave behind is a legacy, so my final thought is: try to make yourself a legacy based on achieving the most happy moments you can, and this happy moments will last longer if they are not induced by anything but pure efforts of appreciation and triumph.

-NC, july 2010

Es un gusto NO atenderle

Lastimosamente en Guatemala existe un fenómeno que no se si existe en algún otro país del mundo, o por lo menos en algún otro país que dice tener un sistema económico de libre mercado (capitalista). Hablo del fenómeno de no atender a los clientes, una característica muy peculiar que, cualquier empresario ha de haber notado en un punto u otro de su vida de negocios. Yo le llamo el fenómeno del cliente invisible.
Me pasa más frecuente de lo que usted imagina; de una u otra forma contacto a una empresa para que me satisfaga una necesidad, y estas empresas ni siquiera se toman la molestia de contactarme de regreso o de, inclusive, hacerme la venta. Para este empresario es algo insólito, que no debería pasar.
No se necesita tener una carrera universitaria o un título de bachiller para tener el sentido común suficiente como para saber que todo cliente que contacta a una empresa solicitando un servicio, es una probabilidad de venta altísima.
Es por esto que yo digo, que evitemos hacer negocios con esas empresas incumplidas que no quieren que el cliente les de su dinero por alguno de sus productos, de ahora en adelante, le recomiendo que trabaje sólo con aquellas empresas que se toman la molestia de contestar sus preguntas y solicitudes.
Empresario Guatemalteco, esta es la vos de los consumidores, no peque de incumplido, no peque con un mal servicio y haga sentir apreciados a todos sus clientes, siempre. Ya no me hagan sentir invisible.