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The world of How to Win Friends & Influence People

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On "Friends" (TV Series, 1994–2004)

In Amazon.com: How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie says in quite a few ways that you can impress people by treating them nicely.

I don’t think the world is evil, twisted, or bad, but I do think that the world he mentions is not really that true.

Some people will tend to abuse you if you treat them nicely.

Treat people kindly? That’s fine if you don’t expect something in return.

Overall, people are happy, work towards the good of others, and fight for the better.

But if you think, “I will treat people fine, and they will fall on their backs over me,” that might not be true.

I’m not advocating for being evil; I think you should do good at all costs, but don’t expect the reactions in the book.

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The end of SEO

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High-Angle Photo of Robot · Free Stock Photo

I talked with a friend, and he said that AI will end SEO.

Two ways of looking at this assertion:

#1 Google searches will stop delivering links. While this might be true at some point, currently, it’s far from there.

#2 AI will replace SEO jobs. As AI progresses, this will become increasingly true, but new types of jobs will appear. Which? I don’t know, but ChatGPT wasn’t hot five years ago, so five years from now, we’ll have to see what opportunities arise.

On a personal level, I have plenty of knowledge and experience to shift careers.

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Republicans and Democrats

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Thomas Hawk - Politics

George Bush is out jogging one morning and notices Little Johnny on the corner with a box. Curious, he runs over to Little Johnny and says,

“What’s in the box, kid?” Little Johnny says, “Kittens, they’re brand new kittens.”

George Bush laughs and says, “What kind of kittens are they?”

“Republicans,” says Little Johnny. “Oh that’s cute,” he says and he goes on his way.

A couple of days later, George Bush is running with his buddy Dick Cheney and he spies Little Johnny with his box just ahead. George Bush says to Dick, “You gotta check this out,” and they both jog over to Little Johnny.

George Bush says, “Look in the box Dick, isn’t that cute? Look at those little kittens. Hey, kid, tell my friend Dick what kind of kittens they are.” Little Johnny replies, “They’re Democrats.” “Whoa!” George Bush says, “I came by here the other day and you said they were Republicans. What’s up?”

“Well,” Little Johnny explains, “their eyes are open now.”
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Top sales

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iHerb.com - Vitamins, Supplements & Natural Health Products

When you go to a store and find a lot of products, there are almost no criteria for deciding.

You look at the price, brand, and design of the product.

But there are no external references, and you don’t know if a product is good.

In online shops, having the option to buy the products with the highest sales is a huge selling point.

It’s good that you can have top sales for products.

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Break a leg

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Somebody told me details about a car accident. It wasn’t pretty, even to imagine.

This makes me think – is it that important to avoid precautions just to get from A to B faster?

Isn’t it better to arrive a few minutes late, but with extra care in not getting into accidents?

In my opinion, avoiding such risks is well worth the price of waiting more.

But, of course, nobody likes to declutter, do dishes and wait in line.

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First time vs. Comeback

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puzzleman - Website Update!!!,

I see this quite often – people create websites for those who visit it just once – the first time.

But what happens to people who keep coming back to the website?

For example, at Lumea SEO PPC we created the website in the style of a blog – you read the latest posts, and only if you require additional details there are other pages.

We put a lot of emphasis on people returning to the website.

For this purpose, I rather suggest you create a blog, and add to it some pages to make it a website (about/contact/other pages like services), rather than create a website and attach a blog to it.

The blog should be the important one, not the website.

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Not caring / being thick sikinned – Nepăsare / nesimțire

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Orlando Imperatore - With Love

„De ce îi este omului de astăzi foame? De iubire și de sens.” – Nicolae Steinhardt în Jurnalul fericirii

There’s a book called: “Între Dumnezeu și neamul meu” – Petre Țuțea.

There is a horizontal axis (love, my people) and a vertical axis (God, purpose).

I think there might be a diagonal within these axises: not caring, being thick skinned (nepăsare / nesimțire).

In this situation, where you don’t care, you have neither a purpose, not love.

I think these words combine multiple plans – not caring, being thick skinned (nepăsare / nesimțire).

And they’re even harder to fix, as they are on multiple levels.

If you have no love and no purpose, I think you are in a poor position.

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Too much / little focus

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Pascal Gaudette - Crab Spider and Fly Prey

You can get too much focus or too little focus.

It’s not an easy balance.

For example, you can focus too much on things you can’t control. “What’s the situation in the US?”. Ok, other than the general culture, why is it important?

But, on the other hand, if you only read “How to be more successful at X,” you’ll have a view that is too narrow.

There are other implications, also. You can consider what appears in the media as the ultimate truth.

For example, you think you know what it’s like to live in the US just by seeing the news. While not a lie, the image might be far from complete.

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Legislație pe partea de uzabilitate – European Accessibility Act (EAA)

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puzzleman - Website Update!!!,

Începând cu 28 iunie 2025, mai multe instituții, prin care site-urile de comerț electronic, dar și site-uri pe care se vând servicii online, trebuie să urmeze niște standarde de uzabilitate.

In a nutshell, the purpose of the EAA is for products and services to be accessible for consumers:

  • Without vision
  • With limited vision
  • Without perception of color
  • Without hearing
  • With limited hearing
  • Without vocal capability
  • With limited manipulation or strength
  • With limited reach
  • With risk of photosensitive seizures
  • With limited cognition

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