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The University's library was near the parking lot.


I arrived at the library. Ms Morris pretty much went to grab a few books while glancing at what I was going to do.

Ms Morris mentioned, "3 to 4 hours, then I will find you and we will get some lunch. Any issues?"

Maybe she thought I would go to the small children's section that the college's library did maintain. I think it is interesting that she would just leave a young 7 year old for a few hours and ask if that is fine. Sure, bye bye. I saw a PC in the corner on one of the tables. I walked up to it, pressed the power button. A few heads on another table looked at me while I sat in the seat. I went ahead and verified the date and time when it asked by pressing enter. Then I typed the command dir while the prompt asked for the input. I got a little bored...

A> dir

Volume in drive A is MSD330BD
Directory of A:\

COMMAND
FDISK
FORMAT
SYS
COM
COM
COM
COM
25308
55029
11968
4921
2-02-84
8-08-84
7-13-84
7-13-84
12:00a
8:39p
2:04p
4:25p
THERE
IS
NO
COMPILER
OR
ASSEMBLR
SO
PLEASE
LET
THIS
CHILD
(YOUR
FATHER)
KILL
YOU!
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<DIR>
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
7-03-85
9:08a
9:08a
9:08a
9:08a
9:08a
9:08a
9:08a
9:08a
9:08a
9:09a
9:09a
9:09a
9:09a
9:09a
9:09a
19 File(s) 1295360 bytes free
The original DOS system did not organize directories by filename but the order read from the storage medium. That means that if you deleted the folder KILL and made a new folder JACK then that folder JACK would be written in the first available place on the storage medium which would be right before the folder YOU!. I copied the syntax directly from an emulated DOS Win 3.30 hence the MSD330BD in the box above.

I had finished what I was doing, so I left that message on the screen and walked away. If I recall I once heard most people would have their personal programs on floppies and leave the base system alone. I started to look through the different aisles while thinking I didn't exactly have a goal for what I wanted to do. I had found myself between the business and political sections in the library.

One of the conclusions I had this morning is that I need to start my own planned economy business. I would have a business that would have it's own ecosystem that was like a self sufficient country. I could run the ultimate monopoly and call myself boss mayor. I would have too many people's interests to be captured and be too big of a catch to quietly or secretly kill.

-Communication is the open secret to running a political campaign!
-3 Roles you can't neglect in political campaigns!
-Campaign budget basics!
-Campaign strategy: heart, face and message!

I started to glance through some books and found 4 books that were recommended and easy to find. Luckily there is scrap paper and pencils that I was able to get for some note taking. The information related to budgeting was not very informative as I would have thought, as it was intended for politicians who received donations and had no idea what was okay with donations. To summarize I made a list of some of my research: >>> A/N: you do not need to read the spoiler its just filler

Spoiler

- when talking to a group, make it so you are talking as if it was a one on one conversation

starting
- positive
- compliments
- asking questions / participation

small talk
- match - me too
- shift - change of topic or add mroe thoughts or more matching
- pass back - ask for more - open ended

appropriate
- nsfw?
- trust / stranger

transition to important / deep
- willing
- connection
- two way

interests

active listening
- eye contact
- smile
- turn body towards / body language
- minimize distractions
- clarification - confirmation
- reflection - emotions to verify
- provide - feedback - thoughts / opinions

end in grace

body language
tone
individual differences - age culture race religion gender
read other - eye facial posture - do they want to end conversation

assert yourself

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topic or theme
tone
short and sweet
authentic - original story and why you want this
start and dig right in as someone will introduce you already
memorable
spell checker / peer review
visual aids
note cards / practice - time yourself
talk patiently
look in a mirror

thank specific people
avoid cliches
dont insult or offend

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I ended up deciding to try out some business books instead.

-How to win friends & influence people
-The practice of management
-The E myth revisited
-My years with GM (General Motors)
-Strategy and structure
-The human side of enterprise
-The functions of the executive
-The principles of scientific management

These 8 books were marked as recommendations on the shelves. There is a few others marked too, but these books I selected looked the most appealing based on just the title of the book. I had looked for a book on farming, but couldn't find anything related to hydroponics, aeroponics or space efficient farming. I think these type of farming techniques didn't get written about for a few more years. I looked at the time and noticed it was around 11:30 AM so it was about time for Ms Morris to find me. I ended up writing the names of the books when Ms Morris precisely showed up like clockwork.

I had convinced her to check out these 8 books for me, however she started to look at me suspiciously.

 

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