The Grassroot
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June 18, 2025
Pahrump, NV
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Matt Sadler is a small business owner and proprietor of A Hope Bonds in Pahrump. He is a
recovering politician who reveres the 1st Amendment. He is a Christian, lucky husband of one,
and father of 3 terrific kids. He is also a reluctant owner of a sheepadoodle and
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Barry Lindemann holds an MBA, is a former United States Senate Candidate in Nevada, and
is a successful entrepreneur in Southern Nevada. He is a strong voice for common sense and
fiscal accountability.
Jerry Hashimura is a life-long conservative who spent 24 years as an active-duty Army
officer followed by 23 years as the head of a corporate legal department. He is happily married
for nearly 50 years.
That is a Democrat Protest,
Said No One.
LA is burning—again. It
happens. Protests used to be
about issues and events that
mattered. From Rodney King all
the way back to the Zoot Suit
Riots in 1943, those protests
had a sense of authenticity and
vigor. Since Rodney King—who
pleaded with the people of Los
Angeles, “Can’t we all just get
along?”—there’s been a
noticeable shift. He begged for
peace in the face of chaos.
That is now absent.
It appears that when you fill the
streets with privileged little rich
kids, paid protestors, and
programmed tactical
movements, the genuineness of
the outrage is lost. No one is
impressed.
Minneapolis burned a section of
its city, and no one believes that
riot accomplished anything—
except making a few people
rich. No one is standing up and
saying, “Let’s do it again!” We
all know the Democrats and the
Progressive Left are behind
this. Scream at people, throw
rocks, create a spectacle, burn
businesses, torch cars, and
generally show outrage—for
what?
We know they don’t really give
two shakes of a lamb’s tail
about illegal migrants who are
here… illegally. One could
argue that since illegal migrants
break the law by entering the
country without proper vetting—
and are not punished—other
laws might be treated with
similar indifference by our
enforcement agencies.
How about theft? Oh wait,
California already downgraded
that crime. How about murder?
That one too. Child sex
trafficking? That is normal in
California these days, some
say.
The mask is off the Democrat
Party. They don’t care about
anyone. They’ll torch a city,
destroy small businesses and
vehicles—all under the guise of
roasting marshmallows and
singing Kumbaya, my Lord.
They’ve detached from reality,
and we don’t have a sanitarium
large enough to house all those
afflicted with TDS.
So, you may ask: What can we
do?
I’m becoming convinced that in
the upcoming election season,
the Republican Party must run
at least two television
commercials promoting the
sanity of the GOP. Then, spend
the money to air that message
—again and again—against the
backdrop of the chaos and
lawlessness we see from
today’s Democrats. This is an
opportunity to expose the
criminal nature of the modern
Democratic Party. Saturate
cable and social media with that
message.
Democrats don’t have hearts.
They burn cities, hurt people,
and lie about it. That’s insane.
Then republicans and
independents protest—by
voting. By asking everyone to
vote a straight republican ticket.
That’s our protest.
Barry Lindemann, MBA
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Hoo-ahh! Is a career in the
military for you?
With the United States Army
celebrating their 250th birthday
on June 14th of this year, I
thought I might talk a little bit
about a career in the military
and if it is right for you. Military
service is not for everyone but I
offer some things for you to
consider.
I will start by saying that I
retired from the Army in March
of 1996; so, the Army of today
might not look exactly like the
Army I joined. But I believe a
lot of my observations and
lessons learned from a lifetime
of service might be of benefit to
someone considering a career
in the military or for a parent
with a child considering military
service.
I spent twenty-four of my most
formative adult years in uniform
serving this great country. I
was 19-years old when I
enlisted and 42-years old at
retirement. And, for some of
my younger friends, no, it
wasn’t Revolutionary War times
when I served. When I enlisted
in January of 1972, Vietnam
was going hot and heavy and
random lottery numbers were
assigned based on your
birthday; which dictated when
you might be called to serve.
My draft lottery number was 67,
so I would have been drafted
sooner rather than later. I
elected to enlist and try and
pick my path of service –
though it did not exactly work
out the way I initially planned, I
nonetheless had a very
successful career.
To set the stage a little so that
you know the point of view from
which I speak, I spent my entire
24-year career in the Army
Judge Advocate General’s Corp
– the legal branch of the Army. I
had two stateside tours, three
years each, and spent the
remainder of my 18 years
overseas. While on active duty,
I was recruited by the Legal
Department of Suzuki Motor
Corporation’s U.S.
Headquarters and retired from
the Army after being hired by
Suzuki. Suzuki manufactures
and sells cars, motorcycles, all-
terrain vehicles, and outboard
motors around the world. I
spent most of my time
defending high-stakes personal
injury product liability litigation.
It wasn’t too long after joining
Suzuki that I became a
manager in the Legal
Department and then the
overall Department Manager for
the Legal Department, with the
attorneys and support staff
reporting to me.
Aside from the pride and sense
of satisfaction I have for serving
our country, what are the three
biggest things military service
provided me and could
potentially provide you?
The first is a strong work ethic,
skills, and personal
responsibility (okay, okay,
maybe that’s three things…but
they are linked; trust me, I
worked for the government). I
saw during my post-military
employment that a strong work
ethic was missing from many of
the employees in the Legal
Department and other
departments within Suzuki’s
U.S. operations. I also heard
similar things from my
counterparts in the legal
departments of most of the
automobile, motorcycle, and
ATV manufacturers in the
United States, both domestic
and foreign manufacturers, e.g.,
GM, Ford, Honda, Toyota,
Nissan, Yamaha, Harley,
Chrysler, Mercedes, Porsche,
Hyundai, etc. It seemed that
too many employees were just
putting in their time, doing the
bare or barely-above minimum
to get along, and just waiting for
the end of each workday. I’m
sure you know people like that
today. That’s not the way I
approached things and I believe
the strong work ethic instilled in
me from my military service
helped set me apart and
resulted in steady promotions
and ultimately to the top of the
Legal Department. The skills I
learned while on active duty,
coupled with how hard I worked
(learned in the military, by the
way), I firmly believe helped me
achieve the successes I
achieved. I’m not sure I could
have done as well with just a
college degree and entering the
work force. Employers value
employees with experience who
take responsibility for their
actions, both good and bad,
and who also display loyalty.
This is something the military
teaches you in spades.
The second thing I value greatly
from my military service is a
network of close friends literally
around the world and the
foreign countries we lived in
and visited over many years
(yeah, yeah, I know, two
things…I’ve always said that
when it comes to math, there
are three kinds of people:
those that are good at math and
those that aren’t). We have
military friends we remain close
to spread across the United
States, in Germany, and in
Korea. We have a large circle
of German friends from my 16
years living in Germany, we
have continued to stay
connected, and have watched
each other’s lives flourish and
children grow and thrive.
These kinds of close
connections, I believe, are
forged in part by being relatively
isolated in a military community
in a foreign country and,
together, facing similar stresses
while deployed. These close
friendships helped me become
the person I became today and
was back then. My son was in
Department of Defense schools
from the second grade through
high school graduation. We
always made a point of
traveling as much as we could
so that he was exposed to as
many different cultures and
people as possible. I believe it
was good for him and if you
serve, these same opportunities
await you and your loved ones.
The third is a very nice pension
for as long as I live (you
probably just heard me
knocking on wood), which
includes not only a monetary
pension but healthcare benefits
for myself and my wife and
continued access to military
commissaries for grocery
shopping, think a well-stocked
Albertson’s with competitive
prices, and post/base
exchanges for other shopping
(the military version of Wal-
Mart). There are additional
retiree benefits but it’s not worth
talking about them all here. I
contributed to Suzuki’s 401k
managed by Schwab because
Suzuki had no pension plan
and the company matched my
contributions up to a certain
percentage of my salary – so,
free money, how nice. I learned
at my very first 401k meeting
conducted by Schwab for
Suzuki employees that my
monthly military pension put me
far, far ahead of my fellow
employees with only a 401k
plan for retirement in terms of
money I would have available
after retirement from Suzuki. I
should add, parenthetically, that
when I served, Army retirement
was a little different. You could
retire after 20 years of service
with 50% of your annual base
salary paid monthly and earn
2.5% for each additional year
beyond 20. You did not need to
pay into your military pension;
you just earned that retirement
if you served 20 years or more.
So, for the math challenged, I
retired at 60% of my military
salary…4 years after 20 years
times 2.5% is an additional 10%
added to 50% of my pay for 20
years of service equals
60%...easy peasy math.
Things are a little different if you
enlist now – not so easy peasy
math – and I invite you to
research it yourself at
www.goarmy.com and see for
yourself. It would take up a lot
of space to list the various
retirement options and details
available today. But there is a
retirement you can earn for
military service and, I think, still
well worth it.
As I said earlier, military service
may not be for everyone, but I
have no regrets for the time I
served in uniform (and I also
brought home the best German
souvenir you could imagine –
my wife of almost 50 years).
Those were some of the best
years of my and my family’s
lives.
Many have also joined the
military for the educational
benefits. It wasn’t what
motivated me but it was
certainly a great benefit. While
the GI Bill that existed when I
served has changed, there is a
Post-9/11 GI Bill that offers
educational benefits to veterans
and service members; still
another great benefit for
serving. There are a host of
other benefits for veterans and
even more for military retirees
but they are too numerous to
list. I’m sure you can find them
with a Google search.
I would not discourage anyone
from serving in the military; it
was a great life and resulted in
a great retirement for me.
As a final note, I started this
article with a “Hoo-ahh!” – for
those unfamiliar with the term,
it’s an Army battle cry and
Army-speak for showing
enthusiasm, acknowledgement,
or motivation. I knew more
than a few senior non-
commissioned officers who
used “hoo-ahh” to answer just
about every question (Are we
ready? Hoo-ahh. Should we
go now? Hoo-ahh. Do you
want some coffee? Hoo-ahh.).
The Marine equivalent is “ooh
rah.” The old Army joke is that
when asked to go into battle,
the Army responds with “Hoo-
ahh,” the Marines with “Ooh
rah,” and the Air Force with
“Who? Us?” (Don’t worry, I
have a lot of Air Force friends I
tell this to and they (mostly)
laugh, too.) So, to answer the
question posed in this article’s
title, “Is a career in the military
for you?” I would answer with,
“Hoo-ahh.”
Jerry Hashimura
Pahrump, NV
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Has Civility, Respect, and
Civil Discourse Disappeared
in Today’s Society? Let’s
think about it.
Allow me to climb back onto my
old guy soapbox for a moment
and talk a little about whether
civility, respect, and good old
fashioned civil discourse is still
alive and well or gone the way
of the Dodo bird and woolly
mammoth. For purposes of this
article and ease of reading, I
will refer to “civility” but am
talking about all three – respect,
civil discourse, and civility.
From what I’ve seen, civility is
off life support, deader than
Biden’s attempt at re-election,
and something way too many
people ignore while in polite
society. We’ve all seen news
reports or Youtube videos of the
latest road rage incident, or the
“Karen” in McDonalds or Wal-
Mart yelling at the top of her
lungs in the face of some poor
clerk or waiter – and the male-
equivalent of Karen doing the
same, or the HOA
representative going absolutely
bonkers and yelling and
screaming at a resident or
visitor for some perceived
infraction. And all too often, it
ends up escalating into some
form of physical assault to one
party or the other. Many
podcasters or commenters on
Youtube videos say that many
of these lunatics who act
inappropriately and
aggressively have never been
punched in the face. In my
opinion, that’s 100% accurate.
They have never suffered any
consequences for their actions.
Many of these people believe
they are somehow magically
protected, can say whatever
they want, and are insulated
from any adverse action
befalling them. Nothing could
be farther from the truth.
There are just too, too many of
these incidents happening
every single day and night for it
to be an exception and has,
sadly, become the norm. It’s
often painful and/or
uncomfortable to watch. Many
times, these inappropriate
tirades devolve into racial slurs;
something I, as a minority,
cannot tolerate, nor should
anyone…and, of course, when
these bigots are called out on
social media and lose their jobs
or suffer other consequences,
they are quick to say they didn’t
mean what they said and they
are definitely not bigots or
biased – these protestations of
innocence fall on deaf ears for
me; they’ve shown their true
colors.
When I read about these
incidents or watch these videos,
it occurs to me that, aside from
struggling with self-control and
low self-esteem, these people
are reacting to perceived
disrespect in what they believe
in their minds is the only way
for them to regain respect or
show they are somehow levels
above the person they are
assaulting with the sheer
volume and content of their
words. They are quick to
engage in these white-hot
temper tantrums while
operating on emotion and ego
and losing the ability to think
rationally, employ good
decision-making, or understand
what might be the final outcome
of these outbursts, threats, or
physical assaults. What’s
especially significant to me is
their inability to understand
what could be the end result of
their behavior – which can be
catastrophic or deadly to them.
The internet is filled with
Youtube videos of road ragers
threatening their “victims” with a
weapon, the victim perceiving
their life is in danger or they will
suffer serious bodily injury, and
employing lawful deadly force in
self-defense. So, not only has
a life been lost, but the lives of
everyone involved has been
changed forever.
We’ve also seen literally
hundreds of YouTube videos
and news reports of people who
walk into stores and feel they
are somehow entitled to steal
whatever catches their fancy,
without consequences. They
grab armfuls of clothing, without
regard to size or style, and
dash out of the store…or put
hundreds of packages of
cigarettes into plastic trash
bags and run out. These
crimes are, unfortunately,
enabled by a weak criminal
justice response in many
states, like California, and
caused businesses to close and
formerly nice, fashionable
shopping districts to shutter
stores. This is a case of these
criminals having no respect for
the rule of law, or business
owners trying to make a living
and support their families, and
the collapse of the traditional
family unit and the values
taught in the past.
“Civil discourse” can be defined
as communication that has
mutual respect, open-
mindedness, and a willingness
to listen to differing opinions
and viewpoints. With this
definition in mind, think about
how our political “leaders” talk
to the opposing party,
Republican or Democrat.
Unfortunately, the “political
discourse” that exists today is
characterized by a decline (or
elimination) of respect and fact-
based arguments and, in the
end, is extremely toxic. With
the constant bombardment on
social media of this discourse
by our politicians, both written
and video-based, maybe it’s no
wonder so many “normal”
citizens have abandoned civility
and act out the way they do.
Why can’t we rise above this
kind of behavior? Is it too late
for us? Who knows…but we
should try.
I carry a firearm and have
extensive training in a variety of
martial arts and fighting
systems. I do not feel
threatened by some Karen or
road rager trying to prove
themselves because of some
perceived disrespect that exists
only in their minds. I will walk
away or not engage because I
can’t predict if they will try to
escalate the situation and,
ultimately, threaten or attempt
to physically assault me and I
will be forced to respond. I am
not a physically imposing 6-
foot, 200-pound person. I’m
usually the smaller person in
the fight. But, if I or my loved
ones are attacked, I have
trained in ways to defend
myself that will end the assault
quickly, to reduce the chance I
or my loved ones will be hurt,
by inflicting maximum, serious,
and potentially permanent
injury. I don’t want to do that
and hope to never have to do it
(but I continue to train as I can’t
predict the future). This is
exactly what I meant above
about these people not
understanding the possible end
result of their rage. They do not
know the person they are
attempting to intimidate. They
are “raging” or yelling in the
face of someone they have
zero knowledge about who
could inflict serious injury on
them and it could end (and has
ended for some) very, very
badly.
I can only hope that people
exercise self-control, put aside
their egos, and think about the
second and third-order effects
of their actions. Let’s return to
an era of civility, respect, and
civil discourse. Talk to people
the way you would talk to your
mother or grandmother; be
polite and set an example, it
doesn’t cost you anything…and
urge others to do the same.
Jerry Hashimura
Pahrump, NV
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DOGE Nevada (“DOGE NV”):
Is it worth supporting?
I wanted to briefly discuss
DOGE Nevada for those who
were not able to attend the
Special Town Hall Meeting on
June 9th, 2025, sponsored by
the Pahrump Valley Republican
Women (“PVRW”).
First, though, thanks to Jane
Davis, 1st Vice-President of the
PVRW, who laid the
groundwork and arranged to
have Brandon Davis, the
founder of DOGE NV, come to
Pahrump and discuss what
DOGE NV is and what they’ve
been up to since their relatively
recent founding.
And second, thanks to
everyone who attended and
showed Mr. Davis that Pahrump
is not a rural community of
hicks and bumpkins but a
thoughtful and polite group of
people interested in what he
had to say, interested in fiscal
conservatism, and very much
against fraud, waste, and
abuse.
So, let’s get right into it.
These are facts you can get
yourself from a simple Google
search of Mr. Davis but I
wanted to highlight just a few
things I’ve read and heard from
him. He is a father, husband,
and small business owner who
has been involved in
community support projects and
politics for quite some time.
DOGE NV was founded in
March of 2025, so they are the
new kids on the block. DOGE
NV is not associated with
federal DOGE and, in fact, is
not sanctioned by any
government agency, they are
completely independent –
though Mr. Davis does have
close ties with many
Republicans and Governor
Lombardo’s administration.
I will admit that I was somewhat
skeptical of him before he came
to speak in Pahrump mostly
because, three years ago, he
was a Libertarian and ran
unsuccessfully for Governor as
a Libertarian. He was also the
Elections Director for the
Libertarian Party at that time.
When he ran for governor three
years ago, he also supported
ranked choice voting. I’ve seen
too many politicians run for
office unsuccessfully, change
their party affiliation, and adopt
popular initiatives in the new
party in the hopes of garnering
support and running for office
again with the new party.
However, I was the first one to
ask a question after Mr. Davis
finished his presentation and I
asked him exactly that, i.e.,
what caused him to change
from Libertarian to Republican
and to explain his earlier stated
support of ranked choice voting.
For me, Mr. Davis fully
explained the reason for his
change of party, which included
an explanation that he is a
husband now, father to two
small children, and small
business owner, and everyone
matures and some values
evolve; and the Republican
Party aligned more with his
beliefs. His answer seemed
very genuine to me. As for
ranked choice voting, Mr. Davis
explained that he has become
more educated and ranked
choice voting is a real “$hit
show.” I fully support the
federal DOGE’s efforts to root
out fraud, waste, and abuse,
and I say now that I support the
DOGE NV efforts to do the
same.
In the few short months DOGE
NV has been working to
discover fraud, waste, and
abuse in Nevada, they have
uncovered some startling fraud
and waste. I would urge you to
go to their website and see a
more fully detailed list of what
they have discovered; I think
you’ll be shocked, too. While
they have no official standing to
cause any change, Mr. Davis
explained how they are able to
bring pressure on agencies to
explain actions and, hopefully,
change; along with close
personal connections he has to
certain individuals in Governor
Lombardo’s administration to
make things happen.
I don’t want to go on and on
about DOGE NV, so I’ll close
with noting that DOGE NV is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
and funded by donations (so, if
you donate, it’s tax deductible).
I, personally, plan to donate to
their efforts. Currently, their
researchers, tech wizards, legal
staff, and other support staff are
all unpaid volunteers but they
do have expenses and Mr.
Davis would also like to see
some of them draw a salary. I
admire what they are doing and
think that is more than fair.
I would also invite everyone to
do their own research, visit the
DOGE NV website
(www.DogeNV.com), and
decide for themselves if they
are worthy of your support.
Jerry Hashimura
Pahrump, NV
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Perception vs. Perspective:
Is this important?
Once again, I’ve convinced my
creaky, arthritic knees to climb
back on my old-guy soapbox
and write a bit about what I
think might be causing a lot of
problems yesterday, today, and
likely tomorrow if things don’t
change. And I’m not talking
about kids wearing their pants
below their butt cheeks…a sure
sign of the collapse of modern
civilization.
I’m talking about perception
versus perspective. What and
why, you ask yourself? (Okay,
maybe you didn’t ask yourself
but let me answer anyway.)
Despite what many might think,
they are not the same thing. I
believe this relatively simple
construct is driving a majority of
the things that happen in our
lives and what you’re seeing
reported in the news, e.g., “No
Kings” protests, Israel vs. Iran,
pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian
rallies, anti-ICE protests, anti-
Trump protests, was Biden
mentally competent while in
office, and why did the chicken
cross the road (alright, maybe
not this one but a host of other
good and bad things). So…let
me elaborate…
Perception is limited by our five
senses and what we perceive is
overlayed onto our own
personal biases to create what
we believe to be true. It is how
you see, feel, hear, taste, and
smell the things around you
(how you perceive them) and
how you form your opinions
about those things…at its core,
it is what you believe is the truth
based on what you know and
perceive. An easy example is
the old parable of the four blind
men asked to describe an
elephant but each one is only
allowed to feel the elephant
from one place. One man feels
the tail and says the elephant is
like a rope; the other feels the
side and says the elephant is
like a wall; etc., etc. Their
opinions were controlled by
their position and very limited
perspective. Likewise, if you
are color blind, your perception
is that the world is black and
white; it’s what you know and
no one can convince you
otherwise. You’re prepared to
argue to the death with anyone
who tells you differently.
Perspective, on the other hand,
takes a bit more work and
considers outside points of view
and outside information to form
your beliefs about what is true.
If you’re color blind but take the
time to talk to others and
research other facts about
different colors (even though
you cannot perceive them),
your opinion should change and
you would understand the world
is filled with different colors that
you just cannot see.
Let me give you another
example. You’re driving down
the road and a man cuts you off
and speeds away. You’re
angry, thinking nothing but evil
thoughts about that man, the
whole rest of your day is ruined,
and bad things seem to happen
to you the remainder of that
day. Your perception of this
idiot has been formed by that
one incident in time. But what if
you found out that this man’s
eight-month-old child was
choking, turning blue, and he
was rushing the child to the
hospital for help before the child
dies? Would your opinion
change by having that different
perspective? Would you be
more understanding? Did the
additional information change
your perspective of the incident
and the whole rest of your day
was different? Probably.
Perception is all about you and
you are the star of your own
story every day. With only
perception and not perspective,
you will always be the hero in
your own story; but keep in
mind that you may also be the
villain in someone else’s story.
Think of Abraham Lincoln and
Martin Luther King. Abraham
Lincoln was the hero in what he
did to abolish slavery. Martin
Luther King was a hero in the
civil rights movement. But, to
the men that shot Lincoln and
MLK, they were villains in these
men’s stories…they had no
perspective, no other points of
view; they perceived Lincoln
and MLK to be evil.
Perspective is not all about you
but provides a broader way to
see things and multiple points
of view to consider.
Perception is also predictable.
If someone understands how
you grew up, your core values,
and what you believe, they can
predict how you will react, how
you will feel, and what you will
say. This is how many
organizations (both positive and
negative) can manipulate you
into doing their bidding. Based
on perspective and by
examining other points of view
and gathering more information,
I concluded that this is how the
majority of these protest groups
garner support – they know
what to say or what images to
show to get people to react
emotionally, to come out and
protest, to burn cars and
buildings, and to assault law
enforcement or others with an
opposing view. They know
exactly how to get a visceral
response so that people quickly
form perceptions, get emotions
running high, and they react
before thinking, analyzing, and
acting rationally.
The internet is filled with videos
of Youtubers approaching
college students at protests and
asking them pointed questions
about why they are protesting,
what the target of their protests
did, or asking them to list the
bad things that have been done
– and so many of them don’t
have a clue. They saw some
image or heard some slogan
that caused them to join the
protest without a clue about
what was actually going on.
The easiest examples I have
seen are college pro-Palestine
protesters carrying signs
saying, “From the river to the
sea.” When questioned, they
have no clue of the meaning of
that phrase, cannot name the
river or the sea, and are
shocked to learn it literally
means wiping Israel off the face
of the earth. They try to excuse
their ignorance by saying they
were handed the sign so they
carried it. Their parents must
be proud they are learning so
much in college. Similarly, you
see many LGBTQ+ pro-Gaza
or pro-Palestine protesters who
cannot respond when asked
why Israel has more advanced
rights for LGBTQ+ people than
Gaza or many Muslim
countries, why they support
Gaza or Hamas who have few,
if any, protections for them,
and, in fact, their behavior is
prohibited (and oftentimes fatal)
in Gaza and many (if not most)
Muslim countries. I don’t say
this to be controversial but facts
are facts. Perspective, not
perception.
The last example I will give you
is a little more mundane. If you
go to a car dealership to buy a
car, your perception is that you
want a new car, you probably
have something in mind, you
know what you want to pay, and
you think you’ll negotiate a
great price, so off you go. The
salesperson you encounter has
a much broader perspective.
He or she has seen hundreds, if
not thousands, of customers,
knows what you’ll ask before
you ask it, and has negotiated
more deals than you will in your
entire lifetime. They know what
to say to up-sell you and what
to say to get you to change
your mind. If you say you want
leather seats, they know to ask
you if you want the leather
seats heated and cooled,
because it gets hot in the desert
and cold in the winter. They’ll
tell you that there is only one
car on the entire car lot with
leather seats but it has the
heat/cool option. They rightfully
predict that you’re saying to
yourself this is a good deal if it’s
the only one with leather seats,
and this will be worth it –
they’ve overcome your
perception with their
perspective.
Learning to view things through
perspective before you form
your opinions or beliefs is a
habit that takes time to form –
like your opinions and beliefs –
but it is a good and healthy
habit to develop and well worth
the effort. It allows you to see
things from many points of
view, gather additional
information and facts, and helps
you form a solid foundation for
your beliefs. Practice
perspective…not solely
perception.
My arthritic knees have made
me fall off my soapbox, so I’ll
stop here…but before closing
this article…let me say, “Pull up
your freakin’ pants, I don’t care
what color underwear you’re
wearing!!”
Jerry Hashimura
Pahrump, NV
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