Hype

[rvpopeye]

I hear that Steve! You were one of the lucky ones.

I had my dream job doing the concert circuit too , I still do a freebie on occasion for old friends but usually on a much smaller scale. 

BUT when I scored the pirate ship captain gig  I think I found my true self ! That might be why I ended up here ?   skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh    

 I even wrote a song for the kiddies ( yeah , it was in a theme park ! ) and they loved it !

I normally don't do this but to stay a tiny bit on topic (gold)  just for the gang here it is , hope y'all like it , I think you will.

Row row row yer boat , across the ocean green. 

Merrily , merrily , merrily , merrily ,,,,,ALL THE GOLD'S FOR MEEEEEEEEE arrrrrrrrrrrrrr !

(I release my rights on this one if any of you want to use it while prospecting)

It was all the wardrobe lady's fault , she told me to lead the kids in row row row yer boat if I ran out of things to say ( yes there was a script, which I accidentally dropped overboard the first day while walking the gunn'als,,  OOOOPS ! ) "Run out of things to say ! " she had NO idea........

If you can't live your passions , that's gotta suck.

[Jonathan Porter]

Passion is a beautiful thing, it gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning and also helps a lot when life delivers you twists and turns. It can however be a problem when you’re around people who are challenged by your passion and either try to railroad it or compete in a negative way. This is the yuk of human nature and for me to mention it I also have to be honest and say I too suffer from the ‘human condition’. 

There are a few prime motivators, one is acceptance and the other is being mis-understood. The ugly comes out in both situations, one can be a defensive move because you’ve felt attacked which is reactionary, usually there is remorse when things cool down and hopefully you will be honest with yourself and others and make good, the other is probably the worst one because it can be more calculating. 

Seeking acceptance from others by attacking someone else to deliberately hurt that person especially in a social sphere is the worst kind of cruelty because a whole lot of like minded people can push the boundaries further and further till there is catastrophic damage. This is were forums can fall down and why Social Media is such a vipers den of iniquity! 

Sometimes I find myself getting a kick out of seeing someone get their comeuppance, but if you look at it that is exactly what is happening to me when I’m attacked, someone somewhere who does not like me is also getting a kick out of seeing me suffer too. So I try to keep that front and centre in my mind when words are being jousted about, often my emotions driven by passion get in the way. Choosing sides and ganging up either through words or actions is the human condition, when more aggressive personalities then bulge out of the main group pushing the boundaries to achieve group acceptance is when things can turn ugly. Hopefully cooler heads within the group will bring about balance and calm the groups down.

I like Steve get a kick out of talking about my passion, I like Steve have been heavily involved in this industry both in development and also retail for a very long time. We sell/sold what we believe in and can become hugely offended when accused of duplicity. That’s the level of our passion, but looking back I also realise that over time things change and improve and I along with it have hopefully also changed and improved. The thing to keep in mind is we are human and make mistakes and also change our minds, but at the time of writing believe strongly in what we are saying.

I miss out on a lot of business because I don’t chase every sale, I can’t because I do not want to totally commit to retail, unlike Steve I started in detector retail later in life so am less impassioned about the chase because I’m immersed elsewhere in my true passion which is metal detector development and prospecting. To me the shop is a distraction, if I focused on our shop and nothing else things would be a lot different but then I would not be able to spend time on what matters to me most. 

So call it Hype if you like but I’m still going to do what I do best and talk about the things I’m passionate about, if you don’t like it then please keep your opinions to yourself because I thrive on acceptance and hate being misunderstood.  ?

JP

[Sheppo]

29 minutes ago, Jonathan Porter said:

This is were forums can fall down and why Social Media is such a vipers den of iniquity! 

FB is a classic example, it’s a cesspool of negativity and personal attacks on anyone and everyone. I’ve left nearly all groups and deleted quite a few ‘friends’ because of the negativity.

 

Back on topic, if we didn’t have the hype or the passion that everyone involved with ‘modern prospecting’ has, we’d still be out there with our pans and rocker boxes playing in the creeks.
 

It’s also nice to be able to pick up a new passion (as I have) and get out in the bush and look for the yellow stuff. Always keen for my next outing.