New Rules

In order to engage in an undertaking, it should conform to the following criteria. This criteria can be used to prevent a person from being sold an idea or being manipulated into a course of action that is unrealistic.

1. Portability – The endeavor should have value presently and in the present location and in the future at a future location. For instance, an RV is portable in that it can be moved and also collapsed (put into storage). Portability is important because circumstances change and portability ensures that the investment can be recouped and transferred to the new location and environment.
2. Buffering – Does the endeavor affect the individual overly strongly, does it attempt to influence in a disproportionate way or take away the individual’s autonomy? When a company hires a person they give them an email and a cell phone number, which they take once the individual leave, in essence shutting down that identity. This is not a buffered solution, but a rigged system.
3. Maintenance of Identity – Is the individual’s identity taken by the other individual, or especially by the institution. The majority of identity theft is by institutions on individuals, not individuals on other individuals.
4. Low in Maintenance – Does the item maintain itself, or require minimal maintenance? Every item takes more maintenance than is necessary. High maintenance items do not scale and have a high potential to be abandoned, erasing the investment. A perfect example here is the stock market. Invest in the stock market sounds easy enough, but constantly monitoring the stock market is a serious drain of time and you can not be sure of being able to follow it when it requires your attention most.

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