Comments on: The Lesson Susan Boyle Taught the World http://frugaldad.com/2010/01/21/the-lesson-susan-boyle-taught-the-world/ Money Saving Insights: Coupons, Smart Spending and Promotional Codes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:38:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guest Post and an Interview http://frugaldad.com/2010/01/21/the-lesson-susan-boyle-taught-the-world/#comment-36805 Guest Post and an Interview Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:06:36 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=4620#comment-36805 [...] over at FrugalDad was kind enough to let me run a guest post on his site. The post, entitled The Lesson Susan Boyle Taught the World, ran last week and is all about judging a book by its [...] [...] over at FrugalDad was kind enough to let me run a guest post on his site. The post, entitled The Lesson Susan Boyle Taught the World, ran last week and is all about judging a book by its [...]

]]> By: Sid in Missouri http://frugaldad.com/2010/01/21/the-lesson-susan-boyle-taught-the-world/#comment-36706 Sid in Missouri Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:05:51 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=4620#comment-36706 Interesting concept. We’ve all heard “don’t judge a book…” countless times. And you are correct that sometimes this can be a bad mistake. However… There are many times when the cover DOES tell the story. If you send in a crappy resume full of glaring typos and sloppy layout to a human resources worker you aren’t going to get the job, no matter how savvy you are. If you want to rent a house from me and show up with your 5 dogs in the car (usually a pit bull, a rottweiler, a couple of wolf breeds, and a chow) and trash falls out when you open the door, I will not rent to you. I don’t care how much $$$ you’ve got tucked down your pants…uh, excuse me…your wallet! Sometimes the cover DOES tell the story. It’s these little clues we pick up that scream “run away…run away fast!” As you get more experience with the world (i.e. people) you learn when the cover is just a little dusty (as is the case for the talented woman above) vs. when the cover is holding together a mess that is just about to fall apart. I would guess the cover is somewhere between 75-80% accurate prediction of what’s going on inside. Learn when to look beyond, but don’t be fooled into thinking ever shabby book deserves a full read. I’m sure Simon has seen enough “bad covers” in his life to be pretty accurate about what is star-grade talent and what isn’t. So he gets it correct 99% of the time and occasionally gets a nice surprise like the one above. Cool deal. Interesting concept. We’ve all heard “don’t judge a book…” countless times. And you are correct that sometimes this can be a bad mistake.

However…

There are many times when the cover DOES tell the story. If you send in a crappy resume full of glaring typos and sloppy layout to a human resources worker you aren’t going to get the job, no matter how savvy you are. If you want to rent a house from me and show up with your 5 dogs in the car (usually a pit bull, a rottweiler, a couple of wolf breeds, and a chow) and trash falls out when you open the door, I will not rent to you. I don’t care how much $$$ you’ve got tucked down your pants…uh, excuse me…your wallet! Sometimes the cover DOES tell the story. It’s these little clues we pick up that scream “run away…run away fast!”

As you get more experience with the world (i.e. people) you learn when the cover is just a little dusty (as is the case for the talented woman above) vs. when the cover is holding together a mess that is just about to fall apart. I would guess the cover is somewhere between 75-80% accurate prediction of what’s going on inside. Learn when to look beyond, but don’t be fooled into thinking ever shabby book deserves a full read. I’m sure Simon has seen enough “bad covers” in his life to be pretty accurate about what is star-grade talent and what isn’t. So he gets it correct 99% of the time and occasionally gets a nice surprise like the one above. Cool deal.

]]> By: J. Money http://frugaldad.com/2010/01/21/the-lesson-susan-boyle-taught-the-world/#comment-36680 J. Money Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:31:10 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=4620#comment-36680 Funny thing you mentioning Alf like that...just saw that he's got his very own twitter account now ;) and he's only following cats (hah!). <a href="http://twitter.com/Verified_Alf" rel="nofollow">Verified_Alf</a> Funny thing you mentioning Alf like that…just saw that he’s got his very own twitter account now ;) and he’s only following cats (hah!).

Verified_Alf

]]> By: Don@Moneyreasons http://frugaldad.com/2010/01/21/the-lesson-susan-boyle-taught-the-world/#comment-36678 Don@Moneyreasons Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:15:51 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=4620#comment-36678 My father-in-law has the Magic Jack and he says it's great! Who would have guessed... It looks like such a rip-off. I wonder if Vontage is sweating it... My father-in-law has the Magic Jack and he says it’s great! Who would have guessed… It looks like such a rip-off.

I wonder if Vontage is sweating it…

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