Comments on: In search of some public attention http://www.thehappyrock.com/2007/05/06/in-search-of-some-public-attention/ Getting out of Debt, Getting off the Couch, and Getting into Life Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: The Happy Rock http://www.thehappyrock.com/2007/05/06/in-search-of-some-public-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-11 The Happy Rock Mon, 07 May 2007 03:26:26 +0000 http://www.thehappyrock.com/2007/05/06/in-search-of-some-public-attention/#comment-11 Double Eagle, Thanks for the great comment. I think you nailed the analysis of the analogy better than I did. Your comment ties the analogy directly back to the public acclamation law. The disorganization is what causes the dad's time to be unmanaged, and the purchase of the toy is the symptom of that lack of planning as the law hints. Thanks for the great input! -The Happy Rock Double Eagle,

Thanks for the great comment. I think you nailed the analysis of the analogy better than I did. Your comment ties the analogy directly back to the public acclamation law. The disorganization is what causes the dad’s time to be unmanaged, and the purchase of the toy is the symptom of that lack of planning as the law hints.

Thanks for the great input!

-The Happy Rock

]]> By: Double Eagle http://www.thehappyrock.com/2007/05/06/in-search-of-some-public-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Double Eagle Sun, 06 May 2007 17:35:14 +0000 http://www.thehappyrock.com/2007/05/06/in-search-of-some-public-attention/#comment-10 The father-son analogy is a good one. However, I think sometimes it's not so much the disorganization that makes the father buy the newest toy, but it's the acclamation itself. Maybe I'm a little off base not being a father myself, but I'm sure every dad wants to be the hero to some degree. And like you said, buying that new toy will give an instant dose of that, while doing things instead that will build character and deepen the relationship might never give that little acclamation, but will give much greater rewards in the long term. The father needs to be willing to give up that instant gratification, if necessary. While it might be the result of a busy, chaotic schedule, it just as easily might not. The father-son analogy is a good one. However, I think sometimes it’s not so much the disorganization that makes the father buy the newest toy, but it’s the acclamation itself. Maybe I’m a little off base not being a father myself, but I’m sure every dad wants to be the hero to some degree. And like you said, buying that new toy will give an instant dose of that, while doing things instead that will build character and deepen the relationship might never give that little acclamation, but will give much greater rewards in the long term. The father needs to be willing to give up that instant gratification, if necessary. While it might be the result of a busy, chaotic schedule, it just as easily might not.

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