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Don’t forget you are a guest, so behave accordingly.

As with nearly all of my posts, this one is especially for my grandkids.
Whether you believe in god and country is of little matter to me. I simply hope you recognize that we are nothing more than a brief guest here in this world – and we should behave accordingly.
No one likes a bad guest.
We all know the bad guest. They take advantage of everything and add little. They expect to be served and satisfied. They are entitled – and they truly believe their existence [or the brief entertainment or service they provide] justifies their insouciance.
On a small scale, they expect it all and provide little. They borrow something and rarely return it in its original condition. They order big and tip small. They drive your car and never fill up the tank. They piss in the well but expect fresh water when they are thirsty. They demand 100% and are aggrieved by anything less. And they always deserve more.
The bottom line is that they expect more than they give.
The common thread with poor guests is that they just don’t get it. They think their bill was somehow overpaid in advance. They have a steadfast belief in their exaggerated self-worth – as if they matter. They fool themselves into thinking they are valuable because they attract, support, and feed off other bad guests. They harbor a secret zest in others’ complaints. They are a nidus.
As long as they have something to complain about, they have the air-cover they need to tear down anything without consequence [to them].
In the big picture, they are more destructive. They are morally superior while always the critic and never the builder. To the bad guest, those in charge are always idiots or corrupt, the accommodations are always substandard, the water is never hot enough, the salmon is never cooked right, the weather never suits them, the service never measures up, and it is always someone else’s fault. Accountability is not their strong suit. It is always someone else who is accountable for their hardship – and their hardships are endless.
They are in no one’s debt because they believe they are always getting less than they deserve. Of course, their host is always distressed by their complaints – knowing the accommodations will never be enough.
Unfortunately, with victimhood now in fashion, it’s getting harder to tell the bad guests from the truly afflicted. But you still know who they are – and it would be a big help to everyone if you told them that they are merely guests here and should start behaving accordingly. And remind them that nothing is free – and nothing is just there for the taking. And then tell them to try not to make a mess – even if they think they are a rock star. We are all getting tired of cleaning up after them.
Of course, it might help if they knew whose guest they really were. Maybe then they would appreciate the accommodations and just how fortunate they are to be staying here for a while. After all, even if fate gives them a late checkout, their stay here will eventually come to an end – and the bill will come due. And they are the only ones who can pay that bill – the host insists.

On the other hand, I have some friends, family, and associates among the most generous guests. The family member who cares, the employee who everyone relies on, the doctor who is tireless in his aide, the business partner who builds and then builds some more, the friend who stands fast, and those that love. They are the ones that don’t just pass thorough but actually make it better. They appreciate life. They are the guests you want in your world, and it’s the guest I am trying to be [knowing full well that I’ve not always been a good guest].

Be big, be a builder. Your host will appreciate it.
Launching UnBiasIt
The Root Keeps Growing
https://tonywalkerpost.com/root-philosophy/
Originally Posted: January 1, 2017
Last Updated: April 3, 2022
From the very beginning in 1978, it has been my goal to provide the vision, resources, and confidence necessary for the development of the Advantage Co as a business experience for those willing to take the full measure of the challenge. This approach has energized our Root Philosophy for over 40 years, and it has been our good fortune to build a number of world-class businesses.
Here is a short list of businesses we have started or helped to start over the years. [170 and counting]. The businesses in italics are partnerships. The businesses in bold are currently operational. Each one has been visited by success and failure. Some businesses never really got off the ground, while others have been thriving for decades. One of these nights I’ll start filling in the stories. The really good news is that over 50 of the businesses we have helped to launch are thriving enterprises.
All told, we estimate there have been over 8,000 participants in the building of these opportunities. If you have a backstory for any of them, why not share it with us? I’ll take the good with the bad [they all have their share]. It is never meant to be easy, but it is always meant to be rewarding.
A man who says he never had a chance is the man who never took one. Be big, be a builder.
Advantage Co Businesses
- Advantage Brands Group
- Advantage Catalog
- Advantage Computer Co.
- Advantage Global Resources
- Advantage Home Theater
- Advantage Outlet
- Advantage Properties
- Advantage TI
- Advantage Trade Group
- Advacovery
- Aussie T Co
- Bogavia
- Brinkley Builders
- Chuggs
- Computer Head Start
- Giancarlo’s Sicilian Steakhouse & Pizzeria
- Giancarlo’s Cafe & Patisserie
- Gift Giving Registry
- Grivani
- Grivani Wine Cellar
- Grivani Wine [Distributing]
- House of Cotton
- Forrestel Clothing Co
- iFul
- iSport
- iWorldFundraising.org
- iWorld Shopping Center
- King Finley
- Lab to Beauty
- Leave It To Alison**
- Lifetime Service Trust
- Love Pink & Green
- Luxuri Link
- Merwin & Payne
- Modern Luxuri
- MyWarehouse.org
- Nantucket Clothing
- Naples Properties
- Osaka Speakers
- PALM Investments
- Piece Apparel
- Pioneer Home Theater
- Pure + Fresh
- Scotch Boots of Holland
- Smart Car Store
- Smart House Cafe**
- Smart Squad Design
- Smart Squad Install
- SmartLinks
- Sneaker Advantage
- SONY Home Theater
- Stereo Advantage
- Stereo Advantage [Olean]
- JVC Home Theater
- Taplin Marketing
- Tiny Walker
- Touche’
- TW Outlet [Niagara Falls]**
- TW&Co
- Walker Center
- Walker Kids Trust
- Walker Global Parts
- Walker Global Solutions
- Wehrle Properties
- White Box Services
Advantage Co Partnerships
- ABX Professionals
- Advantage Business Exchange
- Advantage Investment, Development & Oversight
- Advantage Legal & Fiduciary
- Advantage Marketing & Incentives
- Advantage Systems Professionals [now iWorld Professionals]
- Advantage Woodshop
- American Wireless
- AP Charlotte
- AP Cincinnati
- AP Cleveland
- AP Denver
- APHQ
- AP Metro**
- AP Phoenix
- AP Rochester
- AP Solutions
- AP Syracuse
- AP Tampa
- AP Washington DC
- AP WNY
- At Your Service
- Aussie Outfitters
- Autonomic Resources [sold to CSC]
- Beacon Global Resources
- Bellus Development
- BizHop [support only]
- Black Progress Matters
- Black Progess Resources
- BP Executive Staffing
- BPM Minority-Owned Business Incubator
- BP College Advisors
- BP Executive Networking
- Butler Chemical
- Cascade Point**
- c1 Advantage
- c1 Secure
- Carolina Clothing Co
- Capax Alpha
- Capax Discovery [Zantaz EAS]
- Capax Global [sold to Hitachi Data Systems]
- Capax India
- Capax Resource Management*
- CARES Act ADVISORY
- Chiampou Travis & Kershner*
- Christeus
- Cleary & Sullivan
- Cleary Travel
- Coco by CeCe
- Consilium1
- Cross Pointe**
- DACKS
- Data Detect
- Delta Road Properties
- Duke Fund**
- Fortified Law Data
- Free Trade Consultants
- Gauntlet Design
- Greenview Landscaping*
- GRW For Hair
- Hudson Walker
- Images & Graphics
- Inspired Global Resources*
- Irwin Lazarus
- iWorld Professionals
- JALMAR Graphics
- JNorman & Co
- KATINI Skin
- King Finley
- Kizer Data Solutions
- LeCleanse Officiel
- LD World Resources
- Manzella Productions [support only]
- My Personal Advisor
- Mode
- One Global Culture
- Outback Paging [AdTel Worldwide]
- Pacific Data Resources
- Panther Data Solutions
- Phroket
- Pizza Shoppe
- PremCloud Resources
- Real Properties Services
- Sceven
- SmartLink [Bailey & Kensington]
- SmartLink [Main Place Mall]
- Sozae
- State of Clean
- Stereo Advantage [Phoenix]
- Stereo Shops [3 Rochester stores]**
- Strategic Finance
- Taplin Design
- Tony Walker Golf Club [4 locations nationally]
- Total Health & Fitness
- Trend Depot
- TW Charter Stores [92 Aussie Outfitter stores nationally]
- UnBiasIt
- UnCarbonIt
- UGA Capital Ventures
- Walker Sports Audit
- Wellingtin Resources
- White & Co
- Wynnovation Labs
- Zantaz EAS
- Zovy Cloud
Coming Sooner or Later or Never
- Ana Blu Mediterranean Kitchen
- Arcivium for Azure
- 2 Girls 1 Deal
- 2×4 Office Anywhere
- ApothoClean
- Bambini Beauty
- Balance Bra
- Beach to Beauty
- Bedtime Monster SpraY
- Christian Coop
- Church of the Good
- Clean Your Closets For Kids
- College Rep Program
- CopDrop
- The Fantasy League
- Fashion Resource Group
- FedCloud Resources
- FedDrop
- FedSecure Data Centers
- FedCloud Vault
- Franjordalli Gift Giving Registry
- Giancarlo’s Boutique Hotel
- GoToCloud Express
- Greenskeeper Coop
- Grivani Golf
- iTech Protect
- iWorld Auto
- iWorld Banking
- iWolrd Accounting
- Life Source Insurance
- Merci 6
- Meta Data Stack
- OffShore Secure
- Scrubs
- Walker Global Mergers Acquisitions & Review
* No longer involved in this partnership.
**Ended successfully.
There are three worlds: the one we are given, the one we are stuck with, and the one we bend to our will.
Theodore Roosevelt’s famous Man in the Arena speech. ‘It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause and who, if he fails, at least fails while bearing greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.’