“I Never Read a Book in My Life, But This Opened My Eyes” You don’t realise how much you’re relying on it until it stops. That quiet phone. That job that doesn’t come through. That neighbour who said they’d “pass your name along” and never did. Word-of-mouth used to be gold. The pipeline kept food on the table and the boiler running, literally. People trusted it because it came from honest conversations. “You need a guy? I know a guy.” And boom, you’re in business. But what nobody told us is this: Word-of-mouth has a shelf life. It works when you’re visible. It works when you’re still out there, still active, still showing up. But the minute you slow down or retire? The calls get fewer. The referrals dry up. And suddenly, all that work, all those years, and busted knuckles… feels like it’s fading into silence. It hits hard. Because it’s not just about the money (though let’s be honest, the pension doesn’t stretch like they said it would). It’s about the identity. T...
Scientia potentia est
ReplyDeleteThe phrase "scientia potentia est" is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power". It is commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon, although there is no known occurrence of this precise phrase in Bacon's English or Latin writings. However, the expression "ipsa scientia potestas est" occurs in Bacon's Meditationes Sacrae Wikipedia