{"id":4328,"date":"2008-09-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2008-09-10T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T17:09:24","slug":"why-should-realtors-come-to-bloodhoundblog-unchained-in-orlando-to-learn-the-bloodhound-art-of-marketing-listings-for-one-thing-as-an-expression-of-an-attainable-moral-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4328\/why-should-realtors-come-to-bloodhoundblog-unchained-in-orlando-to-learn-the-bloodhound-art-of-marketing-listings-for-one-thing-as-an-expression-of-an-attainable-moral-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Why should Realtors come to BloodhoundBlog Unchained in Orlando? To learn the Bloodhound art of marketing listings, for one thing, as an expression of an attainable moral perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to think that, as a secondary consequence of the things I do, I goad good people into becoming better people. This is a part of everything I do, but it’s why there is a category called “Egoism in Action” in BloodhoundBlog<\/a>, and it’s why so much of what I write about is focused on the idea I call “Splendor.”<\/a> As much as I can, I want to help the people I come into contact with — here and in the corporeal world — to navigate the path from rational self-interest to undiluted self-adoration — an attainable moral perfection.<\/p>\n

I like to think I help good people become better people. I know beyond all doubting that coming into contact with me induces bad people to become worse people. I absolve myself of all guilt in the matter: I would never, ever encourage anyone to pursue any sort of disvalue. But Joseph Ferrara, as an example, seems to have wasted two years of his irreplaceable life sticking metaphorical pins into a metaphorical doll of me<\/a>. How sad for him, but I am undaunted, undamaged, undiminished — quite the contrary.<\/p>\n

Poor Joseph is an extreme specimen, but he is hardly alone. Closer to home is Jonathan Dalton, who seems to devote some huge fraction of his every waking moment to trying to vanquish me in his imagination. He does this in secret, without naming me or linking to me. I wouldn’t even know it was happening, except that people keep sending me his snarky little posts. I cannot imagine what crime the poor slob has committed, that he would punish himself endlessly with thoughts of me, but never doubt that nature is just: Whatever his crime, certainly he<\/em> believes that obsessing over me — striving with all his might to shout me down inside his own mind — is the fate he has earned and deserved. How sad for him.<\/p>\n

Here’s a recent specimen of poor Jonathan’s obsession:<\/a><\/p>\n

So when you read that a listing agent will be checking your house every other day and will hold your house open every single weekend until it [sells] Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like to think that, as a secondary consequence of the things I do, I goad good people into becoming better people. This is a part of everything I do, but it’s why there is a category called “Egoism in Action” in BloodhoundBlog, and it’s why so much of what I write about is focused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,24,6,5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-egoism-in-action","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","10":"category-technology","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14039,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14039\/got-goals-prove-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":4328,"position":0},"title":"Got goals? 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