Daniel Meyer

takes pictures 📸 gm⚡️gn 🤝

[Edward Hopper @artisthopper]

Office in a Small City - 1953 #artbots #hopper

[Muse @xmuse_]

Rembrandt - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Monica Bellucci & Vincent Cassel photographed by Henny Garfunke, 2001

[bluesharp @bluezharp]

Susan Tedeschi🎸 🎶'Little By Little'

[Impressions @impression_ists]

Gustav Klimt, Death and Life, 1908

[CameraLab @cameralab21]

Tazio Secchiaroli - Sophia Loren, 1956

[Art Guide @ArtGuide_db]

Vincent van Gogh
Sunflowers, 1888

[Albert Camus Quotes @houseofcamus]

“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.”

— Albert Camus

[Vincent van Gogh @vangoghartist]

The Green Parrot - 1886 #artbots #vangogh

[neave @n3ave]

Chloe on film

[neave @n3ave]

Cloud on film

[Daniel Meyer @danielmeyer_org]

@elisewouters 🖤

[Daniel Meyer @danielmeyer_org]

@elisewouters 🌊⏳

[T @tomhuzz]

dubai bouncer, 6'5" nigerian guy
gold teeth, broken english
waves me past a 2-hour queue

"why?" i asked
thought he mistook me for someone

"you tip before party
not after
only one type comes back"

handed him 200 dirhams earlier
just being polite
didn't expect special treatment

"rich people tip going in
poor people tip going out
one is investment
one is charity"

watched the queue while drinking
noticed the pattern:

flashy guys arguing about cover charge
real money walking straight through
no questions asked

decided to test his theory
that whole night:

tipped the bathroom attendant first
got insider info on private party

tipped the bartender before ordering
never waited for a drink again

tipped the valet before parking
they watched my car like hawks

met 3 potential clients that night
all in areas i wouldn't normally access
closed £30k in deals within a week

now i pre-tip everywhere:

barbers: perfect cuts, zero wait
restaurants: tables appear from nowhere
hotels: upgrades i never requested
flights: "somehow" business class opens up

that bouncer changed my whole philosophy:

luck isn't random
it's pre-paid

you don't tip because you got service
you tip because you want service

poor people react
rich people pre-act

started teaching this to students:

"pay before you need to
give before you have to
tip before they serve you"

one student started pre-tipping
at every business meeting location
never waits for a table
always gets the quiet room
closing rate went up 40%

because when you tip after
you're saying "thank you"

when you tip before
you're saying "i'm valuable"

completely different energy
completely different results

the lesson:

stop waiting for luck
start manufacturing it
with 50 dirham bills

fortune favors the prepared
but serves the pre-tippers

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[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Sade 🖤

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Miles Davis in his hotel room.

[Impressions @impression_ists]

Turner

[Ina de Bree @InadeBree]

‘So I can’t live either without you or with you.’

Ovid, Amores, 16 BC

Louis Servedio-Morales

[Albertine @Disparue23]

Week-end