Life imitate coffee makers…

For those that are in the know about coffee makers, clover espresso machine is one of the best there is when it comes to coffee makers. It can be said to be among best of the top rated coffee makers (at more than $11 000, it better be right!).

Anyway, this machine was available in a coffee house in town and we all went to try the supposedly spectacular brew that it is able to do. The result was a dismay.

Not because the coffee was not good, or the machine did not deliver up to expectation, far from it, the coffee is really smooth and delievers great taste.

But, the experience was far from good. Firstly, it was crowded, and then because the shop want to attain maximum turn over, the staff come to us every few minutes asking us if we wanted more drinks (trying to get us to hurry up).

This spoils it all. We were there because we wanted to savor and enjoy the coffee, but alas, there was no such experience.

Don’t you think this is much like life? You can have all the best in life, good education, great look, nice cloths and superb career, but yet leave no impact and even negative impact on those around you.

Life after all is about living and living meant interaction and being part of a larger community.

Similar to the coffee house, it does not matter what you have, it is what you are able to give! If you have the best but is not impacting the community in any way, what is the point of having them?

If I am drinking a coffee that is from the most expensive machine, but have to do it within minutes, what is the different does it has from a cup of instant coffee?

Think about what is top rated, it might not be what you think all along…

A name is more precious than gold, that is so true with consumer reports coffee makers is in and also for life.

Coffee makers companies would try ways and means to get into these consumer reports, and if they are featured there, it meant good sales. However, more and more companies are paying to be inside these consumer reports.

If these reports are paid, it is still unbiased and can it still be trusted? Wouldn’t it be just like those advertisement? It would be what I called tainted.

The consumer repors coffee makers because of trying to make more money, actually ruined itself. The fact is, if it remains neutral but only accept sponsorship where appropriate, it might even be better.

A person life is similar to that. Imagine you started with nothing, build a reputation or business, then you wanted a short cut, a way to earn faster money and more cash, you did something that is not so right.

It would first start with something that is not so right, then something wrong, then finally something totally illegal.

Thus, stick to what is right, ethical and be driven by your passion and it is unlikely that you cannnot make a living out of it…

There I was yesterday musing about how one compare coffee makers can be like life in genereal, then a second later, I myself is trying to compare coffee makers and to get a good gift.

The truth is there are many resources to assist us in doing that, if you click the link above, it would bring you to a site that list easy to follow 4 steps in comparing and hopefully finding the coffee brewers you like.

But, even then, I consider it a hassle, for one, I still need to go and buy it. Then as I was surfing, I chanced upon the idea of doing some quick handmade gifts.

No need to pay money and it would show loads of sincerity. Isn’t that what most girls are looking for? In fact, even guys would not mind these handmade present right?

Check out the link to learn a tip or two, but according to the site, you would learn the most if you would to sign up with their ezine. I wonder if they would ever run out of things to say about their handmade gift ideas, or often would they be giving us these free skill training…

Anyway, I have signed up, and is now waiting for the first installment of ezine to teach me about origami, pretty cool don’t you think so…

What do I mean by that? Well, do you know how people would compare coffee makers? Check out the link to learn more about it. Anyway, there are many metrics aorund advising on how people should go about doing their coffee maker reviews or ratings.

However, if you ever go to the retail outlets, most people are still sold on the brands and the discount, never on the suitability factor.

Would a coffee machine that has a 50% discount that does espresso be suitable for some that drinks regular coffee only? People are buying based on emotions and urge and not on logic.

Similarly, people are living life according to their imagination or “sold” idea of how life should be. Think about it, 30 years ago, our fathers is always home for dinner and they spend money to raise a family.

Now with so many equipments and assets online, supposedly to make life easier, people are getting more stressed and less time to spend with family.

Checking emails and doing work late into the night is a sign of a reponsible corporate person. You meant to say our fathers are not responsible beings?

If you life you life as you would compare coffee makers, then that is a hard life. You are living according to the rules that the world set, the rules that the world wants you to live in so that everything can get going.

So, how should you live you life? First, you decide what is important? IS your business more important than your family? That meeting more important than your child first birthday?

You get the point.

I have not been posting for a while, suddenly just ran out of idea about coffee makers. Then, I saw some advertisement about cheap coffee makers, and how people complained about them and ideas came back.

Think about it. Cheap coffee makers that have a very low retail price might not be so cheap after all as it breaks down easily and usually produces low quality coffee.

Similarly, in life, there are many channels and outlets promising easy money. This is akin to cheap coffee makers, easy to attain goals. But, usually it is not sustainable.

I term these cheap goals. Easy to get but not much value in the long run. How can anyone expect to build a business overnight? It is really possible to attend a 3 hour seminar then expect to have a $10 K income per month?

I do not know about you, but these are going to be like cheap coffee makers, usable for a while, but fragile and breakdown very easily.

The next time, you see someone selling a $10K income dream to you, asked yourself this question, if he can teach people how to make $10K a month, and is already doing so, why is he not focusing his time to earn more $10K??

Best coffee makers similar to many other things in life is what people are always pursuring, then ironically, there is no such thing in the market. Do you know that while they might be a best coffee maker that is really for you, the search is internal rather than external.

What do I mean by that? The best coffee brewer is about fitting into your lifestyle and so you have to identify and know your own lifestyle prior to anything else, such as looking for that coffee maker.

Thus, no matter how many reviews or ratings you read about coffee maker, you would never find an exact fit if you did not take your lifestyle first into consideration. The fact is, the brewer in your neighbourhood store might be right for you if you know how to fit it into your life.

Don’t you find this is so  similar to how we live our life? We tend to look around for the important things to end out missing the things that are around us but is truly important.

They says sarcity makes things valuable. But, if you think about it, while gold and diamond are deem to be very valuable, it can neither brings you health (cannot be eaten) nor happiness (only your love ones can do that).

So, the next time you look for the best this and that, remind yourself that the best there is, might be around you already!

One of the strongest word that impresses me as I read the coffee maker ratings is “can you rate love?”. No, I do not think you can rate love and from there I also change my perception on how one should be rating coffee makers.

But, first what has this got to do with my daily rant about how life and coffee makers are similar. Well, consider this: in coffee maker ratings, we look for numbers to justify how good a coffee machine is, but the truth is, that alone does not ensure a great coffee.

It is the moment spend with a love one that would give one a great coffee -that is a undeniable fact. Similarly, when we are going through life, we often look at the material things that highlight whether one has “make it”, and use it as a measurement of success.

The recent financial crisis has shown that “what it seens, might not be what it is”! Imagine, a century old financial institution collapsing within days and many big institutions brought to their knees.

It seems impossible but looks can be deceiving. How they came down might be discussed in another rant probably known as greed, but in this section, I would be focusing on the looks can be deceiving and dangerous.

Many people in order to make the impression that they have arrived or make it, live in big houses, drive big cars and live lavishly. In the end, when situation happens, once they lose their only means of livelihood, they lost everything.

Things you have does not the measure the level of your success, it is the moments you have with your love ones that matters!

Reading the coffee maker ratings, most contributors did not talk about the great machines that they have. Most of them touches on the moments enjoyed with their love ones. Which I  think is something we can draw from in one living.

Material stuff are the means to enjoy the moments with your love ones. But the enjoyment is the end, is the result that you want. So, even without those material stuff, you can still enjoy the moments, then why would you be so bother with the material stuff?

**Note: Perhaps the author of the site think that money should not be an issue when it comes to enjoying coffee, he is giving a ebook on free coffee for every story that you contribute, that is what i call a sweet deal…