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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 24072, member: 57463&quot;]Well, this is a topic that I have broached before, but I believe that people who respect themselves respect their money, whether it comes &quot;easy&quot; or &quot;hard.&quot;&nbsp; I learned to value money because it requires conscious effort to earn it.&nbsp; Unfortunately, subconscious or semi-conscious efforts are all that most employment requires of most people.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you consider what the so-called &quot;average&quot; person believes, it can be discouraging to appoint yourself educator-in-chief.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I look to the model of <b>Cognitive Dissonance</b> from <b>Leon Festinger</b>.&nbsp; Once we make a choice that is hard to undo (buying a car; buying a coin) we develop a long list of truly rational, reasonable, and logical, common sense explanations for our choice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the main reason that I warn people against taking someone else&#039;s word for &quot;good&quot; software for collection management.&nbsp; I always recommend getting, sometimes paying for, all the demos on CD (no downloads!).&nbsp; Then, load each one in turn with some of your collection.&nbsp; You will learn about how you collect.&nbsp; You might be surprised.&nbsp; You will also find out which products you like.&nbsp; When someone says, &quot;I bought this and it works pretty good for me.&quot; you need to run away.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, too, with TV.&nbsp; Once someone pays for the material, they are unlikely to admit to a mistake.&nbsp; In fact, Festinger points to an irrational process of changing one&#039;s opinion based on new facts.&nbsp; He says, you buy a luxury car and it is uncomfortable on long rides and you then say that comfort on long rides was not so important after all.&nbsp; So, it really is hard to bring the truth to people.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>(It has been said that coffee was discovered by a Muslim missionary who ran for his life after trying to tell some Ethiopians about his religion.&nbsp; Islam includes the story of Jesus, of course, so I guess the missionary felt lucky enough. At least we do not face that level of rejection.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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