I qoute from The law of gratitude,

"Being grateful for everything that happens, good or bad, is one of the biggest shifts in the way you think. Gratitude for the good will give you more of it". 

Rock on, my friend!!!  :-D

Quote from: ragsac on May 07, 2008, 23:02

I qoute from The law of gratitude,

"Being grateful for everything that happens, good or bad, is one of the biggest shifts in the way you think. Gratitude for the good will give you more of it". 

Rock on, my friend!!!  :-D

Amen.

You can see the glass half empty or half full. It is your choice. I choose to be positive. I choose to be happy. I do indeed thank my boss (not every week mind you) and my company for giving me the opportunity for good pay, good insurance and being able to work from home. If you see that as stupid, then in my opinion (and it is MY opinion), then you are not a happy person and are not thankful for what you do have.

I don't post on SS or IS or anywhere else these thank yous, but i sure don't see anything wrong with it nor do i choose to think badly of those who do and call them names.

Many often complain that they aren't paid enough, aren't appreciated by their manager (if they have a job), aren't appreciated by their spouse etc... but if you'd stop and think and start appreciating them, then more than likely, they'll appreciate you more and more good things will come your way.

Whining and complaining does very little good (i've done my share and i see what it has done for me - nothing).

I'm sure I will catch a few flames for this one, but what the heck. I'm feeling a little Miz-ish today.

I'd like to appeal to Shutterstock contributors to stop thanking SS every time you get a payout.

Good for you Helix, and thank you for making that post, and thank you to those who contributed and thank you to those who didn't. And thank you for letting me submit.  Oh and thank the lord for Helix and his outspoken words of wisdom.

You're absolutely right, these muppets would piss you off something rotten with their voluminous thank you notes every time SS so much as farts in their direction.  When is it going to stop. NEVER! Now have a look at their portfolios and it'll give you another clue.

The meek shall inherit the earth if that's ok with everyone else 

My mother always said "Never thank your boss for your paycheck because you earned it.  And, if you didn't earn it, you better start looking for a new job."  So I do see where helix7 is coming from... if we considered Shutterstock our boss.

On the other hand, I don't really see the harm in it.  Although Shutterstock is a faceless company there are people working there who might read the thread as a "job well done"  If they are successfully marketing your images, don't they deserve a few kudos every now and then.  Don't think of it as addressed to a company think of it as addressed to the people in marketing department who wrote and placed the right ads and the people in accounting department who didn't screw up your payout. 

If you were selling your images through a gallery, and the gallery sold several of your images would you really not thank the gallery owner/employee as they handed you your check?

PS  Since you're playing MIZ.  Why do people read threads and then bitch about them?  Why not just not read them?  I haven't figured out the logic behind that.

What gets me is these people should be thanking SS for the raise by now.  Every day they delay it they are making extra money and we are losing out.  I hope to see the thanks for the raise thread very soon.

Quote from: DanP68 on May 08, 2008, 01:18

I wonder, since you are also leading a popular thread where you are considering exclusivity at iStock, if this "thank you thing" is just an excuse to get angry at SS about something else?  I say, go ahead and make the move to iStock.  You sound like you will be much happier once you do.

Wow. Way to completely misinterpret that thread and this one.

Where did I ever say that I had a problem with SS? And where did I say in the other thread that I have any plans to go exclusive with istock?

This thread is about SS contributors, and a very small number of them. The other thread is about what the istock exclusivity program would need to change to create a fair program and draw contributors like me into it. I suppose you can interpret anything I've written in any way you like, but saying that I have some issue with SS and want to make excuse to go exclusive at IS is one hell of a stretch, not to mention completely false.

I'd say it's nothing more complicated that you hitting a raw nerve with some of our more obsequious members.

Unfortunately their egos tend to be just as fragile as their "need to please" personalities, so don't be surprised by a huge outpouring of anger and distortion in their attempts to seek revenge.