75% success
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In Caseyspeak, "75% success" means: "I actually not only thought about it, but also did at least one single measurable and tangible thing towards it's attainment, before I got distracted by a shiny thing".
Casey demonstrated its usage in his first foreclosure call[1]:
NACHO: ...have you been taking the trash out regularly?
CASEY: ...with the trash, I’ve been OK. I’d say about 75% success. There’s been a couple of times I’ve seen the trash truck on its way and I’m running out the door to try to get the trashcan out, and there were once or twice when I missed it. But I’m doing pretty good, I think.
In the Casey-o-sphere, laws of normal probability are suspended, and rather than an honest coin having a 50%-50% chance of either heads or tails; in Casey's world, it depends on his will.
Therefore, in a coin (or home) flip, if he desires heads, then there is a 75% chance it will be heads, and similarly, if he desires tails, it has the 75% probability. This is why the term 75% success shows up so very frequently (in fact, 75% of his usage of 'successful' is linked to 75%) in Casey's language. However, in conventional terms, it merely means he wishes it were so.
What 75% success does not mean to Casey, is what it means to those in the conventional world, simply: "The job is not yet done!"
In Casey's world, intending to do a thing is equivalent to having done it, regardless of the actual outcome.
See also success, and also failure.
[edit] References
- ↑ Facing Foreclosure Call Transcript 1, IAFF, March 23rd, 2007
