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Albert Einstein once said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
One way to approach a difficult conundrum is to think about how “conventional wisdom” would see a situation, and then look at it from the an opposite or different viewpoint. [Read more…]
[Today’s selection is courtesy of 70 Reasons Not to Be an Entreprenuer (and why I wouldn’t do anything else) by Michael A. Babiarz, copyright 2013, all rights reserved]
The third of Gandhi’s seven spiritually detrimental traits is commerce without morality. In today’s terms, we mean conducting business without ethics.
Let’s face it. It’s hard to be honest and ethical when others around you aren’t. [Read more…]
We know of bullying. Whether in the school or the workplace or other venue, bullying is now much in the news. Does bullying extend to NFL locker rooms? It will be interesting to see how the convoluted situation in Miami plays out. [Read more…]
The second of our seven deadly sins of entrepreneurship, adapted from Gandhi’s list of seven spiritually detrimental traits, is “pleasure without conscience.”
What this “sin” speaks to is greed. Greed is also commonly listed as one of the biblically defined seven deadly sins. What we speak of is the accumulation of wealth without regard to how you procure it or for what purpose you intend to use it. The goal is simply the acquisition and nothing more. Think of the character Scrooge from Dickens, or, for those of you with a more well-rounded education, Scrooge McDuck from the comic books. [Read more…]
Expectations have an enormous impact on your behavior. Expectations are one of the ways in which your brain organizes and makes sense of contemplation of the future. Your thoughts, the little dialogue which continually operates within your “self”, essentially focus on either the past, the present, the future, or some combination of these three.
Expectations generally deal with thoughts of the future. An expectation may help you set goals and lead you on a path to take action to meet those goals. An expectation can help you as an athlete excel. An expectation can assist you in healing, as in a belief of the power of medication to cure disease or reduce pain, even in cases where the medication is a placebo. Expectations motivate you to achieve results and meet goals. [Read more…]
Here’s a real problem for many small business owners, particularly those who engage in what are commonly known as the “professions.” An added expense to maintaining a business is additional expenses to one’s personal lifestyle. This is sometimes known as “the golden handcuffs.” A professional needs to maintain a certain image to attract business, and then has to chase increasing amounts of dollars to pay for that image. He or she needs the right clothes, the right car, the right house, and to eat, shop and be seen at the right places. If at some point the professional wants to take a step back and simplify his or her life, the golden handcuffs make it difficult to do so. [Read more…]
Mohandas Gandhi created a list of seven traits that he believed to be spiritually detrimental to each and every one of us. Today, and for six articles thereafter, I am going to adapt these seven sins, applying them to the world of the entrepreneur.
Albert Einstein said, “there are two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
A quote to ponder:
“We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
Indira Gandhi
As I write this, the federal government is shut down. Whether you think that this is a good or bad idea, what if you took this concept and applied it in your personal life?
Concerned that an event, such as a health issue, natural disaster, job loss or relationship problem might wipe out your nest-egg?
Has a loved-one made your their Power of Attorney & you are unsure what steps to take?
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