Random Proverbs for Business
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I just found a great article on the net, simple, readable, and accurate on how to ride a horse. I will be citing it and building a post on its concepts in a day or two. Why would I search for such a thing? I was just going over some of my business affiliations in…
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"Don’t make waves." You have heard that advice. You have heeded it. perhaps you have given it. Perhaps it is the top of your list of survival techniques. There is only one problem with it. It is bad advice. With currents come waves … or perhaps currents are made of waves. Either way, they are…
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Are you optimistic? The Online Etymology Dictionary is my friend, confirming my quasi-informed suspicions about words and their origins such as "optimism." When I say I am optimistic, I want to know that what I think I mean is what I am really saying. Here is their take on the word: "1782, from Fr. optimisme…
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Jim Rohn says that some things are out of our reach until we develop ourselves. He says we have to stand on the books we read. Here is another quote from Jim: "Success is something you attract by the person you become." One more from Jim today: "Profits are better than wages. You earn a…
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Foreclosure filings nearly double LOS ANGELES (AP) Foreclosure filings across the U.S. nearly doubled last month compared with September 2006, as financially strapped homeowners already behind on mortgage payments defaulted on their loans or came closer to losing their homes to foreclosure, a real estate information company said Thursday. read more | digg story Proverbs…
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Tenacity is a good thing. Sticking with a dream, vision, or goal is a virtue. Sticking with it in the face of obstacles and hardships is heroic. ignoring one’s critics when they are nitpicking our inspired visions involves resolve, courage, and integrity. The extreme of that actually comes around full circle in opposition to virtuous…
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It has been my practice and spiritual discipline for several years to read a chapter of Proverbs each day that corresponds to the day of the month. That landed me in Proverbs 23 today. It is also become a discipline to apply some of what I have read to the realm of business and incorporate…
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These words and ideas are mine and reflect only my opinions, but they are deep convictions and they have led me to forms some relationships with organizations that address some of the inequities I have observed in society. Is the American ideal of liberty and justice for all a reality? It may be more so…
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There is a seemingly disingenuous urge on the part of practitioners of spiritual things to shun strategic planning as something outside the realm of the Spirit. It is as if we do not believe God cannot enter into the process of preparation, but must show up at the last minute in order to get all…
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This proverb is probably not just for critics. It may apply to complainers, insubordinate subordinates, hard headed students, confrontational friends, unreasonable clients, irritated supervisors, and infuriating customers. It teaches us to diffuse the fuse of the infused and prevent an explosive situation. It is just good personal and business policy and it comes straight from…
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