Am feeling professionally blocked, these last few days, as I have let the Internet be a place where I go to receive bad feelings, instead of a tool I use to do better business and make more money and maybe read about sports. Additionally, feeling conflicted and weak because I let it.
So just now, I’m taking a break from Photoshop and pop into the reader, and the only two new feeds are these:
“Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.” — Plato (428-347 BCE)
Consider This:
To be alive is to struggle and grow. At times it can feel like a battle. Stuck in your daily battles, it’s easy to forget that everyone else is struggling too. That we’re all in the same boat. Have compassion for others. Compassion isn’t born from a desire to be “nice.” It’s born from realizing that no matter what it looks like on the surface, another’s struggles aren’t so different from yours.
Strong business growth indicators: Revenue, retention and KARMA
Even when a close friend of mine, an entrepreneur, was jobless and broke, he offered to pay for our dinners together. Initially I refused; if I’m employed, I argued, and I have an income, I should be the one to pay for dinner. On occasion he’d let me have my way, and other times he refused. By not letting him spend money, he said, I was not allowing him to receive money.
He explained it to me this way: Money is not just physical currency, or income, or wealth, but rather energy that flows with karmic implications. By not spending it, you are not allowing yourself to receive it. Though he was currently short on funds he would never get out of his situation if he didn’t put money, or energy, back in motion.
So maybe this take on money is a bit woo-woo for your taste, but from a business standpoint it makes perfect sense: Companies that believe in discretionary spending tend to thrive, and companies that hoard their wealth stay small.
I just got a message. It was clear, and it was in a 16-point blue Bloglines headline font.
