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Business
Management : |
"Monks
who are buying the Ferraris!" |
Our obsession with money :
A fundamental shift taking place around the world
relates to the basic view people have about “Business.”
One common thought that occurs in anyone’s mind
is that business is about making money. This is
the traditional way of thinking since last several
centuries. People set-up businesses or take-up a
jobs to earn money. This is obvious, wide-spread
and common agreement.
What is our relationship and thoughts about these
companies or businesses?
What is our relationship and thoughts about the
individuals who work in companies? |
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Our current paradigm about companies, job,
career and money:
We can clearly see following:
1) Our entire world is constituted by Companies
or Businesses that supply us products and services
we need.
2) We clearly know and experience that these companies
and individuals who work for these companies are
ONLY motivated to earn money.
3) We pay money and buy their products/services.
That’s it. Our relationship with them is transactional.
4) As our view about the companies is a group of
people committed to earn money, when we think about
our jobs, we also think in the same way. We reduce
our role in the company to that of the money we
earn, our designation or our power.
5) We believe and act as if we are working in a
job, career or business JUST to earn money, like
everyone else.
The emerging new paradigm about businesses,
companies and money:
More and more people today realize and business
and job are NOT JUST about making money. Individuals
around the world are looking for sense of fulfillment,
joy, self-expression and contribution through their
work and career.
Working is fast becoming the vehicle to express
one’s own creative talent, skills and values. Work
has transformed itself into the tool for self-development
and self-growth.
Work gives people sense of who they are; their own
self-worth.
A new paradigm for work:
In this new view, people realize that:
1) Companies are group of dedicated and hard-working
individuals committed to create something useful
and valuable for society.
2) A person doing a job is engaged in productive
and creative actions that makes a contribution to
our world.
3) Career means moving forward in a job to make
increasingly higher level of contribution in making
this world wonderful.
4) Money or profit is an expression of companies’
ability to make concrete contribution to our community.
5) Business owners or entrepreneurs are creative
and passionate individuals who are out there to
do something that helps our world.
This new view is an empowering view. When we live
in this view, we will have a sense of appreciation
and gratitude towards million of hard-working and
responsible people who make up our experiences everyday,
who actually create our life. |
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