Sunday, August 31, 2008
Religion
As I said, my religion is Harry Potter. Don't know that religion? Try reading the books not just watching the movies and you will see what I mean. It's really simple. Evil is all around. It hides itself from the good in the world and works in the shadows to corrupt the good. Life is hard but not impossible. Learn as you live and listen to the people you meet and filter what they tell you and make your own choices. Many challenges can be overcome with the help of a few close friends. When the bad times come, you will find that you have more friends than you realized. Good triumphs over Evil in the end. Pretty simple Huh? We could all use a little magic now and then. In the meantime, play with puppies!
Remember the late 80's?
During the late 80's I attended a few great concerts. At some of these concerts a petition was circulated, and after reading it I signed it. Basically it said that "We the people no longer support the government and want to scrap it and start again." Pretty simple really but then my monkey mind started thinking outside the box. Picture the future. What if this petition caught on and went nation wide? Suppose 80% of the registered voters in this country signed this petition and a naional election was called. Then suppose 83% of the American public voted for what this petition said. Do You Really Think That Your Government Would Listen To What The People Wanted? Do You Think That They Would Give Up Their Power And Let Us Start Over? Would This Be The Cause Of A Modern Day Revolution? Someone please explain to me why you think you matter to your government?! This government does us more harm than good. They interfere in our lives on a level that they should not. Family Values? They want to tell us what our family values should be? News to you boys...In this country there is no one set of family values that everyone accepts. It means many things to each of us. To me it is life,liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Now who my life partner is(Kathy Collingwood), is none of their business. What religion I practice(Harry Potter), is not their business. Family values from crooks, cheats, and adulters? Not in my life!
How To Run A Business
First we need to redefine the meaning of success. Your business will be a success when your people that work for that business are successful. You cannot have one without the other. When you start a business you make a commitment to the people that you hire. They are your challenge. You need to be the best employer that they have ever had. That's something that you need to work on everyday. Make them never regret the day that they came to work for you. Sound simple? Try it, it ain't easy. Stand behind your people. They are trying to do the best job for your business. Realize that mistakes will be made because we are human. It's a learning mistake then. Always be available to your employees. Without them you are nothing. Encourage them to give ideas on what they think would make the business better. Some of them will have some good ideas but you would never know if you didn't talk with them. It's your business to run but be open about what you want to do. Explain why you want to do this and outline your hopes and fears in doing it. They might clue you in to some hopes and fears that you didn't think of. The days of greed must end. Profit is obtainable if you start to share it with your employees. Over the years as I've crossed this great nation of ours, I've spoken many times on how I would run a trucking company since this is what I know. Many drivers have said that they would work for me. Some even have given me their names just in case I do start one. Total strangers that heard my business plan and liked what they heard. My monkey mind get's a workout all the time as the miles go by.
Redistribution of Wealth
How about a cap on personal income? Let's say $5 million would be the max allowed. If you can't live on that much(and live well), you've got a problem and need professional help. How about the next time a company wants to pay their CEO above that amount, they must redistribute the compensation above that mark to all employees in that company? How about a hefty tax if you make more than $5 million a year with no loopholes? Somewhere around 70% would be good. Or the CEO could select a charity or two to support with his compensation above that limit. Think of it, you could one up your peers with your good deeds instead of bigger cars, houses, boats, and the garbage that you currently buy. The working class would get a yearly boost for the good work of the CEO and company that they are a part of. These CEO's take charge of these companies and change them to get more out of them. Even if this company fails, he goes on to another cushy job at another company. The workers that he leaves behind in the failed company are the ones that bought into his quest because they had no choice. They needed the job so they did as directed. Now while he goes on to another CEO job, they are trying to collect unemployment. Sound fair to you? The workers are the ones that are taking the risk because they cannot bounce into another job as easy as these CEO's can. With all the obscene compensation that they were paid, their transition to the next job is a lot easier than the workers. Lewis Black is right, Profit can be obscene, tities cannot.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Typo or Tom Ridge moment?
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