Greedy Bastard! Your Role And Responsibilities
Oh…you’re and entrepreneur are you?
Greedy Bastard!
Surely you know THAT’S what some people think about you and say about you behind your back!
A successful entrepreneur drives down the street in his Ferrari or builds his mansion.
If not to his face, then behind his back, many grumble about his greed.
BUT if THEY hit the mega-jackpot lottery, they might very well do the same things!
Most lottery winners do!
It’s not a moral objection to greed they’re expressing.
It’s the sin of envy!!
Too often, achievement, accomplishment, and ambition are defined as greed.
Here’s my clarification:
Greed is attempting to get something for nothing!!
To take without exchange!
Is getting the most money possible for the goods or services you deliver greed or intelligence?
Is it greed or ambition?
Are you a better person if you voluntarily get less money than you could for the goods or services you deliver?
NO! In fact, you are a derelict in your duty as a business owner.
You have a duty to yourself, your family, your investors, partners, or shareholders, your lenders, your suppliers and your customers!
That responsibility is to attain the absolute highest and greatest profits possible so can stay in business successfully to honor every commitment to every one of these constituencies!
To settle for anything less than the most is absolute dereliction of the responsibility of business ownership and leadership!
To settle for anything less is to leave your business vulnerable, possibly fragile.
And YOU should be fired!!
Doing this job and honoring your responsibility is a matter of integrity!
Now here’s my question for you:
What is your entrepreneurial responsibility?
What is THE entrepreneur’s responsibility?
What must you do in order to deserve your place on the planet and your success, prosperity, security, and wealth?
Hmmm…tomorrow we find out!
Well, can’t wait til tomorrow then!
Right on, Duane! This is an excellent post and so true. I hold integrity very high on my list of values. Waiting for tomorrow’s post.
Sue Crutcher, Life Empowerment Mentor
Money, Marketing and Soul Coach
I agree with you that greed is the desire for unearned rewards. As long as you earn threm through work, brains, leverage, and or taking risk, you deserve what you earn.
At the same time, entrepreneurs need to treat others honestly and ethically, as they want to be treated by those they are cooperating with.
Seize the Day,
Rob
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Duane,
The part on JOB from a relevant article from Kevin Hogan’s current Coffee eZine: “Developing Relentless Will Power” from his Coffee newsletter. That article will be off his website in 6 days to include in his new book.
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Awesome post! Looking forward to tomorrow’s!
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We definitely have a responsibility to optimize. But we have to do it in way that serves the whole because it feeds back on us. I like what you had to say about greed…something for nothing. So true.
Anthony
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This is an excellent post Duane-O!
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Looking forward to finding out tomorrow.
Pam
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