WHAT IS YOURS?

"How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you."

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet/novelist/dramatist.

But what is your duty?

How sad if you can't answer that question.

The good news is we all have them, many in fact, ever changing throughout our lives.

They may be related to military service, but often not.

They are related to things and certainly people.

You just need to find yours.

What's On Your Mind?

"A people which is able to say anything is able to do anything."

Napoleon Bonaparte

Late 18th/early 19th century French general

Do we have less, the same, or more freedom to say what we wish in business?

Is our "freedom", whatever that is, the same as an "obligation"?

Duty To Others

"A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations.  People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation."

Bertrand Russell

19th century British philosopher

But since personal relations are important in business, how do you separate the two?

You don't.

Duties can be accomplished without "enduring" those you perform them for, patient resignation or not.