YOU COULD BE DOING TOO WELL

"A full cup must be carried steadily."

English proverb

Prosperity is a funny thing.

Becoming complacent regarding what you have can cause you to lose it.

Promise Not To Tell Anyone?

"What is told into the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away."

Chinese proverb

What are the consequences if a secret you share with someone is told by that person to someone else?

Answer that question before you tell them.

When Enough May Not Be

"Security is the chief enemy of mortals."

William Shakespeare

16the century British playwright/poet

Well security takes many forms and no one with too little to eat would agree with this.

But I do see his point.

Not a good thing to settle for what appears to be secure when you can and should accomplish more.

Ethics, $, Both?

"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence."

Henri Fredric Amiel

19th century Swiss philosopher

It is difficult to speak out against something you know to be wrong when your job is on the line.

How do you balance your personal need for ethics with your concern for economic security?

Delusional Security

"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion."

Edmund Burke

18th century British political writer

What "liberties" do we give up in our business lives, and for what "delusion"?

No matter if we work for someone else or ourselves, we trade absolute freedom, whatever that may be, for the promise of financial security (the money we receive for what we do.)

If Burke agreed with my interpretation he might also point out that it is delusional to believe that you ever have certain financial security, or that it can even be defined.

Will whatever it is today, be so tomorrow?

Reinvention: Change Or Die?

"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Mystic, Author

But do we need to "cross the sea"?

I also came across a quote from Tennessee Williams which said "Security is a kind of death" which to me implies the need to evolve.

Can you prosper staying where you are whether "you" are a company or an individual?

Or do you need to change to live?