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Ethical Business Model…

February 13, 2009 4:59 pm

I believe many Christians have a difficult time striking a reasonable balance between business ambition and motivating first principles. I am one of them. I want to make a lot of money someday, although I would settle with paying the bills for now. In light of that, most of the time, an Ecclesiastical aphorism will do…

Ecclesiastes 2:24
A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God

There are a lot of sayings and inspirational quotes about how adversity reveals character… but I think the spotlight of success, especially in today’s culture of celebrity, is a much better litmus test…

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
~Albert Einstein

The goal of working more hours to make more money can suffice for a few years, but before long, the suspicion that there has to be something better as a foundational work ethic creeps into view. As a new business owner, I find myself with the real responsibility of asking questions like; “Why am I doing this?”


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So far, so good…

August 15, 2008 3:56 pm

For years the thought of being “out on my own”, out from underneath the protective wing of corporate America, was one of the scariest possibilities I had to consider.

How do freelancers make a go of it?

… is what I would ask myself…

I believe I am figuring it out.  You learn to swim, and you don’t pity yourself treading water when all the boats around you are sinking.  Jumping into the icy Atlantic is not as hard when you are standing at the tip of the Titanic.  In an odd sort of way, the depressed economy is the biggest boon to my freshly outfitted indipendent business owner mind set.  Most of what I see that has been done is not all that appealing, starting something new has really become my only hope.



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Open For Business…

July 30, 2008 5:05 pm

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