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A word of advice
Good advice, real good advice. The kind of advice that pierces straight to the heart. The kind of advice that rings so true, empirically, intrinsically. The kind of advice that seems outside your realm of natural thought, you would have never thought of, you couldn’t see for yourself, but you intuitively know is right, even though you might not see it as clearly as they can. The kind of advice that is not only sound, essential, wise and insightful but the kind of advice that speaks to you, touches you, is spoken in a soulful whisper of openness, honesty and humility. The kind of advice that is more of a transfer of humanity from one person to another, that delivers energy, inspiration, encouragement, challenge, direction, compassion, understanding, enlightenment at exactly the right time and place. The kind of advice that you will remember for the rest of your life.
That kind of advice is like magic, it’s the rarest and most precious thing in this world. If you’ve ever received that kind of advice, be blessed. If you’ve ever had the privilege of ever sharing one, it’s a gift, thank you for all you’ve done and had to go through to reach the compassion and enlightenment to have done so.
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The Gift of Perseverance
Everyone is in a different circumstance. Environment. Financial. Social. Family. Everyone has a different struggle. Forces that try to make them give up, feel hopeless, let the struggle win.
But struggles are meant to be overcome. No matter how different, no matter how unfair, no matter how impossible. And wether or not we “win” or “lose”, it is the pursuit, fueling the hope and inspiration, never giving up. Because even if we “lose”, in the pursuit of perseverance we discover our gift.
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Time is Money
I think ultimately every product, service, innovation, technology is in some way to preserve, optimize and maximize time. I think we can trace back anything that is in need and demand to the desire for more time.
The light bulb helped us extend our daily active time and work past when the sun goes down. Refrigeration allowed us to keep food longer, meaning required time getting more food. The printing press, telephones and the internet speeds up the flow of information. Cars, trains and planes cut the travel time between distances. Even things like entertainment, movies, performances and music is an escape, maybe a suspension of time. Most of the things we buy like bread, groceries, laundry machines, furniture we are exchanging their time making those things to save us our own time.
Time is the invisible currency, what we are all trying to save and amass, trying to fit more time within a limited time. In a way, the fountain of youth.
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The opposite of Love?
If someone asked what is the opposite of “Love”. I think a lot of people would say “Hate”.
And I think there would be some that would say the opposite of “Love” is “Fear”. Which I’d agree with more. Hate, like jealousy, anger, resentment is just a symptom of fear.
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In exchange
In the simplest terms, business is our skills, talents, services exchanged with others. And how much time and work we’ve exchanged is represented with a token we call money.
We’re happy to pay our hard-earned money to a baker, who’s spent years perfecting their craft. Hours upon thousands of hours, upon thousands of breads. For all the work they do in a day to bake that perfect bread. We’re happy to exchange our work and time in the form of a small token in exchange for theirs. The artistry they share with their community to experience and enjoy.
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Purely Business
As we go through life we tend to gravitate to the activities that reciprocate the most positive feedback. As a child we might do something because we enjoy it or its fun. Then the positive feedback, an adult or peer might compliment the work and effort. Now that positive feedback becomes a loop, we do more of that activity for self-fulfillment but also because more affirmation helps us feel like we’re on the right track. As we continue on that track, our experience, knowledge and expertise becomes more narrow and focused. To the point where the skill, experience and knowledge reaches an expert, mastery level.
As humans being able to participate an exchange of these talents and skills is a social achievement. This interchange occurs mostly in the act of business transactions and is marred by its own flaws like greed and cheating. But it’s a gift, being able to recruit someone else’s talent with the money you earned from the talent you shared with someone else.
I wish “Purely Business” could mean people exchanging their skills, sharing their talents and gifts with others and the joy it brings to do so.
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Work * Time = Money
At its most simplification, Money is an exchange for work and time.
That is… Work * Time = MoneyAs a people, as a society, community we agree and participate in this exchange. Trying to regain our own time in exchange for someone else’s work and time.
(Work * Time) Rate = Money
The “Rate” is the variable, effected by supply and demand of the skill. How many people can do the skill versus how many people need the skill. The scarcity effected by what we invest ourselves in, education, experience, knowledge, expertise. The more development and advancement puts them in a smaller set of people that can do the job, limiting the supply.
We need this exchange, not everyone can be an expert at everything. When we require a service or product, we are paying for their expertise, ability, knowledge, experience. This is the great interchange of a society. The need for each other. People seek their own abilities with passion, necessity, development, experience, knowledge. And other people seek those people for their expertise, experience and knowledge. And vice versa. The plumber, baker, writer, doctor, we are all on an interchange with each other.