When Ethics and Morality Are Separated in Business We All Lose
Posted on September 23, 2008
I recently heard a friend of mine had lost alot of money and was turning into a nightmare. He had run to an affair, he began to hit every transaction he did on his credit card with a charge back, he was running to and fro doing anything to save himself. Sadly, the same ethics he was using to recover from his bad situation were the same ethics he used in building his business. My heart bleeds for him because this is not the man I knew as friend.
When ethics and morality are separated in business we all lose. We live in a day and age where anything goes, you are the most important person on the planet and you have to do what you have to do in order to get anywhere. Wow, look at the results of such lies and the trouble we\'re all in and you\'ll see it just isn\'t so. The truth is we all can be successful with good hard labor and solid working ethics. Cutting corners makes a business weak and eventually the reality will hit: The weakest link in a business will make it fall.
So what is the answer? Go back to basics, go back to what made this country of ours exist.
With the autonomy that the internet holds never before have ethics become a major crisis. People become who they want to be behind a computer screen. Sometimes not for the better. I remember when I met some of my clients at a recent seminar for training development for their business and they said to me, \"You are no different than you appear on the computer! There\'s really no cross over for you.\" That is the highest compliment I have ever received. That is my goal- what you see here on this screen is what you will get in person, actually, you\'ll get a better me that you can\'t experience here on the computer. Warmth, tenderness, eye contact, body language of sincerity and integrity are what you\'ll meet in person.
A spirit of poverty has plagued our nation for far too long. Poverty causes people to blame, to accuse, to not take personal responsibility. Poverty causes people to play the victim and never take a good hard look at themselves and their life. Poverty will causes cutting corners and unethical immoral practices in business. I was bound by poverty not too long ago, and was groomed with poverty. Breaking free wasn\'t easy but it was the best thing I\'ve ever done for my business. When you cross over from the poverty zone over to the prosperity zone, trust me, you\'ll know it. Things aren\'t so hard anymore. Losses don\'t matter as much, they are educational. Challenges are parts of success and obstacles are just challenges to break through.
I once heard a famous copywriter, Jay Abraham, say, \"Wealth and prosperity are two different things, wealth can be had by making a lot of money but prosperity affects all aspects of a person and a business.\" Wealth and prosperity are two different things. Wealth brings money. Prosperity changes a life.
When ethics and morality are separated in business we all lose. Make the choice today to walk the path that has always led to prosperity.
(c) Sandi Krakowski, 2007. All rights reserved.
Sandi Krakowski is a woman that decided to break the rules in her own life when in 2003 she was diagnosed with a fatal health condition. Recovering 100% and leaving doctors baffled, she went from being over $ 500,000 in debt to a totally debt free lifestyle that she now works under 20 hours per week from the comfort of her radical space in her home office, many times on the grass behind her house where the birds hang out. She is passionate about helping others to live the life they want now, sharing her own personal experience of facing a life threatening disease in the face and conquering fear, debt and illness. She now operates a marketing and copywriting business that has taken everyday average people to a place of notoriety on the net with very little effort. If you liked or maybe even LOVED this article, let Sandi know. She\'s piecing together a book and wondering if anyone would even read it! Contact Sandi at: http://www.sandikrakowski.com
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