Herman School of Business
Who Are You Here For?
Are you here for you or are you here for others? Are you doing whatever you are doing to please yourself…or get the acceptance of others or provide for someone else? People who think they are givers are often takers.
Politicians swear they enter Public Service to help others and then spend a lifetime building their nest at the expense of the rest of us. I believe they have a different mirror than most of us do…because I can stand right next to them looking into that mirror and I sure do see something different than they see.
But…this is the essence of this posting so pay attention: What most people do…regardless of what they say they are doing…doesn’t screw up the rest of us nearly as much as those we give power too! Shareholders have been acting like dolts over the last ten years for one reason. The leaders fed them bullshit and made the shareholders think they were getting richer…and that meant that even when they looked in the mirror and saw a horror story of growth that was obviously out of whack with the norm…shareholders saw what the leaders of our business enterprises wanted us to see. Forgive me for some arrogance here…I was seeing the truth and screaming at the top of my lungs for all to hear me…and not many were listening.
Boom…the leaders of this country in business and government got up each day…put on their best clothes or coiffed their hair perfectly…and went to work each day making decisions that were in their best interests…and we just stood by and let them destroy our economy. And now we are so shocked by the devastation…we are letting the same leaders stay in charge. What are you thinking?
Mayo Shattuck runs Constellation Energy. They wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in areas that had nothing to do with creating energy or sending it into your home. His company made ridiculous “bets” with our money instead of efficiently looking for cheap power to supply to his customers at the lowest possible price. Mayo is a “Rock Star” who lives large, smiles at charity functions (Business leaders love giving away shareholders money…it makes them feel good) and he attends all major sports events…in a private box with a caterer. Now the company issues press releases that say the company is in crisis through no fault of their own…it’s the economy! And the company actually says… “Thank goodness we have Mayo…no one else is qualified enough to calmly guide us out of this economic mess.” Well frankly America if you let this go on it is you who are ridiculous.
Speaking has been my goal for the last two years. I would often say I wanted to help people by sharing my knowledge. Sounds good but doesn’t really say anything specific. Blasting away here in a blog posting is meant to “help” others. Not quantitative enough! I want my message to be more specific.
You must change or we are doomed. It is now my responsibility to change you…so you will change the world. Now that is simple enough. If I do my job and shock you, inspire you, prick at your last nerve, make you laugh, and make you think, enough to actually make you act differently…then in fact I can quantify my efforts. Because if I change you, then you will change the world.
Now…get me more speaking engagements please or send me more readers here…because doing this one person at a time takes too long. If you would just give me a bigger audience so I can change enough individuals in one setting we can fix things a lot faster.
- Posted: 23 March 2009
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- Category: Business success
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