When Tom Kelly spoke with the Stanford Technology Venture Program years ago, he emphasized, "Do what you love because you will be good at it and you will be willing to put in the extra work." He also referred to a talk given by Jim Collins who talked about three circles. The three circles were: What are you good at? What are you born to do? And what will people pay you to do. When they all interconnect, it will not only give you the answer of what to do with your life, but also how to find happiness doing it. He talked about how he was good at math, but was unhappy with the program in college. This reminded me of a story from Henry B. Eyering. His father was a brilliant and world renowned scientist. When Henry was in college doing a physics degree, he asked his father to help him with a complex mathematical problem. His father asked him, "When you walk down the street, when you're in the shower, when you don't have to be thinking about anything else, isn't this what you think about?" When Hal answered no, he was advised to get out of physics. His father said, "You ought to find something that you love so much that when you don't have to think about anything, that's what you think about." This story fits perfectly into Collins' theory. Not only should you be good at something, but you should also be passionate about it.
Virtue and integrity are vital to an economy because the laws that the markets are governed by depend on these virtues. If they do not stay intact, then the entire structure of the market will become so unreliable that no one will trust the system. If this happens the markets will empty. We are getting dangerously close to this scenario. The main reason for our increasing distrust is because business leaders are putting enormous amounts of priority into the shareholder value. Playing the game with these new rules motivates companies to make decisions that center around a company's share price. These decisions could increase profits like cutting expenditures, but at what price!? We are seeing that businesses are putting more value in taking care of itself before caring for others. Now is where virtue and integrity need to insert themselves onto the scene if we want to prevent a deteriorating market. We are seeing a surge in this somewhat within the last ...
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