Wednesday, June 25, 2003

ZenBox to the Heart I just found an excellent holistic health blog. It is called ZenBox. The author is diligent (blush!) in putting out news items every day and it is all soooo interesting. I urge all you holistic dudes and dudettes to check it out as soon as you can. http://www.zenbox.org/index.php 4:46:43 PM     Looking for a Job The more I think about it, the more I think that looking for a job is ridiculous. Here's why. What are you doing when you look for a job? You are trying to tag along with someone else's business, hoping that you can help that owner fulfill their business dream. This is true whether you look for a job at a big company or a small company. Somewhere there is an owner, or group of owners/shareholders, and they have a vision for where they want the company to go. That vision fulfills something inside them (hopefully). As companies get larger, that vision becomes more and more cloudy, until you've got a publicly traded corporation that really exists only to make a profit for its stockholders (flowery vision statements notwithstanding). You, as a person, have certain things inside you that you need to have fulfilled. What is the likelihood that you can get that fulfillment by tagging along with someone else's vision (or lack of vision)? I guess it's possible, but unlikely. Okay, it's nice to talk about "vision" and "fulfillment," but I need money coming in. I got bills ta pay! I need some job security! Uh-huh. You're going to get job security at a big company? I remember when a company that I co-owned went bankrupt. I decided to start another company (risky, huh?) and my co-owner felt he needed the secure income of a big company. He looked for a while, found a company that would hire him, negotiated a good salary and job description, and started work. Nice steady paycheck! For two months. Then they laid him off. Tough times, they said. You didn't bring in enough business for us, they said. Meanwhile, my solo effort was doing fine. (Great, actually.) Who had the job security? Who had more control over their destiny (read: job security). Job security comes only in the form of skill sets. If your skills are up-to-date and polished, you've got all the security in the world. In an independent business, you need a wider breadth of skills, particularly with sales and marketing, that many people don't have. But it is possible to gain those skills. And when you do, you're secure. Am I crazy? Or just an avowed entrepreneurial cheerleader? Is there a friggin' difference? ----------------------------------------------------- More to come soon on... - the naturopathic debate - holistic diagnosis - "poverty is holy" 4:31:29 PM

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