The Business of My Life: February 2010

I think I make choic

I think I make choices and that I have control over how I live my life! Really? Is this true or an assumption? Examine my daily actions. Every decision I make in every day is based on a lie that I tell myself. I buy a $1000 Louis Vuitton bag because I “feel” better when I carry it. I believe it gives me power of a kind and upgrades my presentation making me look more professional. It also makes me feel successful and wealth. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I can eat at a certain restaurant because I “feel” like I am eating good healthy food and this makes me a more responsible and healthier person. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I buy groceries at the Woolworths at closer smaller older suburb up the road as there is easy parking and I can just walk in without queuing – and this buys me more time and makes my life easier. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I bank with Westpac because they have looked after us for 20 years, both our families banked with them and they give us what we want. We feel safe and valued and know that our business is valued and our savings and investments are sound and guaranteed. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I buy meat from an organic butcher to ensure my family eat meat that isn’t filled with hormones so I feel like a responsible caring parent and a socially just member of society who will not tolerate the cruel conditions that animals are kept in. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? Every decision I make in every day is based on a lie that I tell myself. Where did these assumptions originate? Whose value system am I deferring to? Why do I consider this external source of power to be greater than my own? Look at what you do in a 24 hour period and review the game you play while making daily choices and answer these questions for yourself.

think I make choices

think I make choices and that I have control over how I live my life! Really? Is this true or an assumption? Examine my daily actions. Every decision I make in every day is based on a lie that I tell myself. I buy a $1000 Louis Vuitton bag because I “feel” better when I carry it. I believe it gives me power of a kind and upgrades my presentation making me look more professional. It also makes me feel successful and wealth. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I can eat at a certain restaurant because I “feel” like I am eating good healthy food and this makes me a more responsible and healthier person. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I buy groceries at the Woolworths at closer smaller older suburb up the road as there is easy parking and I can just walk in without queuing – and this buys me more time and makes my life easier. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I bank with Westpac because they have looked after us for 20 years, both our families banked with them and they give us what we want. We feel safe and valued and know that our business is valued and our savings and investments are sound and guaranteed. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? I buy meat from an organic butcher to ensure my family eat meat that isn’t filled with hormones so I feel like a responsible caring parent and a socially just member of society who will not tolerate the cruel conditions that animals are kept in. Really? Is this true or are these assumptions based on responses to various beliefs and stories based on someone ELSE's value system who I perceive as having more power than me? Every decision I make in every day is based on a lie that I tell myself. Where did these assumptions originate? Whose value system am I deferring to? Why do I consider this external source of power to be greater than my own? Look at what you do in a 24 hour period and review the game you play while making daily choices and answer these questions for yourself.

I love this. Helen K

I love this. Helen Keller said "I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."

“Judge a tree from

“Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves” - Euripides

Robert Louis Stevens

Robert Louis Stevenson said "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant" I'm planting a bumper crop today! How about you?

George Jellinek said

George Jellinek said "The history of a people is found in its songs." Well today in Australia, a landmark decision forever linked two of our greatest aussie songs. A struggling label seeking to build it's business plays the "little aussie battler victim" card and the australian legal industry goes down in history as one big joke.