[Ailist] What is the Life Force (Vital energy/ Prana) ofBusiness?

[Rob Voyle]

Hi Lionel

I think "they all go to work to get paid" is a radical oversimplification.

Research shows that money is a "hygeine" factor you need a certain amount to 
ward off misery, but no amount will bring satisfaction or happiness. Satisfaction 
comes from participating in what is life-giving. You may work hard and get tired 
but sleep with a sense of satisfaction. Others may work hard become exhausted 
but have no satisfaction. The first has been engaged in something that is life-
giving, the other was being strip-mined. 

Think of the time you worked the hardest, perhaps writing your dissertation. did 
you do that for money or for our own or someone's approval? Did you get your 
dissertation just to make money or was there something else involved?

Rob



 


On 10 Nov 2009 at 8:37, Lionel Boxer wrote:

> They all go to work to get paid.  If they like the place - if there
> is a
> balance of social and ecological responsiblity - they will be less
> likely to leave for another job.  If there is no triple bottom
> line
> balance they will leave for a better paid job.
> 
> I work for a business with a good triple bottom line balance and I
> will
> likely never leave.