Profit-point for all concerned = win/win.

We must see, touch and taste poverty - Greg Mortenson on the Tavis Smiley show

The people putting "solutions" together globally for the healing of the global economy cannot remedy the economic challenges in the United States or elsewhere; in fact for the most part "they" do not have a clue about poverty. We must at least be willing to see it and acknowledge it to overcome it.

Now, I don't have a clue about what poverty is like on a scale of say, India and Her people, however, I do know about having no money not being able to pay rent and being in debt.

We are now impoverished in this country; the country known for many, many years as the richest country in the world. I believe that the impoverishment isn’t as much about money as it is about an emptiness within that we’ve continually tried to fill up with money and stuff. The end result has shown up as “no money”. Well, I'm making the decision to no longer experience that, how about you?

Look in the mirror and decide to make the change starting with you. When we really think about it, the only person we can change is ourselves. I know that I cannot change the government, either of the United States, or any other country, my neighbor, or anyone who runs a company on Wall Street.

What I know for sure is, the work that needs to be done is within. It all starts with the individual and being willing to change our consciousness around our relationship with money. When you look at any of the large corporations we know individuals run them. If the individuals running the corporation bring a fear of money, a vagueness of money, or greed which is the result of fear that there’s never going to be enough to the table, that's what we're going to see at the corporate level. We are seeing that on a grand scale.

However, what we are not seeing are the corporations running their companies from a foundation of integrity and inclusion of all involved making a profit - the “profit-point” for all concerned, not just the CEO.

There are companies like that. One I'm aware of is Patagonia. I read an article some time ago that the owner of Patagonia really is about his workers not only getting the job done but also enjoying their work.

Even the reality show Undercover Boss shows a change is “a foot”. Watch that show and see how the upper level “suits” really know very little about the actual, physical work involved to run the company on a daily basis. It’s quite an interesting concept.

It's been said that the CEO believes “if you want to go surfing go surfing just so your work gets done.” I know that not everyone could operate quite that leniently, however, the fact is when a corporation says to its employees” you matter, I want you to have a good life and how can we work together to create that for you so you can serve the company at the level I need to get my product out, corporations would be a lot more prosperous as well as a joy to work for.

I run a small company and I’m learning to be that type of CEO on the smaller level so when I grow I’ve already got the foundation for win/win.