We all have ways of testing opportunities that enter our
lives. Some of us just dive right in based on feeling, others walk straight
into what they know is right by a gut feeling or intuition. And if it's not
gut feelings or emotions that are the tests of opportunities, it is the
logical mind persuading us to ignore those feelings and emotions and test it
with our reality of reason.
Most of us do not have a predetermined strategy for testing opportunities,
or even more generally to test the actions we take and the choices we make
in our lives.
There is an easier way to determine if our choices we make and the
opportunities we receive 'pass the test'. This simple 32 word statement of
business ethics was first created in the 1930s and used to turn around a
failing company. These four questions were applied by each employee to each
and to every minute detail of the company's workings. This little list of
four questions from Rotary International, a humanitarian business
organization, is the most widely printed, translated and reproduced piece of
business ethics today:
"Of the things we say, think or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"
If we built businesses and our lives based on these very simple 4 questions
we would be coming from a place completely the opposite of the competitive
mind and the lack mentality. As you can see, these questions prompt you to
choose what is true, fair, and good, making choices that can build
friendships and goodwill. It helps us to see how the choices we make can be
beneficial to all concerned.
Because of our societal influences, we most often are inclined to make
choices and act based on a competitive mind. This comes from the perspective
of lack, scarcity, and ultimately greed.
Any opportunity based on the model of competition and lack will simply not
pass the test. Competition promotes strife. It embodies winning one spot,
taking it away from all the other people who want it. It misleads people to
believing there is only one chance for success, when in reality there is
plenty for all.
The competitive model encourages people to rely on a source outside of
themselves to give them what they need. This denies the power of their own
ability to create what they want. This narrow focus shows they are choosing
to ignore the possibility of creating this opportunity in their own lives,
instead of trying to win the spot from millions of others.
This simple testing technique takes us completely out of the competitive
mind of greed, scarcity and lack. It turns our thoughts and choices toward
the positive, realizing there are opportunities we can take that can provide
increase for all concerned.
I invite you to use these questions to test your actions and opportunities
in your life. If you are seeking opportunity, these questions may help you
see things in a different way. In doing this, perhaps you might find an
opportunity in your life which truly allows you to benefit the world, while
at the same time reaching whatever your dreams, goals, and desires are.
Author Bio
Carina MacInnes is an author and entrepreneur, currently offering a free
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