You're amazing Michael. You brought up one question which I never considered....why do we
treat business so much more seriously than anythihg else we do in life?

Well, let me put on my thinking cap. It's either
genetic and/or environmental. I know I still remember grownups telling me you weren't supposed
to enjoy work...you just had to do it, that's why
its called work. (Oh geez, make note to self -
make shrink appointment)...but it might be deeper
than that.

As I understand it..long ago and far away, soldiers would put conquered people to work and
pay them at salt. Between the carrot (the salt) and the stick (or I'll kill you), it worked fairly
well. (Reminds of what a friend said once - sex must be fun, otherwise we'd hire people to do it
for us...Mike, how does THAT fit into you leverage theory! he-he) Anyhow, that and all these gurus
running around going "don't work hard...work smart" (why not work hard, too?) "a job is just
above broke)...etc, etc. they're eroding the work
ethic. BTW, one of the puritan concepts (the people that brought us the puritan work ethic)
was that leisure time is for doing something else
that's productive. I have a recording of a paul
harvey talk from a few years ago about work, the
uncommon american, God, etc. that I play at least
once a week...and it inspires me because it reminds me that with the declining work ethic its
a lot easier to look oustanding just by comparison.

Hey, finally thought of the answer. Now students,
if you'll turn to your mental/emotional pictogram
in your square one packet. Note that it says,
somewhere on there, that experiance leads to
confidence. Now, the kid grows up not being taught
business in school, home, etc. (You want to see this concept in action, go recruit a newbie to do
mlm...his mission...to sell one bar of soap...he
has no idea how to do this!)...so, with no knowledge, etc. and not knowing who to ask, he's
totally lost...of course, its more serious because
unlike playing ball (where he has lots of people
to help him, and the only thing around him in the
financial situation is people that can teach him
to do poor people stuff and broke people stuff).
unlike playing ball...he needs to succeed to
eat!

And that, in a nutshell, is why I usually write
very short posts!!