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Re: The Right Way is Always Clear

Stu Andrews — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:27:48 -0000

Micah,

Watup. Cool post.

I'm a black and white man. I agree that there is always a right way.

Except it's not always clear because the right way usually means doing things the hard way. It's "clear" because it's there, always. But it's "not clear" because we get blinded with emotion and/or logic.

Business decisions, if the movies are right, always get complicated by family members being held hostage, or a little voice whispering "it's okay, just one more deal". You feel pressured, you feel seduced, you feel .. And so the clarity is no longer crystal, more like a foggy stain-glass window.

There is always a right way. I just need the wisdom to see it clearly.

Re: The Right Way is Always Clear

lksugarman — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:52 -0000

I used to have arguments in the 90's about artists' appropriation for their paintings w/o attribution, sampling in the music business of key musical phrases and hooks that stimulated sales, students lifting huge hunks of content for term papers w/o footnoting. I also had a scumbag idiot from a competing ESP attend a couple of my Power Networking events in New York, bad mouth me to the guests, then rip off the format and start his own networking venture. He failed and lost his job at Exact Target, as well.

In a word, it's unethical. It's stealing. It's shitty, no-class behavior by people lacking integrity and originality.

Unfortunately, it's become the rule, rather than the exception...unless more people out the perpetrators!

Re: The Right Way is Always Clear

Micah Baldwin — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:32:38 -0000

@JH I love the cheesy comment without leaving a URL or using your real name. So, you dont stand behind your statement? Dont have the integrity to indicate who you are?

Love the trolls.

Re: The Right Way is Always Clear

JH — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:37:26 -0000

YOU'RE preaching on business ethics? Did I miss something. Is that meant to be ironic?

Re: The Right Way is Always Clear

Micah Baldwin — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:05:55 -0000

@ahson I think you are on to something. Lets start by listing them here in the comments.

@gerhard that is one of the most difficult shady activity to respond to. Because if you call them out, are you not being a team player?

Regardless, I stand by my premise. The right way is always clear and some people choose to do it another way. It is our choice to work with those people or frequent their businesses.

Re: The Right Way is Always Clear

Gerhard Rivera — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:00:04 -0000

Or during a one on one with your boss you discuss a service improvement idea that gets implemented and he/she takes credit for it at the next team meeting.

Re: The Right Way is Always Clear

Ahson Wardak — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:57:47 -0000

Here's a website idea - make a site where people post these stories. It's important to the collective industry to understand the shadiness, when you're just starting out as an entrepreneur. These situations are really sad, and they should be called out. Let them be tried in the court of public opinion.