"We need to..." this is the start of many sentences when seated amongst African Americans in meetings. From building up wealth to bringing people to Christ, "We need to...We ought to...We got to...We should..." But "We" aren't interested. Some might be and even fewer will actually do something. However, this business of "We" is something that will not take place for many selfish, prideful, and resentful people who rather talk about what "We got..." in their little circles than what "We" will do to help "We" being the majority.
I have noticed this sort of behavior with the financially deceptive so-called business men and women I have been around who have inflated their incomes and sold pipe dreams. These people, who are barely making it, struggling to keep homes, cars, marriages together, etc. try hard to sell you on dreams, but aren't successful at making too much of anything really happen.
These deceivers join or start a variety of businesses both on and offline in the hopes of making it big one day and attempt to persuade you to invest in them. They sell you on false promises and encourage you to "...hope for the best..." while beckoning you to jump on board. When you finally believe in them and jump on the bandwagon, the results are dismal. Of course, when you start asking in-depth questions and want to keep tabs on efforts, they come up with excuses. In time, you learn that the business strategies they are using are not well-thought out, outdated, or never existed. Then you learn, they have no jaw-dropping figures that they have attained and that in some cases what they did get was illegal or unethical. These braggarts are also not "connected" to the movers and shakers like they claim.
So I leave you with this, until we can get to "We," show yourself strong in the community of "I" first. One should not be trying to recruit anyone into believing any hype until there are proven results that business efforts are indeed working! Further, if business is truly doing well, then one should have no problem giving seed money to help others start their businesses.
Nicholl McGuire
I have noticed this sort of behavior with the financially deceptive so-called business men and women I have been around who have inflated their incomes and sold pipe dreams. These people, who are barely making it, struggling to keep homes, cars, marriages together, etc. try hard to sell you on dreams, but aren't successful at making too much of anything really happen.
These deceivers join or start a variety of businesses both on and offline in the hopes of making it big one day and attempt to persuade you to invest in them. They sell you on false promises and encourage you to "...hope for the best..." while beckoning you to jump on board. When you finally believe in them and jump on the bandwagon, the results are dismal. Of course, when you start asking in-depth questions and want to keep tabs on efforts, they come up with excuses. In time, you learn that the business strategies they are using are not well-thought out, outdated, or never existed. Then you learn, they have no jaw-dropping figures that they have attained and that in some cases what they did get was illegal or unethical. These braggarts are also not "connected" to the movers and shakers like they claim.
So I leave you with this, until we can get to "We," show yourself strong in the community of "I" first. One should not be trying to recruit anyone into believing any hype until there are proven results that business efforts are indeed working! Further, if business is truly doing well, then one should have no problem giving seed money to help others start their businesses.
Nicholl McGuire
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