I love Jesus’ parable about the bags of Gold. I think it’s a lesson on responsible capital stewardship.
In a Permaculture Economic system, participants view capital from a holistic perspective, as stewards of Capital rather than just users of Capital.
Capitalism is great at facilitating the maximization of production – regarding efficiency only as it effects the profit of the producer and the profit of the buyer in any given transaction. But permaculture economics is great at facilitating the maximization of productivity – regarding efficiency more holistically and measuring according to multiplicative value effects.
If you aren’t challenging people to change in some way, you aren’t a leader.
As an entrepreneur, you’re not so much selling products or services – you’re really selling value. The value you sell is only dressed in a product or service.
If you beg for money or resources, more begging will be increasingly required. Begging exacerbates void and lack. Instead of begging, find some people to provide value to and ensure that they pay you according to the value you provide.
The Bahamas should be positioning itself as a key strategic link in the global supply chain and the global movement of resources. We have a variety of strategic advantages along these lines, that if leveraged will allow us to add value to global commerce in very unique ways and then profit from the value we add collectively as a people.
We were each created to prosper in our own way.
The distribution of wealth and income is primarily the role and responsibility and freedom of individual people and businesses through their voluntary economic interaction with other people and businesses. And their voluntary exchange of economic value through products, services, and ideas. In this way, social mobility is maximized and a fluid class structure allows for both upward and downward economic movements; this is social justice.
Like with pure Capitalism – in a Permaculture Economy, trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit and not by the state. This is essential to the success of an economic ecosystem.
Gratitude is a very effective medicine for all kinds of problems.
It’s ok to spend money, especially on the necessities and the normal pleasures of life. You should spend money with a knowing that as it flows out, it will flow right back in. Spending is just as natural as income. Income is the breathing in. And breathing out is either investing, spending, or saving. If you don’t breathe out, it will cause blockages that turn your money stagnant. We need the inhale and the exhale. It’s all about balance.
If you treat your employees like trash, they will treat your customers like trash. If you treat your employees beautifully, they will treat your customers beautifully. A good business treats it’s employees beautifully.
People tend to buy more at a lower price and less at a higher price. Also, people who produce goods or supply services tend to produce more at higher prices and less at lower prices. This juxtaposition constitutes equilibrium.
It is not the role of government or any central planner to formulate the final distributions of wealth and income.
It is critical to our union that we only have one dominant language – English.
Only a wise and prudent people who are spiritually evolved can be trusted to govern themselves.
Peace is not really the absence of conflict, but rather, It’s the hosting of the right conditions for conflicts’ continual and effective resolution.
ESG must be integrated into Business Transformation.
Liquidity is important to investors. When opportunities arise, businesses need to have sufficient cash available in order to act on the opportunity promptly. Having sufficient cash available can also serve as protection against losses or a tool with which the business acquired solutions in the event of crises. We like to see that businesses have a sufficient amount of available cash.