Posts Tagged ‘Entrepreneur’

American Civics

Monday, October 26th, 2009

“The Buck Stops Here”

  • Harry S Truman

American Civics American indignation towards Washington is indeed understandable……..

  • More young people think UFO’s exist than think they’re going to collect social security when they retire.
  • More people would rather have their wallet or purse stolen than be audited by the IRS.

But we’re not as informed about our Government as you might think.

  • More people can name the three stooges than name three justices on the Supreme Court (and the Three Stooges have been dead for decades).
  • Fewer than half of all Americans can name all three branches of the federal government.

This is why never in modern times have so many promised so much and delivered so little. (more…)

Entrepreneurship and The New American Dream

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. “

“I know where I’m going and I know the truth and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”

- Muhammad Ali

Entrepreneurship and The New American Dream

The single greatest change over the past 50 years in workplace attitudes is the slow shift of viewing your job as an opportunity to viewing it as security. Look at the stats over the past five years and see how many jobs were lost in this country. No wonder why 1 out of 6 employees are search for home businesses. We’re capitalists and entrepreneurs because we have the freedom of choice. We expect and demand a “Liaise Fair” attitude from our government when it comes to our business. The Kaufman Foundation concluded from a survey that there’s more respect for entrepreneurs then CEO’s of successful corporation. Distribution of attitudes looked like this:

The question was if you had to choose would you prefer to be?

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