China
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4890400.stm
USA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4619416.stm
John
Saturday, April 8, 2006
China Vs USA
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
We Pay Most for Medicine
And here is one reason why...
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060402-112827-1934r.htm
A quote:
It seems that Medicare and Medicaid consider it fraud if a physician charges any
patient less
than the government must pay for a medical service. If a doctor feels compassion
for some
poor soul and offers a discount, he must grant that "discount" for every billing
for every
patient in the government programs. If he forgives one indigent from paying at
all, the
government never has to pay for any such procedure. The only reason the study
shows so
much charitable activity is that the physicians counted extra time spent at
hospitals treating
indigents as charity, which it really is not since treatment is required by law.
John
the internal delimma to getting started
Re: [spiers] the internal delimma to getting started
So, is the problem you are thinking too small... plates and mugs, when what
really blows your
hair back is platelets and mumps and curing diseases? Or importing private well
digging
technology...or whatever?
John
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:54:43 -0000, "nuhmmie"
> If it is essential that we do what we love, then we must first and
> foremost answer the question of 'what do I love?'.
>
> I don't know! aaarrrrggghhh!
>
> When I'm able answer that question, then the rest will fall into
> place. Night work, paying rent, etc. Because then there will be the
> motivation to working out the rest of the details.
>
> This horse isn't stuck at the gate, she's still back at the stables.
> LOL
>
> *sigh*
>
>
>
>
>
> Compete on Design!
>
> www.johnspiers.com
the internal delimma to getting started
If it is essential that we do what we love, then we must first and
foremost answer the question of 'what do I love?'.
I don't know! aaarrrrggghhh!
When I'm able answer that question, then the rest will fall into
place. Night work, paying rent, etc. Because then there will be the
motivation to working out the rest of the details.
This horse isn't stuck at the gate, she's still back at the stables.
LOL
*sigh*
Monday, April 3, 2006
More on How Come ...
Folks,
The lucky juxtaposition of Malcolms post #1126 and an email sent directly to me
by
listmember Bobbi Weaver got me thinking.
Malcolm reviewed starting a business, and what that is like. Bobbi mentioned
why she has
not started a business, for reasons commonly held to be true, but not true I
think.
Between the two, and on the topic of how come people do not start businesses, it
occurred to
me no one has described, ever, the internal process of starting a business.
I’ve described
the external steps one takes to start a small business intl trade company, but
what about the
internal steps one takes?
It is not the external steps people have a problem with, it is the internal
steps.
Yes, I’ve read all sorts of writings on the psychology of the entrepreneur, and
it has all struck
me as dross, untrue assertions. Scientists construct tests to determine if you
have the right
stuff. All junk, but probably the source of the opinion Bobbi expressed, again,
a widely held
opinion.
I will write something on this topic, with a view to helping more people start
their businesses.
Before I do, let me review what Malcolm and Bobbi had to say.
Malcolm attributed being farm raised to giving him the entrepreneurial bent (and
another
farm boy seconded that). I read that as an example of the jeffersonian ethic
coming through.
Malcolm referred to Drucker on the topic of management vs entrepreneur...and
leadership. vs
change. Drucker’s work was seminal for me on the idea that the innovator
introduces the
new item, and the conservator lowers the price. Somewhere in between those two
events the
two poles improve the product, come up with more versions, and speed up
delivery. More
better cheaper faster was how chairman Mao put it, but I’d correct Mao and say
better, more,
faster, cheaper.
We all know the objective steps.
Then Malcolm moves to what I would call cultural capital, and what Malcolm
called dinner
table discussion. The can-do attitude is passed on generation to generation. It
is part of the
lifestyle, encouragement is all around. On the farm, one wakes up, experiences
problems,
devises solution, surrounded by family and friends. Everyone benefits.
Malcolm made clear the spouse has to be on board. This point needs expansion.
Bobbi Weaver held “Business model I (John) lay out requires an entrepreneur, a
person with a
unique set of skills” Only those with the unique set of skills do this work,
those with out the
unique skills need to go through an apprentice, journeyman, master process.
Without those
unique skills, everyone else needs supervision.
This idea I recognize, I hear it all the time, the idea that entrepreneurs are
special breed... but
the idea to me is up there with cheap labor and comparative advantage as sheer
nonsense. it
ascribes to entrepreneurs a subjective internal milieu that is simply unfounded.
Widely
taught, but unfounded.
This got me going... The problem is not with the external, objective steps, as
Bobbi points
out. It is the intenal, subjective steps.
I’ve been quiet because I’ve been working on this. Maybe I’ll call it “Starting
The Business
Internally.” Soon I’ll post this, I hope.
John
Proper Role of Religion in The Market
Pope Supports 2-Day Fast for Iraq
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 2, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI encouraged believers
worldwide to fast and pray Monday and Tuesday for peace in Iraq and the
world.
After reciting the midday Angelus today from the window of his study, the
Pope echoed the initiative announced in a message signed by Chaldean
Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly of Babylon and Iraqi bishops.
"We are estranged from God with our deeds," wrote the patriarch in his
message, "we do not fulfill his will, and we have abandoned piety, virtue
and forgiveness and, because of this, the blood of so many brothers has been
shed and so many children have been left orphans.
"We must return, repentant, to the house of the Father to do the will of our
sovereign God; to attain this sublime objective, we invite all Iraqis, in
and outside of Iraq, and all believers and men of good will, to prayer and
fasting on next Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th, so that the Lord will
restore peace, tranquility and security to Iraq, country of beloved
Abraham."
Benedict XVI invited "all to join this initiative of our brothers of that
tormented country, commending this intention to the intercession of Mary
Most Holy, Queen of Peace."
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