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HughBeaumont

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1. Therein lies the problem -

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:49 PM

Aug 2012

Just because anybody CAN become the next _______ doesn't mean everybody WILL or even SHOULD. If everyone was exemplary (as Thomas Friedman thinks we're all required to be), no one would be. If life were run by a stack-ranking system where every year, the bottom 10% performers are purged, it'd be counterproductive and a complete drain on resources. If corporations operated as they did for multiple purposes in the 1950s, and not for a SOLE purpose as they do now, things wouldn't be so vastly inequitable and unimproved as they are now.

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We Are Not All Entrepreneurs [View all] phantom power Aug 2012 OP

Therein lies the problem - HughBeaumont Aug 2012 #1

It's not just janitors and waitresses in the "non-entrepreneur" class frazzled Aug 2012 #2

What's wrong with donuts? XemaSab Aug 2012 #12

Boy, you didn't understand my post frazzled Aug 2012 #13

I did get your post, but I went off on a tangent XemaSab Aug 2012 #15

if everyone was an 'entrepreneur' who would the entrepreneurs get to do the actual work? HiPointDem Aug 2012 #16

Excellent read and the comments were great, too. freshwest Aug 2012 #3

How true railsback Aug 2012 #4

It's difficult for many people to understand that a leader's success depends on those being lead. haele Aug 2012 #5

The "entrepreneur" fetish that's taken over this country over the last 30 years is laughable alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #6

Yep. nt bemildred Aug 2012 #7

entrepreneurs are important, but so are a lot of other things phantom power Aug 2012 #8

A lot of us don't want to be, either! reformist2 Aug 2012 #9

The comments were shockingly sane and truthful. hifiguy Aug 2012 #10

Yep. There'd be a lot of left/right agreement, if we could somehow call a truce on the culture wars. reformist2 Aug 2012 #14

Kick! nt hifiguy Aug 2012 #11