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How To Become An Enlightened Capitalist
Applying the art and science of EEPPSA (efficiency, effectiveness, precision, productivity, and self-awareness) to business.
The statement I begin every post in this series with is “I am a bit of a tortured soul. I live with a socialist heart and a capitalist mind”.
What I learned in my half-century of Zen and Taoist studies, and as a successful capitalist and philanthropist, was that most humans are pulled to and fro by lust, anger, greed, envy, vanity, attachment, and ego. The best we can do day today is what we need to do and do it with a combination of love and street smarts. With this in mind, I can honestly tell you that capitalism is among the most positive forces in human history.
When viewed from the bigger picture it is an expression of all the best things an economic system can offer a creative, innovative, and visionary thinker. Those who attack capitalism as an expression of power, negative influence, and greed are confusing capitalism, with the darker aspects of the human psyche. One need only look closely at what has become of most of the “so-called’ humane and idealistic economic, and social systems in history to see what a positive…
