The seven deadly sins of business people 6 Greed

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The seven deadly sins of business people #6 - Greed
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Summary:
Let’s analyze how these common vices can affect your business and your overall income. Y

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business, make money, become rich

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If you read this introduction already, just scroll down and start reading about Greed, otherwi

Let’s analyze how these common vices can affect your business and your overall income. Y

You may not realize that one of these tendencies may be affecting you until I show you the det
Before we start, I need to tell you something . . .
I.

Most sins arise from: FEAR.


II.

Most virtues arise from: LOVE.

III.

Sins, vices and negative tendencies demonstrate weakness, while virtues demonstrate st

In my opinion the biggest virtue of all is COURAGE/CONFIDENCE, because it is the direct fruit

This is a series of articles about this subject. The whole series contain the following articl
1.

Pride

2.

Envy


3.

Gluttony

4.

Lust

5.

Anger

6.

Greed

7.

Sloth


– Greed –

This is a very destructive tendency. Greed seeks to take its “fair share” and a bi

An example of greedy people is those who have abundant resources and not only do not share the

This sin is commonly related to money, wealth and material possessions. The truly greedy indiv

For example, let’s say that someone is a millionaire. This person has family and friends

They don’t like this person much though, because they notice that he is self centered. T

Greedy individuals can not understand why other people hate them. Often they confuse this hate

Now, understand as a business owner that there exists a stereotype in society. Very wealthy in

Greed do not manifests itself in your life when you don’t share your wealth with others.

Greed is an attitude. It arises out of the fear of losing what you already have. It is not lik


I will give you a couple of examples to help you notice the difference. Let’s say that y

Now, you always reject these people and send them back to their place. They go out saying: 

On the other hand, if you are regretting the fact that you spent a few dollars taking your fri

You own an offshore corporation. You import goods into the country you live. You have a few em

Greed opposes generosity. While you are not obligated to share your resources with anybody, ge

For example, if they have knowledge, they don’t enjoy sharing that knowledge unless some

They think that they don’t have enough. Their thought processes are as follows: If I don

Generous individuals do share and they share a lot. It is a pleasure for them to give. They en

The key is to not share your resources with people that want to rip you off, but to give to th

This is the idea . . . A generous person doesn’t mind spending some money on friends and


Sponsor a child if you can afford it. Help people whenever you can. Organize a party and invit
It is all about the attitude. For example, if a homeless come to you asking for money, it may

In that case above, you are being generous by not giving them anything, because you are contri
You can be wealthy and generous at the same time. Generosity is something that comes from the

When you are rich and generous, you don’t care when others tell defamations about you. Y

On the other hand, some times people have the chance to help each other and they don’t d

You may ask: “How all this may affect your business?” It can affect you a lot! Gre

Generous people are prosperous. Greed is one of the worst enemies of wealth. If you have a bus

If you pay miserable wages to your employees and exploit them, that will reflect on your overa
Of course, some people become rich by being greedy, but most of them don’t really enjoy

If you read the other articles on this series, you will realize that the common characteristic

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