Aristotle said, "You are what you continually do..." So, what the hell are we doing?
I read a lot, some might say, too much (sorry, honey!)...
Came across the 10 Top Paying Companies article on Yahoo! Finance. I noticed that 5 of the top 10 are law firms. Interesting, but not that surprising - most acknowledge that we are a litigious society, so, no biggy, we are just trying to protect ourselves, let the lawyers fight it out, right? But then I remembered an article a while back that mentioned who the largest employer in the United States was. GE, no. Walmart, no. Bank of America, no. The Department of Defense, si. Here is a blurb from the front page of the DOD web site:
Today, the Department, headed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, is not only in charge of the military, but it also employs a civilian force of thousands. With over 1.3 million men and women on active duty, and 684,000 civilian personnel, we are the nation's largest employer. Another 1.1 million serve in the National Guard and Reserve forces. More than 2 million military retirees and their family members receive benefits.
So, literally millions of the most talented American citizens employed in defense/war/protection/the business of killing....whatever you want to call it. Hmmmm, more fighting.
Which brings me to another article I read in Forbes a couple of months ago titled America's Best Colleges 2009. So, who was on top? Harvard, no. Princeton, no. MIT, no. Yale, no. CALTECH, no.....West Point????, yes! WOW, more fighting!
So, are we what we continually do?
And if so, what the hell are we doing fighting so much? We need to make some changes folks!
In honor of Blog Action Day, let's start creating a world where social enterprises make up 5 of the 10 highest paying firms and "piece" Point becomes the most sought after educational experience. As a start, why doesn't President Obama make the largest employer in the U.S. the largest social enterprise in the world by giving them new marching orders. Same pay and benefits, just come to work tomorrow but instead of figuring out how to nuke the world, figure out how to nurture it. On the short list of jobs:
A: Crack the code on natural energy and get us off fossil fuels - lasso the sun, the currents in the water, the wind in the air, etc. and let's be done with it already. With the brilliant minds we have at DOD the natural energy mission should take until noon. So, after lunch work on:
B: Fostering the next industrial revolution where every-thing industry does and every product that is manufactured creates no waste and actually nurtures the enviroment - just like nature does. Nature produces zero waste, in fact, waste equals food. Last time I checked, humans were a part of nature, we should start acting like it.
So, by close of business tomorrow, climate change, done.
All that said, on October 16th, 2009, the U.S. will be able to say, what we "CONTINUALLY DO" is nurture the environment with millions of the brightest minds in our country who all work in the largest social enterprise on the planet, that said, we "ARE" a nation of "piece" full people, how about you?
The "piece" movement & "piece" sign acknowledge that we are a "piece" of an interconnected universe and should act that way by serving people, the planet and prosperity in each moment. You can join the "piece" movement for every generation at our web site: www.piecemovement.org