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Agreed. If you buy my house, that means I wanted your money more than I wanted to keep my house. So I've gained from the transaction. Likewise, you must have
by phr 18y ago
Agreed. If you buy my house, that means I wanted your money more than I wanted to keep my house. So I've gained from the transaction. Likewise, you must have wanted the house more than the money. So you also gained. Barring fraud, we've each done the other a service.
The problem is that people either never learn this, or they forget it somewhere along the line.
- bdr 18y agoOne way to summarize that is to say that a moral* and successful business is necessarily helping people. However, there are other benefits (to your business) of acting morally: see the "Morale", "Help", and "Compass" sections of the essay. ;) * "moral" may be too broad here, but "honest" is too narrow