It’s Not the Money, Honey: The Real Purpose of Business

April 30, 2010 in Conscious Business · Written by Tara Joyce · Follow Me on Twitter

Business Point

[tweetmeme] I don’t care what the Donald says. The point of business is not to make money. The purpose of business is to expand who you are through what you do. And use profit to achieve a more noble end (and yes, self-development is a noble end).

I believe this because the worth of any business resides largely in it’s human capital (the value of its people) and in it’s intellectual property (the value of the ideas generated by it’s people). People make a business great, and they do so by being provided a vehicle to express who they are, and to create.

It’s this expression of our inner Self that is the real purpose of business, and our ticket to wealth.

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  • deborahwall

    I agress. My husband and my business has taught me about respect of others, of self, responsibility and how to allow your employeesto experience that in order for all of you to live as your bigggest selves and trust. Somewhere along the line we have also provided a service for our customers too and made some money…

  • http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/ Tara Joyce

    Thanks for sharing your story, Deborah. It so nice to know that we see
    business in the same way.

  • Michael Yanakiev

    Hi Tara!…This sounds so advanced ! What you are preaching today, should become our tomorrow! It sounds so motivating..,all we need is to obtain the necessary skills (Otherwise,we may end up to become motivated idiots ?! ), and harvest the targeted Results ! A beautiful envisioning of the future in a connected New World!
    Cheers!

  • http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/ Tara Joyce

    Thank you, Michael. It is so nice to have you reading and visiting
    once again. I am always pleased to hear that my writing has tickled
    your fancy;)