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Seth’s Blog: “It’s just business”

Thank you Seth Godin for sharing this short but very profound statement. I have always, always felt that the use of the “oh it’s just business” as the most pathetic, lame excuse used by some real scumbags out there to clear their conscience and/or hide their true intentions. I try to live my life according to a term that’s on the opposite end of the spectrum: “be true to thyself.”

Work and life are indeed inseparable. One should really wonder about all those people out there who apply one set of values (or lack thereof) to their worklife and a completely different set of priorities to their personal lives.

Screw a fellow shareholder. “It’s just business.” Make a promise that you don’t intend to keep, just to get the sale. “It’s just business.” Hire a professional without any real intention of actually paying his or her invoices. “It’s just business.” Set-up your sibling in a deposition just because he or she will not leave town. “It’s just business.” Steal low and sell high without any regard to other people’s careers, rights and/or health. “It’s just business.”

And the list goes on and on.

Now tell me how “it’s just business” is going to get you through the eye of that needle ? C’mon, tell me.