Ethics and Assets--Entry 3

This week studying ethics in business, I could see the experiences I have had personally as a customer and as a business owner or just an employee for a business.  There are many things that contribute to good ethics in a business.  There is honesty, trust, loyalty, and integrity to name a few.  As we look at ourselves in our personal lives, we should look to see how we are as a person and if it translates over to our professional lives.  Jan Newman in his video clip, Risks in Business, said, “Never do anything dishonest in a business. It’s not worth any upside if you do.”  How will I be able to have trust in business if someone or even I are dishonest in any business I work in?  I see this as also losing trust in ourselves because if we can’t be honest or have good ethics ourselves, we lose ourselves down a deep dark hole that is hard to climb out. 

This weekend was General Conference and I really enjoyed everything that I was able to listen to.  My favorite piece was something that Elder Jörg Klebingat of the Seventy said, “Acknowledge and face your weaknesses, but don't be immobilized by them.”  While I’ve been reading, The Start-up of You, I really loved the chapter about fine tuning soft assets.  I find this to coincide with what Elder Klebingat said in General Conference because I see a lot of soft assets as things I see as my weaknesses.  For example, right now, one of my weaknesses is organization.  I am horrible at keeping my home organized.  It doesn’t help that I have three young children who I call, hurricanes or tornadoes, because cleaning and organizing doesn’t work too well with children coming into the room after all is done and messy it up again.  Another one of my weaknesses is major procrastination.  I put things off until the very last minute normally.  One of my strengths though is working under pressure.  My husband doesn’t think so, but I believe working under pressure actually makes me better at knowing how to do things in a condensed period of time.  I am slowly working on that soft asset that is not procrastinating.  I see these two assets to be very vital in the business world.  I need to not procrastinate and be better organized.  Maybe those will be my New Year’s resolutions in 2015.

Video Clip: Risks in Business by Jan Newman
                    Approaching the Throne of God in Confidence by Elder Klebingat