“It’s nothing personal, it’s just business.”
We spend more than 50% of our lives at work. Why
would anyone want to wake up in the morning and go
to work with that attitude? If you don’t make it
personal, and if you don’t make it count, what’s the
point?
Business is missing one important core value:
compassion.
“Between work and family, I have no time for
community.”
This is something everyone feels at some point in their
lives. But think about it: What if we made community
an integral part of our business? What if we recognized
that we can’t have strong businesses without a strong
community and we can’t have a strong community
without compassion?
The real way strong communities are built is through
the compassion we extend to others. Both to those we
know, and to those we don’t know.
The Internet is amazing because it connects us all.
Compassion for those around us now extends globally
and beyond our physical boundaries.
We can all do more for each other and be better.
Be compassionate to everyone no matter the level of
connection.
Make compassion a core business value.
Start with a smile to a stranger.
Start by getting others to nod in agreement when you
say: “If we’re not compassionate to one another, what’s
the point in the end?”
Mitch Joel is President of Twist Image and author of Six Pixels of Separation.
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