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Opening Insights: Not Good Enough<\/h2>\n

Commerce is what we do as a society<\/em>;
the economy is how we measure what we do.<\/em>
RICHARD JORGENSEN, Ph.D. (hc)<\/p>\n

Today, now more than ever, a great need exists for individuals to have meaningful and fulfilling employment. <\/p>\n

Employees in the American labor force have ceased to be content with what they do. The grass is greener<\/em> somewhere else and that is where they are going. Also, it doesn't pay to work.<\/p>\n

The inflated unemployment benefits from the COVID-19 stimulus attempts have disincentivized many from going back to work. Why go to work if it pays more to not go to work?<\/em> This policy has been a huge contributor to the destruction of small business in America.<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 stimulus adjustments to unemployment benefits have raised the bar and challenged employee compensation for working. This has raised the cost of goods sold (and the cost of everything else<\/em>), therefor amplifying and accelerating inflation even further. <\/p>\n

Prices are driven not by supply and demand, but by greed. Greed (What's in it for me? \/ How much can I get?<\/em>) amplifies entitlement. We are experiencing culturally driven inflation, rooted in greed, which is devaluing everything.<\/p>\n

The antidote for this cultural decay is a process that integrates what we do with its valuation on a physical and a cultural level. We must reexamine our incentive to work. Why do we do it?<\/p>\n

It must begin with intention of: \"Do what you love, so you can love what you do.\" With clarity of our intentions in place, we must then examine what motivates us to take action. Without that, then we're just working for money, and will sell our loyalty to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n