Quantum Values - by James Moore
Put ethics back into the system. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and EC President Jose Manuel Barroso have repeated the need for international commitment to overcome the economic downturn ahead of next months G20 summit in London. Brown said "We are seeing a large fall in world trade. The 1930s brought protectionism in response to recession; in 2009 we must tackle protectionism head-on.” He added that the world should move from "from beggar-thy-neighbour policies to support-thy-neighbour policies." Barroso said that “G20 Money does not grow on trees. Profits cannot be private while debts are public. We need to put ethics back into the financial system.”
G20 members account for 85% of the world economy. But they only account for 1 in 3 of the global population. That means 85% of global wealth is held by 33% of the worlds inhabitants and those amongst the remaining 67% can be very poor indeed. Gordon Brown has stated that any co-ordinated economic stimulus must "help the poorest, who are in the end the most hard-hit by the global recession". He said "The G20 must have a focus on the poorest and most vulnerable... we need fundamental reform of the international regulatory system."
A method to their madness… The Financial Services Authority is due to publish its initial proposals on reforms to the regulatory system this week. Ahead of this, Hector Sants, chief executive of the FSA said "The managers of the future must acknowledge and fight against 'the herd mentality'... The recognition that financial markets are not rational, but rather that they are a behavioural system built around personal aspirations, is critical to us effectively changing this time round". This realisation that markets respond to the whims of people and not algorithmic models may seem like stating the obvious but at least it is a more useful economic mindset than the one that got us into this mess.
Thoughts become actions. What you think determines what you do. As you do these things repeatedly so habits are formed. These habits create your character and your character defines your personality. And your personality informs what you think and what you do. Yes, we’ve gone full circle! In order to do things differently and get different results you need to make an intervention. Albert Einstein said “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” In other words, to make big changes in the way you do things, you need to change your thinking at a higher level.
Make a quantum change in your thinking. Your thoughts are guided by your values and beliefs. Making a change in either one of these will change your thinking and that will change the cycle of your behaviour. And if you make changes in both, who knows what wonderful things could happen? Take a moment to consider these questions and write down your answers. Which of your traits would you like to pass on to your child? Think of someone important in your life and list five words to describe them. Choose a word that sums up how you’d like others to describe you. Think of someone you admire and list why in a few words. If you had to choose a single rule for everyone in the world to live by, what would it be? Looking over your answers you will develop a deeper understanding of what you value. And if you are not living by your values there will always be an internal conflict to resolve.
Value your life and live by your values.
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Copyright James Moore, 2009
James Moore is a NLP Practitioner and Life Coach
To read his "Survivors Guide to the Credit Crunch" please visit his website:
www.thebrightstuff.co.uk
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