Millennials, Startups &
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“Millennials are rewriting the fabric of life and teaching old dogs new tricks."

"There's no such thing as a little star because every twinkle counts in the universe."

- Lee v. Bakunin

Dear Reader,

HERE'S MY PHILOSOPHY FOR THE BRIGHTEST AND MOST CHALLENGED GENERATION IN HISTORY.

The millennial generation is the catalyst for the future and will determine the survival of planet earth.  Its brain power and quest for re-engineering will discard the ideas that led to greed, unhappiness, and personal self-aggrandizement at the expense of others.

Yet, I hope that this new generation of leaders will embrace the most worthwhile old fashioned and ancient ideas and wisdom that have enabled civilization to endure for millions of years.

Just as millennials will be teaching old dogs new tricks, they must remember that the old dogs have some time-worn advice that has stood the test of time.

Here's a video that condenses one's approach for budding entrepreneurial startups.

*Note: Rewrite chapter 3 Power of Creative Genius - the Starting Point.

RECIPE FOR BUSINESS GROWTH

Your business growth is correlated and related to the development of your spiritual growth.  We do not grow in one stage, but grow in tandem.  As we become more aware of our capacity to create, we will begin to see evidence of our growth in a number of areas.  One can decide to focus on developing intuition; however, in making that decision, there will be corresponding growth or challenges in other areas, such as physical, emotional and mental.   Just as an athlete, musician or singer prepares for competition, so too do all of us in our lives.  We must pay attention to our bodies, our minds and our spirits as we unfold and begin new endeavors.  Too much concentration in one area leads to an imbalance in other areas. 

For example, making a decision to exercise and build physical strength.  So we go to a gym, seek advice of a personal trainer and learn various routines and methods in strengthening our upper body, legs, abdominal muscles and cardio-vascular systems.  We learn that over-doing it will not allow our muscles, heart function and other associated physical attributes to produce lasting results.  We risk burn-out and damage, so we learn that it is a process of acclimating to the changes we wish to make and we can’t do it in one day.  We also learn that along with building physical strength and energy that there are other components, such as nutrition (it’s counter-productive to eat doughnuts, consume sugar, processed and fried foods, carbonated drinks and expect to gain results), sleep (a body not well rested resists the ability to strengthen it), emotional condition (creating a belief system that the desired changes will occur) and mental attitude (knowing when to do the extra rep, visualizing the results).  In other words, our decision to strengthen our body is also a decision to energize the other areas of our life.  This decision to change is as much as decision to change our mental, emotional and spiritual outlook as it is to change our physical state of being. 

The same can be said if you decide to increase your intuitive abilities.  Besides various exercises, there are also energy movement exercises, tai-chi, qui-gong, yoga, stretching and walking besides reading, listening to advice from other intuitive persons and meditation.  What we are doing is breaking the habit of who we are and creating a new person inside and outside.

The upshot is that it is all related.  Only most of us see change as a one-dimensional event.  What you are perceiving as one-dimensional is actually multi-dimensional and your ability and willingness to look at the other dimensions and follow through will enhance your results.

A concert pianist must understand the functions and work ethics of the other members of the orchestra, including the conductor.   Hand-eye coordination, endurance (for those long symphonies and energy passages in which the fingers must move quickly and in sync), mind-set (for the tone and expression from the composer – one does not think Sousa when playing a Mozart concerto).  Mental and emotional preparation is as important as dexterity and artistic skill. 

Same for an Olympic Athlete.  A world record is the result of combining the spiritual, mental and emotional with the physical.  The athlete has to believe he or she can set a new record or standard and in some way visualize the outcome before setting foot in the arena or field.  They must believe it before they see it.

Referring back to the business world, the biggest failing of our business leaders today is the failure to incorporate a balanced approach and not be limited to just a short-term result.  You can push the employees to provide a short-term profitable result by maximizing the work-flow or severely cutting costs, focusing only on financialresult as opposed to customer satisfaction or maneuvering numbers to impress a banker or potential shareholder.  You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool the Universe all of the time.

A business leader who does not understand that humans are here to progress on all levels- mental, physical, emotional and spiritual – is doomed to failure in the annals of history.  While the failure may not be evident during their lifetime or maybe for several millennia afterward, the Universe renders judgment.

Witness the glories of Rome, Greece, Babylonia.  The height of civilization in their era.  Was it worth it?  Why did these civilizations crumble while today they are not the center or leading the world.  The glories were short-lived – greed, envy, pettiness, fear, hate and hyperbole accelerated both the rise and the fall.  Missing was the caring, love, service to humanity and respect for others and the environment.

There’s a Native American Saying: “what comes around, goes around” or “what goes around, comes around”.  So too in any endeavor in which you decide to participate.  Consider the effect your thoughts and words have on others and the Universe.  Think of the dimensions you are affecting.  Whatever energy you expel in reaching for your goal or attaining your dream affects everything in the Universe.

Your free will determines the Universal Consciousness of your time and for succeeding generations.

Whatever your frame of reference, philosophical bent or belief system, you will find those commentators, prophets and founders of old repeating the same common themes: 

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you;

                                                          Golden Rule

Thy kingdom come, thine will be done, on earth as it is in heaven;

                                                          Lord’s Prayer

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;

                                                          Lord’s Prayer

Creator of all universes, use me as tool to do the best and most wonderful things for everyone and everything around me, to the best of my ability; 

                                                          Vega Rozenberg

What you focus on expands;

                                                          Unknown

As a human being, you are free to create whatever reality you desire, through the use of your thoughts and words;  thoughts produce actions, look at what you are thinking;  each life is linked to all life and your words carry with them chain reactions, like a stone that is thrown into a pond.”

                                                          Theme From Time

P.S. Millennials:  You time is valuable and also limited, for on your heels is Generation Z.

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Lee V. Bakunin, Copyright July 2, 2017