The Universal Businessman -- Life As a Business Opportunity

(Philosocom's Subcategory Directory on Potential and Hope)

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In this article, I would like to introduce the world to a new concept that can be used to view life in a more practical manner. I am confident that this concept can assist us in overcoming the inherent naive perspective, and understand that much of the value we assign to things and beings in reality is just that -- assigned, a choice by us. It's with the similar rationale presented in the Rubinshteinic Butcher article.

I founded this very website with the intention of maintaining control over my content, avoiding the potential for external admins and moderators to arbitrarily remove it. In mostly philosophical depth of content, of course. I also do the same with the content of others.

This is why I believe that private websites, such as blogs, remain essential. I am primarily concerned with the security of the content and host for generations to come, in the name of Philosocom's vision: Contribution to the depth of digital content, and maintaining philosophy's relevance to humanity at large.

Having a business requires a practical perspective. This means viewing everything and everyone of value as a "resource." By "resource," I mean the potential they have to contribute to the growth of your business and thus to the advancement of your hopes and dreams as a business owner.

This does not have to entail treating things and beings as disposable. Let's be more rational and moral than that. Let's not turn allies into foes. Let's strive for a future where the more promising something is, the greater opportunities it can generate. Why, then, discard supporters when they can be of great help one day?

The universal businessman approaches life with a calculated mindset. They have abandoned the blissful state of innocence in favor of looking at the bigger picture.

When the naive go for a walk and witness the beautiful scenery around them, they may be inspired with awe. However, this practical visionary will set aside vanity to focus on the reason they went for a walk in the first place: to maintain or improve physical health, lose weight, and so on.

This concept I'm trying to convey isn't necessarily how life is. Rather, it depicts how life, according to this idea, should be lived. It's not about being but about aspiring to be.

For the universal businessman, every moment holds the potential to become an opportunity, one way or another. Have you noticed why I sometimes write about video games? It's precisely because of this reasoning: Everything and everyone can pose the wonderful possibility of an article. See for yourselves how many I've written thus far. All for your enjoyment.

However, this concept also carries an element of sadness. The universal businessman isn't necessarily an all-powerful being with limitless resources. Their resources are finite. And how can they not be limited? I'm not only talking about money here. I'm speaking about life itself. It is finite, and none of us are immortal, right?

The essence of this life philosophy is to be rationally aware of our limitations. However, this does not imply that we should whine or dwell on matters beyond our control, such as the uncertainty of life itself!

It could mean that we should not waste our resources and assets, dear readers. And we shouldn't underestimate them either, for we may have what many others lack.

Gratitude helps the increase of awareness. Better than to not be ungrateful nor entitled. Consider your families, pets, friends, and followers. Undervaluing them could lead you to waste a great deal of potential without even realizing it. Remember: power is everything, and the Universal Businessman is more than aware of that. He or she are aware of the fact that anything could have promising potential, at the premise of that reason alone.

Mindfulness meditation seeks to raise awareness through practice, to sense life beyond our habitual actions. Do you walk constantly? You might be amazed when you realize that it might as well be automatic, thanks to a lifetime of doing it.

The aware meditator seeks to overcome the automatic by prevailing over the train of thought. I studied and practiced Zen meditation myself.

The universal businessman, on the other hand, attempts to achieve the same thing, but not empirically but rationally. Logically, in other words. They believe that since they are limited, capitalizing on life can be beneficial. In other words, they utilize their resources and assets to their own advantage, because they are aware of what they are capable of.

They do not allow their resources to be wasted away by mundane activities or the automatic process of the human brain, which gets activated when things are taken for granted. They will not desire to kill their own time so easily.

I believe the "genius" of this archetype lies in the fact that you might not even need to meditate to be mindful. Simply examine your train of thoughts and convince yourself why they are either wrong, impractical or both, when it comes to your power. After all, our thoughts affect our emotions and, thus, our mental state, correct?

Essentially, view this approach as a chess game. Undermine one soldier... One soldier on the board, and you might be doomed to defeat and failure, to the disappointment of your effort to win, to succeed. Never sacrifice anything and anyone so quickly or you might regret it!

There's little practical reason to dwell on gloomy thoughts when you can seize the day and capitalize on the potential that life presents. This potential, inherent in both your life and the individuals who interact with it, can be defined by influence rather than direct power, regardless of whether it falls within or outside your control.

As such, we are more powerful than we might realize, simply of how easily our actions can affect others -- and ourselves as well. Never underestimate the many chain reactions you can trigger with one act alone.

I extend my best wishes to you all and express my gratitude for taking the time to read this article. Do you recognize what I just accomplished? I capitalized on the very essence of this article's concept -- the fact that your time can be used for much benefit, which I capitalized for that very purpose.

Who claimed that capitalism must be solely confined to material wealth? Helping others can be seen as a form of moral wealth. Wealth includes more than just money or material assets. Sometimes, the most valuable wealth lies in the moments we experience in life, which we can use to further our goals. In my case, it's achieving World Relevance.

So, why waste time admiring greenery when you can cultivate it instead? Hahahahahaha.