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by t0 4831 days ago
Business is a ruthless game. There is limited market saturation. A few are on the court, while a lot more are always on the bench.

I don't think it has to be this way, but it certainly shouldn't keep you out of the game completely.
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jhjhjhjhj 4831 days ago
Most think it should not be this way. Then why can't we change it? How will participating in the game help? I can't convince myself.
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t0 4831 days ago
You shouldn't do nothing because you might hurt someone's feelings. Chances are they have no issue hurting yours. Necessary evil if you will.

I'd love to change it.. but it may not even be possible. Only a limited number of businesses can exist in any one market. Some will do better work than others. The ones doing the better work will remain and profit, while the others will perish. How can that be done differently?

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b0ttler0cket 4831 days ago
I have to disagree.

I don't like to think of this as a necessary evil. Given the OP's philosophy, I definitely don't think it's appropriate to describe what he should do as an "evil."

It can be done differently. He's not questioning the fact that there's "only a limited number of businesses [that] can exist in any one market." Jh understands that the world is finite. What he doesn't understand is that this concept of "hurting" someone is not real. It's not sports, where the aim is to defeat the opponent (yes that is the aim of sports...I know what I'm talking about there). This is business. If there's too much in one place, go somewhere else. Jh's problem is that he can't go anywhere else. He's stuck in the middle of nowhere because every decision is blocked by an internal rule he has written.

There is no necessary "evil" here, there's just necessary. You have to abandon your train of thought. :) That is, if you want the solution to your dilemma. :)

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bmelton 4831 days ago
From the guidelines: "Please don't sign comments, especially with your url. They're already signed with your username. If other users want to learn more about you, they can click on it to see your profile."

Could you, pretty please, stop prefacing all your posts with your username? It ends up appearing directly below your username, and is kind of distracting.

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b0ttler0cket 4831 days ago
Oops. Sorry. :)
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