Bad Business Decision?
You know a lot of people are blogging indirectly that if you share you political/moral views you will probably lose clients. I have to say if you stop doing business with me because of that then you probably would never have done business with me in the first place.
Yes, some of my political/moral views may isolate you because you don’t agree, but I can say the same thing about you. For so long I have been driven to be silent in order to stay neutral in the business world, but what I have seen in the past week is an incredibly overwhelming response to standing up for what I believe in. I have had more people contact me this week than I did in October. :/
Kind of strange how it worked out. I really feel for these people on line, and it makes me think whether or not I should continue my membership to a business network I belong to. I want to support others who will in turn use their money to further the kingdom of God. However I have really tried to move past the ” You don’t believe in what I believe in so I’m not going to do business with you.”, because I feel that as a Christian it is my responsibility to share the gospel and the only way I can do that is through interacting with these people.
It really bothers me too. It stresses me out, and if sharing my views and thoughts and NOT playing by the on line business rules gets my on line business shut down then so be it. It’s been really overwhelming anyways! I will move on to the next best thing and take it as God opening and closing doors. I’m not worried. I feel there are bigger issues facing me in the coming days as a Christian, and pleasing others and watching what I say in order to not step on any toes in order to grew my business is not one of them.
Amazing these people think they control the flow of business, apparently someone needs to step off their pedestal and realize their is something out there greater than them.
I wonder if they don’t like what I have to say, or if they never plan to do business with me then why do they still network and talk with me. Really not sure about that one. Why flood your twitter page or Facebook page with my tweets and status updates if you do not care about me or my business?? If moving on is what you want to do then please do so. Stop keeping yourself in limbo. It’s kind of weird to follow someone you don’t like, if you ask me.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
If they were Christians then they are in error. If they were not, then maybe it is for the best. Either way, you owe no one anything except God!
And , I am SURE He is smiling! (((hugs)))
November 18th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Oh…I have actually had some of these “Christian” online people try to tell me that business is separate…LOL…yeah, OK…NOT! YOU can NOT separate them. You ARE a Christian Period. They cannot be separated.