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Jonathan Nation

Proverbs 17 – freedom & punishment

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It is wrong to punish the godly for being good
or to flog leaders for being honest.

Proverbs 17:26 New Living Translation

This is what done – punish and/or flog – when taxes are raised on the “rich”.

Now, lets define rich, they are people who have amassed wealth through legal and moral trade of what one person has for what the other person has. I am not focused on individuals who amass wealth through illegal means (steeling) or immoral/illegal means (fraud) or even simply immoral means (oppression of the poor) … but that is not the group of people who a portion of the population wants to make “pay their fair share”. [Read more…]

Proverbs 15 – what you mean?

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He who profits illicitly troubles his own house,
But he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 15:27 from New American Standard Bible

I looked at lots of translations and in each of them they boiled down “profits illicitly” to another word that is thrown around a lot in our current society ->  greed [Read more…]

Proverbs 14 – your surroundings

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Escape quickly from the company of fools;
they’re a waste of your time, a waste of your words.

Proverbs 14:7 from The Message

I want to help people, not because of what the individual receives from my help but due to the joy I receive from helping people. I am under little to no illusion that all my motivation in this world comes from inside me, as all your motivation comes from within you. [Read more…]

Proverbs 13 – fox vs hedgehog

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Dishonest money dwindles away,
but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

Proverbs 13:11 from New International Version

I am not sure that dishonest is the best term, might be a translation thing, one version says “easy come easy go” another “fraud” and another “get-rich-quick schemes“. The point as I see it is that if money comes to you suddenly, or unexpectedly then it will most likely go away, yet if you have built assets, or a system over time, it will continue to grow. [Read more…]

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I am always looking to me more leaders, linchpins, and problem solvers. We need more people to take on a business owner mindset, to seek out pains and problems then find ways to provide value to others.

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