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Philosophy as an academic discipline can be simply defined as - The Study of Questions. Not ordinary questions, but big questions like "What is the meaning of life?" "What is my place in this world?"
Okay, but what's this got to do with business?
Philosophers are people who try to answer these questions and try to counter already existing theories of these questions. Philosophers basically perform these 2 steps:
1) Understand the other person's view completely.
2) Critically question that view and try to prove it wrong with logic and rationality.
When you properly understand a view, or the value that the other person has, and you question it rigorously, you can determine whether that value is worth having for yourself.
I still don't understand how any of this relates to businesses.
Philosophy can help your business since it essentially allows you to adopt the correct values.
Mark Manson defines "good" and "bad" values in his book- The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*CK -
Good values, he says, are
a) Reality-based
b) Socially constructive
c) Immediate and controllable.
[eg. Honesty- something you have complete control over, reflects reality, and benefits others]
Bad values are
a) Superstitious
b) Socially destructive
c) Not immediate or controllable.
[eg. Popularity- you cannot control what others think about you, not based on reality since you may feel popular or unpopular, not beneficial to the society]
Okay... so I understand that philosophy helps you question and adopt correct values and I have a basic idea of what good and bad values are, what's next?
You must question everything that your business stands for, its current values, objectives, etc. Does your business value making as much money as humanly possible or does it value solving a problem that society faces? Does your business think of its customer as a medium to generating profit or does it think of them as the ones for whom it exists?
Does your business value being unique or does it value being just another provider of a commodity or service?
An example of a good business value would be to be unique. As Naval Ravikant says, "No one can be better at being me, than me" and as Alex Banayan in his book - The Third Door - says, "You cant out-Amazon Amazon".
Okay, but what's this got to do with business?
Philosophers are people who try to answer these questions and try to counter already existing theories of these questions. Philosophers basically perform these 2 steps:
1) Understand the other person's view completely.
2) Critically question that view and try to prove it wrong with logic and rationality.
When you properly understand a view, or the value that the other person has, and you question it rigorously, you can determine whether that value is worth having for yourself.
I still don't understand how any of this relates to businesses.
Philosophy can help your business since it essentially allows you to adopt the correct values.
Mark Manson defines "good" and "bad" values in his book- The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*CK -
Good values, he says, are
a) Reality-based
b) Socially constructive
c) Immediate and controllable.
[eg. Honesty- something you have complete control over, reflects reality, and benefits others]
Bad values are
a) Superstitious
b) Socially destructive
c) Not immediate or controllable.
[eg. Popularity- you cannot control what others think about you, not based on reality since you may feel popular or unpopular, not beneficial to the society]
Okay... so I understand that philosophy helps you question and adopt correct values and I have a basic idea of what good and bad values are, what's next?
You must question everything that your business stands for, its current values, objectives, etc. Does your business value making as much money as humanly possible or does it value solving a problem that society faces? Does your business think of its customer as a medium to generating profit or does it think of them as the ones for whom it exists?
Does your business value being unique or does it value being just another provider of a commodity or service?
An example of a good business value would be to be unique. As Naval Ravikant says, "No one can be better at being me, than me" and as Alex Banayan in his book - The Third Door - says, "You cant out-Amazon Amazon".
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