2010 Business plans

Hello and Happy New Year.

Now that everyone is putting their 2010 business plan together here are some questions that help people stay in business even during a tough economic time like this.
1)What higher purpose besides profit motive do you/your business serve?

2)What do you/your business add to the community/other peoples lives?

3)What common good do you/your business promote?

4)What value do you/your business add to the community at large?

People/businesses that can answer these questions honestly will thrive in any environment, business people that are only in it for a buck are often disappointed/frustrated and short lived.

Here is a challenge for 2010, find a charity in your community, one you have no association with in any way/shape/form and donate either your time or money to said charity. People who lost people to cancer are always donating money to a cancer charity which is a good thing, but also add a charity that is totally outside your radar/sphere if influence and see what happens, it will change your life and you will come to know a life beyond what you already know.

Thank you for your time,
Brian Connelly