Making Connections - Michaela

This is about You, Your life.
I’m not talking about the connections we make like new clients or business partners through networking. I’m talking about the connections we make between what we learn and how we relate it back to our own lives and the choices we make. Accepting that every decision we make has an effect is the first step to becoming “conscience”.

We make hundreds of decisions every day that affect millions of people we have never met or even thought about. Does that make you feel powerful or scared? Do you take responsibility for that? It is important to understand the effect we have on the world, to live life believing we are only one person and we can’t change the way things are, is naive.

Every time we buy something we are using our purchasing power, supporting a business. Do you think about that business and what they stand for when you buy their products? A main concern for me within this issue is what we choose to eat. This includes which restaurants to dine at and where do they get their food products from? If you are planning to dine in the grocery store is one of the hardest places to find dinner. It is full of marketing schemes by companies competing against each other to confuse you into buying their products. There is a never ending list of products and concerning questions.

Do you realize the cause and effect you have on the world? The world economy is driven by supply and demand. We fit into this by our Locus of Control. If you believe you are responsible for the things that happen in your life, you have an internal locus of control. If you believe that forces beyond your control such as powerful people, fate, or chance are responsible for what happens to you, you have an external locus of control. For example when you purchase something you know is wrong, what do you say? “It’s here anyway, it doesn’t make a difference if I buy it or not. They make it, not me.” Or, “if there is no demand for it, they will not supply it. Therefore I will not buy it. I will encourage others not to but it. They will not supply it.”

We all have a right to choose, but we should understand what we are supporting, where the things we buy come from, and be comfortable with our decisions. Life can be much more fulfilling if we take what we learn, relate it to our own lives, make conscious decisions based on that knowledge, and are aware that those decisions have an effect on you, others, and the world.