Capitalistic Thinking

Many of you out there may have a negative view of capitalism, but I’m willing to bet if you’re business minded, this is not the case. My inspiration for today’s post came from one of my favorite teachers. Last week we were presenting in one of my finances classes and the topic of the health care reform bill came up. One of the students asked the professor, “What do you think of the bill?” His quick and witty (yet honest) response made me appreciate and remind me of why I was in his class. He said, “I don’t know, I haven’t read it yet, but I’m sure I’ll figure out a way to make money off of it.” Genius!

This opened my eyes a little more to the fact that we need to be constantly thinking creatively (coincidentally he also teaches a creative thinking class). I’m pretty sure he didn’t have that response waiting until someone asked that perfect question. It was just a second nature reaction. This is what we as business people should be aiming for. We should constantly be thinking of everyday things that we can turn into profit for ourselves and our companies.

So What?

The so what of this post has basically already been stated, but I hope you can pull a deeper meaning from it. Often times, when a person brings up a subject such as a new bill or anything really having to do with politics, they more than likely want to strike up a conversation, maybe for boredom’s sake or maybe for plain debating. But we need not be suckered in and miss the bigger picture. As a capitalist, I want to be able to have the Midas touch; that is turn every situation possible into a profitable outcome.