5 Things We Can Learn from Israel!

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Weather you agree with the political policies of Israel or not there is 5 things that we can take away from both a human relations, leadership, and overall business stand point from the way they conduct their affairs in the global economy. The main purpose of this post is comparison between Israel’s behaviors as a country and to how we conduct ourselves in our daily lives. I really think we could take something out of their book

1. Decisiveness

Israel is one of the few countries in the world that is decisive on policy. Weather you like their policy or not if they decide to attack they do it bottom line. You have to respect that. If we as people can be more decisive in our decision-making we will live with much less regret. We will also gain ultimate respect for being decisive from the people around us even if they don’t agree with us. The best leaders in this world are the people who get things done and are decisive about it.

2. Conviction

How many countries in this world can stand up to the powerful power of public opinion? Not many, weather you agree or not with Israel building in the West Bank take it to the bank when I say they will do what they think is right as a government. If you have strong conviction about doing something in life why can’t you take a page out of their book and stick to your guns and make things happen even if people are against you or people tell you that it won’t work or they put you down.

3. Passion

I have been to Israel and I am not going to say that everybody in that country is in agreement with the decision’s that the ruling regime makes but what they are passionate about is their way of life. Israel has this universal “me against the world” mentality in which they act based on instinct. I know sometimes this instinct could be looked upon in the global community as cruel and immoral but you could just feel the passion and grit in their belief system. At what point in our lives did we as people lose this passion or this me against the world mentality when being faced with a problem? Why is our first instinct to cry or drop down into a depressed mood when faced with a problem that overwhelms us? Why do we have such problems making the tough crucial decision at a crunch time? Why are we short on passion? If Israel can survive in their circumstances so can we. Our first instinct should be to take our problems and head on and relish the daily challenges that life throws our way.

4. Action Instead Of Words

When you look at Israel from a words stand point, they really don’t talk a lot of shit. When they have something to say they usually say through action. Now we could dispute all day if that action is warranted or not but the point of the matter is they didn’t talk about it but instead they did it. How many times in our lives do we tell someone we are going to do something and for some reason it just doesn’t get done? Be more about the action instead of the talk and you will be respected more even if they don’t agree with your action.

5. Balls and Courage

Israel has some major balls; I think we can all agree on that. Sometimes in life making a difficult decision requires balls and confidence and sometimes we can’t be decisive in that decision because we worry too much about the outcome. Israel does an amazing job of objectively making crucial decisions on a daily basis and having the utmost confidence that it can carry out those plans. If you agree or disagree with those decisions is a totally up to you but if we as people can live life with as much courage and guts as Israel no matter what we are doing in life we will be respected.

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Peaks and Valley Theory

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Over the course of life our moods are a by product of a number of different variables. These variables could include but are not limited to Weather, The People Around Us, Our Ambitions or our Self Perception of where we should be or what we should be doing in life.

I know personally the reason for the drop in my moods has always been my self perception or my slower than anticipated climb up the mountain of success and my continued desire for an improved social life. I could pin point most of my historic lows into one of these two categories. Over the course of the last two years, I have systematically came up with ways to not only recognize my short comings but also to cover them up which has enabled to stay increasingly productive in tough times.

If you dig deep into yourself you can really analyze and understand the rationale behind your moods and then categorize them. You then will really understand that you are releasing so much energy over nothing.

The Peaks and Valley’s Theory is a theory that I personally came up with to describe the constant rift going on between reality and perception in our minds. Sometimes we just can’t tell the difference and hence this is reason for most of our short comings.

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Creator vs Seller “A Must READ”

We live in an era that breeds a new outside the box form of creationism that allows individuals to easily spread the content that they produce through the various social distribution lines. Content could be Video, Writings, Photos, Pod Casts etc. The influence a person has over other people in the world is enormous. They have the same reach of their voice as any politician, professional athlete, or actor/actress.

With that said there the power of the Internet has created two forms of individuals in this world. There is “Creators” and “Sellers.

A Creator has a has a deep passion for whatever he/she is producing. A creator could be producing a new Website Project, Movie Production, Music Track etc. They have a deep desire to make their mark in a non monetary way. They care about their legacy and have a vision of where they want to be and how they want their product to come out. They are less concerned about daily monetary gain and more concerned about the type of mark they are leaving on society with their project.

They have a physcholgical need to do something creative, unique and bright and if that need isn’t fulfilled in the daily grind then they feel a part of them is missing. Seeing the way society reacts to their thoughts, ideas, and actions that come through their mind is indeed the purpose of why creators are so driven and is their essential motivation. The thoughts, ideas, and actions are integral pieces of the finished product which is the creation. Usually with this central focus on their creation monetary gain isn’t far behind. Once monetary gain is successfully achieved then “Sellers” usually come into the picture.

Sellers, on the other hand could be quite successful individuals yet they look at life differently. They are cynics by nature, they make great money in most instances yet they’re profession in most cases serve no obvious long term purpose.

They build absolutely no long term value in the projects that they are working on and in most cases they’re essential motivation for waking up each day and working is monetary. They look at everything in the “NOW” power and have very little care about their legacy and making a mark.

They usually have “Creators” in their life and in some instances they envy them but are afraid to take that next step to become a creator because it is way to risky and they are scared that their way of life may change.

We all are “Creative” people, we are all blessed with dreams, aspirations, and a vision of who we are or who we want to be . We all deep down want to be “Creators” yet sometimes we just fall short and can’t take that step. After reading this passage take a minute and ask yourself “Am I a Creator” or am I a “Seller”? This self realization can really steer you in the right direction. I know it has with me.

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