Managing Personal Successes "If we are to be really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.” - Theodore Roosevelt Further, "success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds." - Orison Swett Marden Success may be compared to the Parable of the Weeds, which is well documented in the good book. It explains how a man sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat …show more content…
This is so because social cultural factors relate to the behaviors of the consumers. These behaviors may be determined by age of the population as well as religion. It would for example not make business sense to build a bacon factory in Mombasa or anywhere in North Eastern Province. A large proportion of the population in these areas professes the Muslim religion and culture. They are not known to consume bacon products. Similarly, it would be futile to set up beer factories in the Arab World. Muslim communities, who are the majority in that part of the world, are not accustomed to beer consumption. Notably, one of the greatest and most sudden social cultural changes in our times is acceptance of male circumcision, amongst the Luo community in western Kenya. Having embraced the benefits of the practice, adult Luo men adopted the rite en-mass. This was in the short term followed by shortages of circumcisers. Indeed, this development brought an earlier inexistent business opportunity to medical practitioners in lakeside …show more content…
It determines the successful continuity or otherwise of any business and therefore our routine occupations. According to Professor Michael Porter’s business strategy concepts, there are five main players in any industry or specific market which include;- • New entrants into an industry who cannot be avoided • Related products or substitutes which are continually developed • The customer who continually changes needs and/or preferences • The supplier of goods and services who can withhold the same or change terms of supply at will. Sadly, the same person either knowingly, or unknowingly, ends up sabotaging business. • The business rivalry which sometimes turns hostile, and occasionally leads to unethical practices These attributes of competition are a reality in business, just as much as they are in our personal lives. In formal employment, we are continually competing for promotions and other considerations. This leads to rivalry and conflicts in the workplace; just in the same way they occur in the industries, in which we may be conducting