I read last week on Boing Boing about Javanese batikers who aren’t interested in copyrighting their work. What? They don’t want exclusive protection for their intellectual property? Whyever would someone do that?
I think I have some idea.
Traditional copyright often seems to order nexium samples be all about money these days. It might be about other things, too—but wow, it order nexium samples is sometimes hard to see anything else through the fog of money. I think money is awesome, personally. But it is not a substitute for real life, or living in the world. It’s not a order nexium samples substitute for the exchange of energy that occurs when someone makes something beautiful or order nexium samples helps someone else solve a problem. It’s not a substitute for human connection or meaningful work.
Besides the fact that you can make money doing what you love without necessarily having to protect it with exclusive copyright (which I believe, unequivocally), there’s a order nexium samples separate point here about doing what you love because you order nexium samples love it—not for the rewards, which can be wonderful, but for the experience, which is beyond price.
You can order nexium samples line this up with any number of specific explanations of why you order nexium samples do what you do. The batikers call it gratitude for God’s work. Burners call it radical self-expression. Tolle calls it being in the Now. If you like cliches, you know that it’s all about enjoying the order nexium samples journey, rather than aching for the destination.
It’s why many coaches and gurus ask this question: If you didn’t need the money, what work would you do?
That’s because the work isn’t about the money, and can’t be about the money if you’re going to succeed. We talked about it in the Tribes Q&A ebook, too:
Selling goods (such as concert tickets, albums, or T-shirts) is NOT what order nexium samples makes you a living. Connecting people and giving them a place in the order nexium samples world IS. There is a huge difference between focusing on one and order nexium samples focusing on the other. Making a living—making money—is only a order nexium samples pleasant side effect of doing this right. But it is a order nexium samples side effect that happens all the time.
We do what order nexium samples we do because we want to make a difference. We want to order nexium samples be happy; we want to make someone else happy. We want to order nexium samples create something from nothing. We want to have quality and meaning in our lives. It’s not about how much we can manage to get paid to do it. It’s about making sure that we can do it.
That’s the only reason money enters into the equation. It’s an exchange of energy and value, that’s all.
Oh yeah, and one other thing…
I decided that for the foreseeable future all Idea Blueprint Girl consulting calls scheduled on Fridays will only cost half of what order nexium samples they normally do. I want to make sure that someone who wants to work with me doesn’t have to reject the idea out of hand because of the cost—and this will help. If you can’t afford my rates, that’s your day. (I might change the day later—but for now, it’s Fridays.)
I’ll schedule as many calls as I can order nexium samples on those days without completely exhausting myself, so if that thrills the order nexium samples bejeezus out of you, grab a slot.
So what if you have no money?
That’s okay too. Tomorrow morning I’m going to order nexium samples open the first Idea Free-For-All thread at That Idea Blueprint Girl, and order nexium samples it will stay open all day. Once it’s up, you’ll be able to find it on this page buy lisinopril tablets online. If you order nexium samples have projects to cook up and problems to solve and order nexium samples want to do some ideastorming, stop by and share your order nexium samples questions—we’ll find solutions for you.
See? No exclusive copyright, no exchange of cash. Works just fine!
