Public Service vs Political Loyalty

The importance of balance and fairness is the underlying strength of a nation and must be known and respected by every member of that society. Democratically elected political representatives, policy-makers, law-makers, and appointed executives, who oversee implementation, are vital to the process. Noting that, the true work is done by the permanent staff in the public service. Hence, policies and directives, crafted by such politicians, are at the very root of strong enforceable laws. While, the execution, implementation and reporting documentation, is done by permanent staff. Members of society, therefore, must understand the powers that politicians have and do not have, and where control legally exist. For example, it is the security services that maintain order and the judiciary that enforces existing laws, with permanent skilled employees, keeping the peace in the society.

Diversifying the Economy 2018

(An extract from Foreign Direct Investment 2018)

The Executive, the Government, the Nation’s Leadership must be clear as to diversification vs. expansion. Revenue generation, from existing sectors and industries, is often dictated by global market conditions. While expanding such categories, of sectors and industries, via innovation and greater efficiencies, should increase national revenues, remember such is linked to the said market conditions. An investment in new economic categories, never before developed, by or in the nation, must be well researched. In depth research must examine pros and cons to measure the needed output of physical and human resources and time. A side by side comparison, judging feasibilities and returns on investment, of both the existing and other new options, will guide diversification decisions.

Planning for Success

Your idea, to fix, improve or change a Good or a Service, must be sound, tested and proven to be sound. Your idea, to provide such a Product to a particular group and type of consumer, must always prove to be financially viable at its selling price. Your idea, to extract, construct, manufacture, trade, endorse or serve, must benefit all stakeholders. Therefore, your idea, properly researched and developed, feasible in a defined targeted market, priced to compete and to benefit all involved, must be simple and confidentially communicated to investment bankers. So, it is not the funding, it is the professional management that is crucial to the success of your idea.

Entrepreneurial Development

Countries, nations and societies sustainable development requires a mentally and physically healthy population. People, who are academically educated to adapt policies, implement plans, measure, report and review processes and actions. Skilled workers, able to design, build and produce Goods and Services for both foreign and domestic consumption. Persons with gifted talents, who are identified early, encouraged, developed, practiced, recognized and rewarded. Such sustainable development essentially needs individuals with a strong constitution, who are prepared to take unprecedented risks, to compete, diversify and expand local industries and sectors. Hence, Entrepreneurs (Risk-Takers) are so critical, individuals who use failures as learning tools and motivation to create success.

Moral Guidance

There are groups, within the population, the society, the community, your own neighborhood, that receives messages, communicated via words, presented, advertised and in conversations, musical audio beats, short video scenes, which leave us empty, uncaring and morally bankrupt. Such persons, an audience, varying in age, levels of education and income, religious devotions, and other types of demographics, are targeted to react to an explicit designed message. People, who respect the law, understand right and wrong and would not purposely set out to commit crime, good people that can easily lose their way. It is never the message by itself, surrounding influences, marks of membership, are much more important, to create that decisive powerful designed effect.

Future of Food

Global Poverty Eradication can only be achieved and maintained with a collective investment to feed the population. There is an obvious opportunity and a serious need to fuel the human condition; mental and physical health, religious and social behavior into a skilled and productive workforce. Nutritious affordable food, widely available, skillfully processed and scientifically produced, is essential toward achieving sustainable development. The public health bills, incorporating nutrition and wellness habits as well as pharmaceuticals and medical treatment, can and must be reduced through involved policy decisions. The World Food Bank must lead in this effort to negotiate and implement strategic agreements.

Transactional Conversations

Many agree that we all seem to be buying or selling opinions rather than teaching or learning from facts. Most people love to receive awards, an expression of recognition for their achievements, and rewards, bonuses from decision-makers who value blind loyalty. Some decision-makers need expressions of agreement, as much as their need nutrients, yes people, friends, not recognizing or caring what the so call friends need or want in return. People should be surrounded by facts, provable and widely accepted truth, with limited emotions or egos. The top decision-makers love to be right and judged successful, humbly accepting good and skillfully delivering bad news, which is only possible by cultivating true friends.

Returns On Investment

Money knows no borders, as each and every nation competes for large sums of foreign direct investment. Administrations invite investment bankers, hedge and private equity funds to participate in joint ventures. Projects, which benefit the nation's population, where utilities and other infrastructure entities, are built, operated, leased and transferred or commissioned and maintained under specific terms and conditions, while charging the public as regulated. Such opportunities generally allow for a long repayment period during which investors are guaranteed a minimum annual return. But this can only work, if the nation's law-makers legalize, implement and honor such long-term agreements, beyond political periods, requiring an independent office of budgets.

Hard Work

This term used, by many well-to-do individuals and persons in leadership roles, is to motivate young persons to achieve success. From birth, childhood to adolescence, young persons are encouraged, engaged and educated to work hard to accomplish assigned tasks, but what is truly needed, is to make these tasks exciting and interesting. Eco-socioeconomic development requires such people, skilled and talented, to be creative and innovative, and love their productivity. Most persons, however, do work hard, at tasks their clearly hate, to pay basic bills, always worried about the next meal, child care, living expenses and cannot afford to be sick. Unfortunately, many young people, learning from peers, hears “Hard Work” as quick, easy pay, loving the pay not the work.

The Agriculturalist

Focused on yields, food per acre, using technical tried and tested methods, clean room or green house to reduce or eliminate pest and disease, chemical nutrients and preservation to market, are the duties of Agriculturalists. In other words, such scientists, who produce foods and medicines, are responsible for population health; nutrition and wellness, at an affordable cost. Hence, the best technology must be utilized and constantly engaged in research, labs and market testing, and to scale-up development to best meet market demand. It would be a shameful waste for produce to spoil, be damaged or stolen, after so much care, between harvest and consumption.