Dear friends and colleagues,
I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Healthy, Happy, Prosperous and Peaceful New Year. Surely the Finale of this coming Year will be complicated. Within this New Year things will be brought into a new order, there will be no returning of the previous greedy practices of Investment Bankers and the current financial crisis will also shake up the core of the National Economy to the point of where no stone is left unturned.
Are the changes that 2009 will bring with it bad for us? I see the situation as a perfect chance to improve on the future.
- Would it be so wrong if we would once again invest our monies in the production and service industries instead of corrupt financial accountants?
- Would it be so wrong if we would in the future appreciate the works of the scientists, engineers, blue collar worker and service personal instead of the operations and acts of the investment banker?
- Would it be so wrong if many countries and corporations could seriously consider the new energy standards, infrastructures and sustainable management?
- Would it be so wrong if after 8 years of stagnation in the United States of America starting with January 20, 2009 a fresh wind would blow in Washington, DC?
No, I certainly agree with the highly admired Hermann Hesse who expresses the profundity with the importance and inevitability of changes of life.
I wish that all of us in this New Year of 2009 find never ending enthusiasm ( that will constantly drive us forward) and a lot more patience (that will help us when we slide backwards)
I found that Henry Ford explains enthusiasm in a way that is closest to my heart in his writing. “Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.”
When we speak of patience we often associate it with patience toward our fellow man. When we want to succeed we want to do so with our families, business or whatever job we are doing. In order to do so we have to approach this with enthusiasm, patience and participations. It is often not easy to involve society for many are not easily persuaded.
A good example how to deal with patience is Randy Pausch, an American professor of computer science who gave his “The Last Lecture” speech on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon. Pausch conceived the lecture after he learned that his previously known pancreatic cancer was terminal.
Randy got some very valuable hints from one of his former colleagues at Walt Disney:
„Look for the Best in Everybody. When you are frustrated with people, when they’ve made you angry, it just may be because you haven’t given them enough time. If you wait long enough, people will surprise and impress you. Sometimes this will take great patience, even years. But in the end, people will show you their good side. Almost everybody has a good side. Just keep waiting. It will come out.”
Everything is going to be alright.
Best Regards
Detlef Riedel
Xavo/CEO
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Richard Selck
01.02.2009 | 22:35 Uhr
“Letztlich sind es die Begegnungen mit Menschen, die dem Leben einen wahren Wert geben” (Schopenhauer)
Lieber Herr Riedel,
ich erinnere mich, daß wir vor einem Jahr Neujahrsgrüße ausgetauscht hatten.
Auch für dieses vor uns liegende Jahr möchte ich Ihnen, Ihrer Familie und der XAVO sehr viel Gutes wünschen.
Ihre Gedanken zur derzeitigen Weltwirtschaftssituation und dem möglicherweise daraus resultierenden Wertewandel teile ich in weiten Zügen.
Ich habe Respekt vor jeder ehrlich erbrachten Arbeitsleistung,sei es die eines Arbeiters, Angestellten, Ingenieurs, IT-Menschen …..
Ungesund war sicherlich, was wir in den letzten Jahren erlebt hatten: Investmentbanker haben mit kaum zu verstehenden Produkten die Gier vieler Menschen nach schnellem Profit genutzt und damit ganze Volkswirtschaften an den Rand des Ruins gebracht ( siehe Island).
Eine “sinnvolle Wertschöpfung”, basierend auf ehrlicher Arbeitsleistung war hier nicht gefragt.
Diese ehrliche Arbeitsleistung, verbunden mit dem Ziel, das bestmögliche Ergebnis zu erreichen, habe ich übrigens in der Zusammenarbeit mit Ihnen und Ihren Kollegen immer auf der XAVO-Seite empfunden (PROMS/MBC).
Daher, Grüße im Sinne Schopenhauers an die Herren End und Benkert (auch wenn letzterer nicht mehr bei XAVO ist) sendet IHnen
Richard Selck