I recently realized that I still have a desire to express myself. To be precise, whenever we have a new experience, expressing it enables us to understand the situation. In my case, this blog is my place to express my circumstances.
In other words, logical people are fundamentally expressive.
That awareness made me consider the relationship between expressing ourselves and business. Let’s discuss it.
How to succeed in business
Sometimes, we want a strategy of balancing our inner desires and mandatory activities. Although we want to do something freely, having an ideal environment is rare. There are always restraints.
A typical example is the conflict between expressing ourselves and making money. The former ignites our inner energy, while the latter is something necessary for our lives.
That conflict makes us wonder which one we should prioritize. Although earning money by expressive activities is the best, it often leads to another problem: a lack of motivation. That is why we want a strategy for satisfying ourselves.
One solution is to consider them as separate things. Each has a goal and requirements. That shows us an effective strategy for logical people: prioritizing expressing ourselves even if we have little money. This logic may help you live with determination.
Prioritizing self-expression over money
For logical people, prioritizing expressing oneself over money will be more efficient in improving their lives. In other words, convey and share your inner passion, even if people look down on your miserable social status. Even if your position is low at first, your life will eventually become better.
The purpose of self-expression and business makes it easier to comprehend them.
- Expressing ourselves aims to understand one’s own situation. We give form to the inexplicable thoughts within ourselves and unreasonableness in society. That encourages the next reasonable actions.
- Business is an activity that provides continuous, stable value to society. We need to intentionally create consistent products and services for customers based on clear, rational principles. Contributing to others brings money and rewards.
Social demand
Society demands the following:
- To those who engage in self-expression, society expects them to satisfy other aspects of life, which is something that ordinary social cooperative activities cannot fulfill. Sharing expressions nurtures rational individuals in society.
- To those who engage in business, society expects them to share a consistent value that benefits social cooperation.
In other words, expressive activities make up for what business cannot provide. That is why art is unnecessary in everyday life, but it is necessary for society.
Succeeding in business comes after we have appropriately comprehended our circumstances. It means that we can conduct effective business once we understand the whole situation. Logical activity without proper overall understanding is pointless.
That is why logical people naturally prioritize expressing themselves, even if they have to live frugally.
Two steps of growth
From another perspective, the essentials for logical people to socially succeed are the following:
- Recognizing the conflicting desires within ourselves allows us to organize and satisfy our inner needs. This self-awareness helps us achieve personal stability independently.
- Comprehending how the social system works lets us contribute in the appropriate ways. It brings mental fulfillment and material rewards.
Personal independence first, and social contribution follows. That is the process of growing.
In other words, you don’t need to rush the success of your business. Even if you succeed in the artistic business, it is fundamentally unstable.
A strategy for empathic and logical people
An environment with proper logical guidance enables us to grow stably, especially if we are empathic and logical.
If our growth environment doesn’t teach us that our desires can conflict and need balancing, we will encounter spiritual problems. This desire is often shown as a lack of love and maternal instinct.
On the other hand, if our educational environment doesn’t teach us the logic of social cooperation, we will struggle in creating a business. This desire is often described as fatherliness.
That determines how well we handle matters of mind and business. Some are good at managing business but poor at caring for the mind. Even if they succeed socially, they will eventually fail in business. Success achieved in a state of confusion is a castle in the sand.
On the other hand, those who can balance the inner contradictory aspects will see their business gradually succeed as they comprehend the social system and situation. Although they need to express themselves each time they encounter something new and learn the social situation, they will provide what society needs as they learn.
In my case, I was the former—good at managing business but poor at caring for my mind. I tried to turn my expressive activities into a business, gradually lost motivation, and ended up stopping them. Creating games, writing books, and creating stories were all expressive activities.
Now I am reconstructing my business from scratch. The investments I made years ago have brought me profits while I am engaged in various active works, such as sewing bags and learning to bake pastries.
Although I had been living a simple life for a long time, it was a natural lifestyle for someone empathic and logical.
Conclusion
That is why prioritizing expressing oneself over money will be more efficient for logical people in improving their lives.
In other words, convey and share your inner passion, even if people look down on your miserable social status.
Those who can balance the inner contradictory aspects will eventually succeed in their businesses.
This logic may help you live with determination.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
