The eighth virtue of Maat is confidence
in the power of the master (teacher). This virtue is important because you
do not know everything there is to know about the business you will choose to
begin from scratch or purchase as a franchise or licensee. You must learn the
ropes from somebody and you will not learn what you need to know if you have no
confidence in the power of the person who is teaching you what you need to know
about the business.
The virtue that is
hiding behind this eighth virtue is that of humility.
A prideful person has difficulty acknowledging that anyone knows more than she
or he about anything. Consequently, there are many entrepreneurs struggling in
business because they refuse to learn from those more experienced than they, or
to take their advice.
It’s not always pride that can make you leery about having confidence in the power of the master (teacher), sometimes it’s your bad past experience with a so-called teacher who turned out to be incompetent at best or a shyster at worst. That is why you must check out carefully the company or the business you choose to invest in to make sure that the people who will be teaching you the ropes know what they are doing.
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