46 common business problems & how to solve them using the teachings of the diamond cutter

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Copyright 2000, 2009 by Geshe Michael Roach

Copyright 2011 by Diamond Wisdom Pte Ltd

All rights reserved. No part of this book can be reproducedin any form.

The full version of the book, The Diamond Cutter, ispublished in the United States by Doubleday Religion, as

imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division ofRandom House, Inc., New York.

ISBN 978-0-385-52868-9

This FREE book is a summary extract from The Diamond

Cutter book, Chapter Seven: The Correlations, or CommonBusiness Problems and Their Real Solutions.

You may share this book with anyone as long as there isno changes to the content or whatsoever.


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What Are Your Business

Problems?

Are you facing any of these business and personal challenges

Company finances are unstable

Employees and management around you are fighting one another

You find yourself second-guessing your own decisions

Always have problems with your business partners

You are unable to control your temper, and always angry!

Projects you hand out to subordinates never get done

You are not able to take a well-deserved rest, and really enjoy a vacation.

Years in business world are taking an undesirable toll on your personal

appearance.

and these are just a few So, if you said Yes!

Its Time For A Change!

If youve tried many different methods and none ofthem has really worked, maybe its time to try a newway that ALWAYS works

This method is taught by Geshe Michael Roach, thefirst American to have been awarded the degree ofGeshe, or Master of Buddhism, after more than 20years of study in Tibetan monasteries.

Geshe Michael is also a prominent internationalteacher, businessman, philanthropist, best-sellingauthor, educator, public speaker, textual scholar andmusician.

He graduated with honors from Princeton Universityand received the Presidential Scholar Medal fromthe President of the United States at the WhiteHouse.

In 1981, he helped found Andin International

Diamond Corporation and brought it to annual salesof over $100 million, with over 10,000 employees in


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EmptinessA Hidden

Potential in all things

management and production facilities worldwide.

The company was one of the fastest-growing firms in the history of New York City and in2009, Andin was sold to super-investor Warren Buffett, the second wealthiest individualin the United States,for US$250 million.In 2000, Geshe Michael wrote The Diamond Cutter, the Buddha on Managing yourBusiness and your Life based on his experiences at Andin and how he helped it tobecome so successful. The book has become a best-seller, with million copies soldworldwide, in 20 languages.

So What Is This Method

That ALWAYS Work?Hidden in The Diamond Cutter Sutra, a written record of the teaching given by theBuddha over 2500 years ago, is the ancient wisdom that Geshe Michael used to propelAndin International to over $100 million per year.

The title of the sutra itself contains a great degree of secret wisdom, about how anyonecan be successful in their business and in personal life.

The most important word here is diamond becausein the ancient Tibetan way, diamonds represent thehidden potential in all things.

Anyone who is fully aware of this potential hasaccess to the very keys for attaining success, both in financial and personal terms.

Below is a summary extract of the 46 common business problems and their solutions.According to The Diamond Cutter Sutra, these solutions always work.

No. Problem Solution

1.Company finances are unstable, in a state ofconstant flux.

Be willing to share your profits with those whohelped you produce them, and be very strict about

never making a single penny through anyimproper actions.

Remember, the amountyou share with thosearound you is not what determines the strength ofthe imprints; rather; it is your willingnessto sharewhatever you have made, even if its not a lot.

2.Capital investments like manufacturingequipment, computers, vehicles tend tobecome quickly outdated or unreliable

Stop being envious of other businesspeople andtheir businesses; concentrate on making your owncompany innovative, creative and fun, and dontbe unhappy about the success of others.


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10.

External failures, what they call acts of God natural problems like bad weather or cityinfrastructure problems or power shortagesare hurting your business.

Be very careful to keep your promises, especiallycommitments you have made to stick to certainprinciples in how you conduct your businessdealings and your personal life.

11.You find yourself unable to concentrate orkeep your mind focused when faced with achallenging business situation or decision

Spend some time each day putting your mind,peacefully and in a concentrated way, on thelarger questions of life. Would you be doing rightnow what you are doing right now if you knew youwere going to die tonight?

Are your priorities in order? Are there biggerquestions about the way you live life that you areperhaps hiding from, by throwing yourself inlonger hours and bigger deals?

Step back and look at your life, and at whatsimportant.

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You find yourself unable to grasp broadbusiness concepts, or market patterns, ordynamics like whole manufacturing processesor systems.

Understand that nothing is random and we are totake full responsibility for all that happens to us.

Learn about The Diamond Cutter principles, andalso; what is the real cause of all the problemsthats happening around us? This will helps you tosolve the problem.

13.Rents are too high! Cant find a building to putthat new branch location in.

Make sure that you help others find places to staywhen you need them. Again it might seem anoversimplification to say that refusing a bed toAunt Martha when she came into town over theholidays could have anything to do with the failureof your multimillion-dollar branch to find a home,but it fits the rules we have laid out here perfectly.

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Companies and individuals in your businessworld whom you consider especially reputableand capable seem hesitant to connect withyou.

This particular imprint is planted by choosingassociates poorly. Typically in business we tendto hook up with those who can be of greatest helpto us financially-those who can provide serious

backing or other needed assets, particular skills orcontacts-and under the duress of our particularneeds we might overlook some pretty evidentproblems in potential partners as far as theircharacter, honesty, or other similar traits.

15.The competition is ruthless and alwaysseems to get the upper hand when you gohead to head with it.

One of the main causes for this particularphenomenon is speaking harshly to others. Thereare 2 types:

1) Those that are in themselves unpleasantwords, and

2) Those that are pleasant but intended to

be harsh.


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16.Over and over, when you get deep into a dealwith anybody, he or she seems to turn aroundand stab you in the back.

To prevent this problem, try to feel empathy withanyone whos having a problem, even acompetitor. Stop taking pleasure, or even small,private feelings of satisfaction, in the misfortune ofothers.

17.You think up a major project, design it downto the last detail, work hard to get it up andrunning, and then, it simply flops.

This again is due to not understanding the waythat things really work. The key to success israther a state of mind, a state of understandingthe principles weve put forth here. Projects donewith this knowledge, (Diamond Cutter Principles),in this state of knowing, work. Period!

18.People around you dont step forward to helpyou out when you need it most.

This again is a result of taking some kind of

unhealthy pleasure in other peoples problems. Atbest, try to step into every situation where youcould help outwhether its offering an aspirin tosomeone at the next desk whos having aheadache, or pitching in on the last late night ofpreparing a presentation for a major customer.

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You find yourself unable to control yourtemper, you get angry at employees,customers, the weather, the phone, just aboutanything!

Anger of this type is an interesting problem in theworld of potentials and imprints. It is a result,again, of wishing problems on others-or at leastnot being unhappy at all to see certain peoplehave a problem.

If we really want to success, on any level, onevery level, we must seek to stamp outunhappiness in its every form, and within anymind-even in those of people who compete withus for the next promotion, or in the marketplace.

20.The market and business atmosphere ischaotic; it seems to go up and down without

any cause or logic.

Once more, this kind of chaos is a result of achaotic intention, of wishing failure on others.Disorder on a global level, on a market level, on abusiness level (whether your own or your

competitors), and on a personal level is justanother form of unhappiness for whomever is inthe mist of it-and we have to reach a point wherewe wish ill on no one.

21.

Corruption is a problem in your business; in itsregulation by government, in the waycompanies interact, in the way individualemployees behave

Consciously take joy in the success of everyonearound you-little success, big successes, successby your firm or success by the competition.

Admire a job well done, no matter who does it,and refuse to give in to the base emotion of

jealousy over another persons happiness.


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22.

As your corporate career moves through theyears, you notice small health problemscropping up and steadily starting to become

serious.

Go through the company with a new eye: walkfrom corridor to corridor and peek in on eachdepartment. Try to locate any condition that mightbe impacting negatively on any employeeshealth. Your concern for the welfare of those

around you in your firm has to reach a point whereits a natural part of your life-in order for your ownhealth to be affected.

23.The market strategies that used to work foryou dont succeed anymore.

This is nothing more complicated than some formof deceit, some kind of dishonesty in the way youmake your money.

A small exaggeration to a potential customer inorder to nail down the first order; a small white lieto an existing customer about why their order islate; a bit of an adjustment on the balance sheet

to the blank that floated your last project.

Avoid this kind of small-change ethics, avoid eventhe slightest stretch of your integrity, and youllfind that your traditional business approachcontinues to work just fine.

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You find yourself feeling down more often,whether or not the business is doing well. Youstart to get little bouts of depression or self-doubt.

Examine how you work with the people who workwith you. Do you encourage them to fudge a bit?Indulge in dishonest behavior? All confidence and

joy occur when you support honesty and integrityin every sector of your firm.

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The people around you, whether fellowemployees or managers, customers orsuppliers, never believe what you have to say,even when you are telling the truth.

The solution is to be strictly accurate in yourwords. Remember what lyingreally entails: givingsomeone else an impression of some object orevent which does not strictly correspond to theimpression that you yourself have of this samething.

So complete honesty is what you say is nothingless than assuring the impressionwhich yourwords leave on someone else matches the veryimpression you have in your mind.

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Whenever you undertake any form ofcooperative effort be it a group project, apartnership for some business goal, or themerger of your company with another itdoesnt seem to work out.

Always try to see to it that the way you describethings to other people gives them an exactimpressionof how you yourself see the thing-thisis, the result of your words should be that theother party always gets the exact sameunderstanding that you have about the particularobject or event.


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27.You work in an industry where people cheateach other a lot.

Be completely straightforward in all your businessdealings yourself, and gradually, you will meetfewer and fewer people who would ever want tocheat you.

28.Your boss often speaks to you in an insultingway.

REFUSE to continue the cycle of violence. Theidea here is that you back off from the violence,even if the other side hasnt yet agreed to do sowhen you do. You refuse-once, twice, or even ahundred times (Turn your face and show themyour other cheek so they can hit that one too)-torespond to an insult with an insult, and in so doingyou remove those problems in your life.

29.You find that the years in the business worldare taking an undesirable toll on yourpersonal appearance.

You have to be extremely diligent in watching yourown mind for the slightest trace of anger towardanother person. If youre really going to be seriousabout this particular solution-you have to take onestep back from the anger and be careful to avoidanger assiduously, even before the causes for anincident of anger have had a chance to convene.

30.Regardless of how well you do in your work,

the people around you are always criticizingyou.

The solution for this problem is to be verysensitive about paying attention to how youractions and words affect those around you. Thatis, before you say or do anything, considercarefully how it might impact on others in theworkplace.

31.Projects you hand out to your subordinatesnever get done.

This particular problem can be stopped by takingspecial care to facilitate the work of other peoplearound you in the company. For example, ifanother division needs a loan of several workersto get a project out that week, you give them uphappily-and dont send the dead heads, by theway, give them your best.

32.The business projects you undertake aresmooth sailing at first, and then turn sour.

Take time and care to show your sincere thanks,on a constant basis to those that support you. Themain thing is that you maintain, on a constantbasic, thoughts of gratitude-that you reallyappreciate, as you look down at your bowl ofcereal in the morning, that hundreds or thousandsof people have sacrificed those very preciousmoments of a brief human life to bring this food toyour table.


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39.

You find yourself unable to take your wels-deserved rest; you have trouble relaxing, andnever really enjoy a vacation real leisure isbeyond you.

Avoid talk which has no sense or point, whether itbe gossip or silly ideas or plans that you neverintend to act on anyway. The idea is to speakwhen there is a reason to speak, where there ispurpose or action to be fulfilled.

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You have a noticeable problem with timing.You get into the market big just before it drops;you get out of a market in the middle of a boomthat keeps going long after you pulled out yourmoney. Your new product always seems tocome out head to head with a competitorsrelease of a slightly better product. Yourcommitment to an order from a major supplierreaches him several days after his prices wentup.

Again, the problem here is that kind of uselesstalk where you divert resources and people andminds to plans that-if you think about for a minute-you never really intend to carry through on. Makevery sure then you do what you say youre goingto do, and speak no of something you have noreal intention of accomplishing.

41.No one listens when you ask him or her to dosomething.

Same as 37 Consistently talking about thingsthat have no real importance.

42.People in your company seem to fight eachother a lot.

Stop saying things, in either a malicious or agossipy way, which will draw other people fartherapart from one another. To counter this, go out ofyour way to bring other people together, whereverand whenever you can, and even in a very minorways-all day long.

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You live in a business and social climate whereintegrity is simply not respected; where onlyfools are strictly ethical every hour of theirbusiness daywhere Nice guys finish last.

Dont look outside your industry to try to findanother thats more honest; train yourself strictlyin integrity itself, in the forceful logic behindintegrity, and then just sit back and enjoy thechange in your own industry as it happens.

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You find yourself losing your touch forbusiness; nuts seem harder to crack now, youhave trouble keeping up with the changesaround you, you seem slower than you used to

be when you grapple with complex businesschallenges.

The best solution to solve this problem, isunderstanding how imprints workto create theworld around us, and then acting on thisunderstanding by following the path of personalintegrity.

45.

The principles of justice dont seem toapply to your life. Whenever you arewronged, be it by a fellow employee or by acompetitor, the authorities (meaning your bossor the courts) never seem to give you the helpand protection that you were hoping for.

It is essential to understand that, in terms ofcontent, a positive result (business and personalsuccess) cannot come from a negative cause(such as hurting or cheating someone else).

Take the time and the trouble to acquaint yourselfwith the new ideas presented here, with the entireconcept that your world is a creation of yourintegrity, or lack of it.


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46.

You are slowly coming to the realization that,over the length of your career in the businessworld, the level of your own integrity hasnoticeably and disturbingly dropped.

The final solution to the final problem, in a bookabout business integrity itself, is nothing you mightever expect-for the loss of your integrity is aperception forced upon you by your lack ofrespect for integrity in the past.

To put it simply, you have for so long held theunspoken opinion that integrity has no relevancein business that you must now face the loss ofyour own integrity.

Whats Next?So, congratulations. You have all the 46 common business problems and their solutions

right here for you ! Youre ready to bring your business and personal life to the nextlevel.

This Diamond Cutter principles though, are a bit like your new cell phone. Youve figuredout how to call your friends on it by now but you know your phone can do about fiftyother things that would probably really be helpful at times. Its a question of whetheryoull have the determination to learn these other functions or just get by with the basiccalls.

Diamond Cutter principles are the same! We really encourage you not to stop here indeveloping your knowledge of all the different ways you can use these ideas - all the

ways you can make it work deeper and faster for you.

So we offer you some options for making yourself a real expert at this because that canonly bring you more and more success.

Here are five suggestions on where to go from here.

1. Get a copy of the book that started it all- The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha onStrategies for Managing Your Business and Your Life.

Read it and use it! A special, expanded edition has just been created to celebrate

the tenth anniversary of the books publication, all over the world.

2. Get a copy of the book,Karmic Management: What Goes Around ComesAround In Your Business and Your Life.

This book is the practical version, where the wisdom of the Diamond Cutter is issimplified into practical 8 steps for you to apply right away into your business andpersonal life.

3. Contact Diamond Wisdom Pte [email protected]

Just send us an email with whatever question or advice you need, and we willbe more than happy to assist you in whatever way we can.
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