Personal boundaries in business begin with the people and commitments I choose. This list asks what deserves my time, what I respect and what I want to stop pursuing. I read it as a reminder to make those choices deliberately.
Do not do business with people you can’t respect.
Avoid spending time with people you can’t respect.
Do not focus your time and energy on short-term comfort.
Never live your life by other people’s standards.
Do not do what ‘they’ say.
Avoid living in your comfort zone.
Do not play status games.
Avoid zero-sum games.
Do not rent out your time.
Never partner with pessimists.
Do not waste your life by chasing to impress your parents.
Skip business magazines, because there is no skill called ‘business’.
Do not take business classes.
Skip ‘coffee’.
Do not fall for ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes.
Remember that becoming wealthy is not what you are seeking.
Do not distract yourself.
Never wait for luck to find you.
Do not do business networking (waste of time).
Avoid talking a lot about yourself.
Do not believe people who tell you how honest they are.
Never do things you are not proud of.
Do not try to find a shortcut to smart.
Never let them package you (‘Democrat’, ‘red’, ‘left’, ‘…’)
DON’T.
Related reading and sources: learning to say no
