Mauro Libi Entrepreneur

Credit cards is what comes to mind when one thinks of company greed. With their high interest rates . Imagine, you go into Starbucks to buy a cup of coffee and you pay with your credit card. Actually you are not paying at all, you are taking out a loan. You are borrowing money to buy a cup of coffee and will pay interest on that coffee. Many people, who use these cards do not have the money to pay on these cards.  Along comes the latest fad . Where former companies known for their only intent to be greed and profit for shareholders, now they are joining the concept of share value. For example, Master Card had joined in a partnership with the South African government to distribute social benefits on debit cards to more than 10 million recipients. The switch to electronic payments reduced fraud and has saved the South African government more than $250 million in the past two years. The billions of people around the world ,85% of the population,  who still pay for goods...

Look at what's happened to me, I can't believe it myself,  Suddenly I'm on top of the world, It should've been somebody else. These words are from a song that describe so many of us .  Here this young man becomes the most powerful person on Earth and he has such a negative self image that he still sees himself as Ioser. Many of us have this innate negative attitude towards ourselves. We feel that either we are not capable or not worthy to succeed or to be special. Negative self esteem or self image will cause you to fail at everything.  Imagine thinking to yourself, " I am going to fail for sure". If you were the boss of a company would you hire someone with that attitude?  Excessive self-criticism tends to backfire, because it leads us to focus on our so-called failures instead of the " small ways that we could haveimproved ," .  When you make a comment after a meeting that your talk was stupid and that probably ruined your career. Tha...

Can a company gain a competitive advantage while solving social problems. In fact, that is what the most innovative and successful companies are currently doing. We need to overcome the stigma associated with profit-seeking behaviors. Profit is actually essential for enabling scalable and sustainable solutions to social issues. We need to stop criticizing profit-seeking behaviors of companies and at the same time attempt to channel some of those profits toward  towards greater social purposes. After all, the source of all philanthropic donations and tax revenues come from business profits in the first place. Mark Zuckerberg started Internet.org. Did he start this company for profit or for the greater good of society? When we get involved into that debate , then we are at war with the very companies that can do good and have the money resources to help society. Facebook and Google in 2013 committed their companies to getting the 5 billion people around the world without Interne...

In today's era of high technology it important for any company to adapt and change. Can you imagine a computer company or a cell phone company that is selling the same model that they came out with five years ago? My dad had a gall bladder surgery performed twenty years ago. The surgery was a long one and he stayed in the hospital for two weeks and it was a hard recovery Today that same surgery is an out patient surgery.  Knowledge and technology changes the way we do things at such a rapid rate. The winning company is the one with the latest technology first.  For you and your company to be the first at discovering,  learning and adapting to the latest in technology it takes a certain attitude. It is important for your company to hire people that have a positive attitude. you want an environment where your employees believe that they are the best and that they will remain the best. People that do not believe that they do not have the ability to be the...

The Kroger Co. is one of the world's largest grocery retailers, with fiscal 2014 sales of $108.5 billion. The Kroger Co. Family of Stores spans many states with store formats that include grocery and multi-department stores, discount, convenience stores and jewelry stores. A very successful company. However, this company has been awarded the number one spot by Forbes magazine. It's prestigious number one pick by this magazine is not for it's revenue collected but for it's belief in giving back to it's communities. It has given 11% of it's profits to it's foundation.  The Kroger Co. Foundation continues our long tradition of working to make our communities better places.Through The Kroger Co. Foundation, they  award millions of dollars in grants every year to local organizations that have been recommended by our retail operating divisions. In addition to supporting food banks, breast cancer organizations, and other organizations that help individuals ach...

Having a positive attitude can bring one great success. Many writings have proven that. being positive unleashes ones full potential and allows their mind not to be clouded with depression that would block their ability to think clearly and to be creative. I would like to talk about something different today. i would like to talk about a different kind of success.  We have one life to live and we should enjoy our one life. When  was a little boy, one of my teachers tried to teach us a class lesson. She asked us what we want to be when we grow up. Most of us answered either the president or a super rich person. She then asked us if being rich and powerful would make us happy and we all answered YES. At that point she had us read a story called 'the fisher and the sea". It was about an old man that was very happy even though he was very poor and he lived in a shack. One day he caught a magic fish that promised to grant him whatever he wanted if only he would free the fish. ...

Scott Hamilton had many reasons to give up on life.  He was an  Olympic champion . His calendar was booked as a professional skater. He was actually on tour  when he was diagnosed with cancer. His doctors gave him a year to live at best. Scott had an amazing positive attitude that possibly saved his life. He is quoted as saying, " The only disability in life is a  badattitude ". Scott believed that him getting cancer and almost dying was the best thing that happened to him. He started on a happy life after his survival and was very successful for his career.  The Mayo Clinic says that a positive attitude has the following effects on your health:  Increased life span Lower rates of  depression Lower levels of distress Greater resistance to the common cold Better  psychological and physical  well-being Reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress Scott Hamilton ...