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Is your organisation toxic? || AP Neem Candies
Acharya Prashant
1.8K views
5 years ago
Business Ethics
Consumerism
Toxic Organizations
Wisdom
Spirituality
Higher Arithmetic
Professionalism
Net Worth
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that many businesses and professions rely on the ignorance and foolishness of their customers to survive. He points out that industries such as insurance, arms manufacturing, and carbonated drinks would face bankruptcy if their clients gained wisdom, fearlessness, or a preference for health. These organizations actively promote foolishness through heavy advertising, encouraging consumers to buy products like smartphones they do not fully utilize. He describes toxic organizations as those that demand uniformity, discourage individuality, and enforce a strict separation between personal and professional life, effectively treating employees as disciplined machines rather than humans with hearts. He argues that in such places, speaking one's truth is unwelcome because it threatens the falseness upon which the business is built. Finally, he asserts that a bank statement is a poor indicator of one's true net worth and defines spirituality as a form of higher arithmetic that teaches an individual how to correctly evaluate what they are gaining or losing in life.