The world without borders

I happen to work in the finacial services industry and in my position I have the ability to speak with many business owners.

Today, I spoke with one certain individual who provided an interesting and educational conversation, which by the way, does not happen vrey often. It's amazing how many business owners have no idea what financials can teach you about a business but that is another story in itself.

The client was of Indian decent and ran a manufacturing business that creates the dyes that you see in everyday items, i.e mustard, brakelights, red brake fluid, blue windshield washer fluid, etc. We seemed to get ourselves into a discussion about india and other parts of the world becuase I explained my interest in different cultures because my MBA is in International Business.

Anyway, we seemed to discuss the emerging middle class in India as well as the expansion of industry and economic prowess of Dubai. He enlightened me on specific jobs in India and the relative payscale with ours, and I must say it is time we all think about moving. The real enjoyment was having a opportunity to hear a different perspective.

Why I write this is because I think it is time we wake up and realize there is an entire differnet world beyond our borders. We get complacent becuae our country is relatively self sustaining and therefore we tend to write off the rest of the world. Don't get me wrong, I love my country very much because it has given me everything I have ever wanted. However, take some time to listen to different perspectives and you just might learn a thing or two.