GENIUS FORUMS

Business owners/managers have entirely different brain configurations than sages. Their brain structure is much more impressive than a typical drone on the factory line, and this is why I would like to explore their unique specialized brain structure in comparison to a sage.

A business owner usually has mathematical talent, he is a pro at working through large amounts of numbers in his head, and doing many calculations. He is also a master at taking real time business events from reality and transferring them into short term memories that can be retained, and recalled at will for weeks at a time. Moreover, he is able to balance the companies expenses, the customer’s demands and the employee’s demands, while keeping psychological stable and pleasant. He isn’t a deep profound man, but he has an intuition on how one behaves around others to maximize productivity, and minimize conflict. So his biggest assets are his math skills, his emotional intuition, and his ability to retain a large amount of business related data as memories, and recall them at will, while constantly disposing of what is not important, and picking up new information.

What a unique configuration…

On the other hand, a sage consciousness usually loses interest in math, and his memory only works through conceptual visualizations in reality that are massive/relevant in scope. And his brain maps are geared towards abiding in emptiness so taking in real time business events and transferring them into short memory, and then long term memory over significant amounts of time is a very difficult task, as his entire philosophy has rewired his brain to do the total opposite. He abides in the immediate emptiness, so when someone asks him to recall something business orientated, he is accessing empty space..lol.. there isn't anything there. Note-taking is the only savior of these men when surrounded by such trivial memory monsters.

So the business owner and the sage both have impressive brain configurations, but both are total opposites. Both are two worlds apart, but the business owner is absolutely necessary for the survival of the species. And I wonder whether a robot could ever be designed with such sophisticated specialization. I have no doubt that we will easily create work drones, but the business owner/manager is a rare occurrence, a rare occurrence that is not easily duplicated.

the business owner is absolutely necessary for the survival of the species

You ever read "Neo-Tech" by any chance? Just curious...

Ryan Rudolph wrote:Business owners/managers have entirely different brain configurations than sages. Their brain structure is much more impressive than a typical drone on the factory line, and this is why I would like to explore their unique specialized brain structure in comparison to a sage.

Don't you mean mental structure rather than brain structure? I'm pretty sure their brains are structured the same.

Also it's a funny way to put it, that business owners and managers are "much more impressive" than the average joe, therefore they are worth comparing to sages. Let's see what you mean by "impressive."

A business owner usually has mathematical talent, he is a pro at working through large amounts of numbers in his head, and doing many calculations.

Many are not, and this is actually not a requisite. Some instead are most adept at managing people, some at developing or marketing products or ideas, while others' strongest points are production. Those who are not mathematically inclined will hire people who are, referred to as bean counters, among other things.

He is also a master at taking real time business events from reality and transferring them into short term memories that can be retained, and recalled at will for weeks at a time.

Really, I don't know where you get this. A business owner is a master at short term memory?

Moreover, he is able to balance the companies expenses, the customer’s demands and the employee’s demands, while keeping psychological stable and pleasant.

This simply doesn't fit the profile. Many business owners are notoriously ill-tempered, and many are psychologically unstable. I've known a couple personally.

He isn’t a deep profound man, but he has an intuition on how one behaves around others to maximize productivity, and minimize conflict.

Here again, you speculate. Surely there are profound business owners; nothing about owning a business precludes this. Nor is it a given that he is especially intuitive or that he even tries to minimize conflict. I know for a fact that some bosses see value in conflict.

So his biggest assets are his math skills, his emotional intuition, and his ability to retain a large amount of business related data as memories, and recall them at will, while constantly disposing of what is not important, and picking up new information.

I don't see any of that as necessarily true of the genre of business owner.

What a unique configuration…

If it were generally true.

On the other hand, a sage consciousness usually loses interest in math, and his memory only works through conceptual visualizations in reality that are massive/relevant in scope. And his brain maps are geared towards abiding in emptiness so taking in real time business events and transferring them into short memory, and then long term memory over significant amounts of time is a very difficult task, as his entire philosophy has rewired his brain to do the total opposite. He abides in the immediate emptiness, so when someone asks him to recall something business orientated, he is accessing empty space..lol.. there isn't anything there. Note-taking is the only savior of these men when surrounded by such trivial memory monsters.

Maybe. Kevin, for instance, is rather math-oriented, I believe. I don't see anything un-sage-like about an affinity for particulars of one sort or another. They may answer one's natural proclivities, keep the mind active, and satisfy curiosities.

So the business owner and the sage both have impressive brain configurations, but both are total opposites. Both are two worlds apart,

Really, I don't think you have shown this, only stated it.

but the business owner is absolutely necessary for the survival of the species.

So is the sage, one might argue. But really, this is your summation?

And I wonder whether a robot could ever be designed with such sophisticated specialization. I have no doubt that we will easily create work drones, but the business owner/manager is a rare occurrence, a rare occurrence that is not easily duplicated.

So rare that there are millions and millions of them in the U.S. alone? Really, they are a dime a dozen. And a lot of them are really not that impressive.

The guy who runs the local corner store is a business owner. He sits in that store all day every day except a few hours on Sunday, selling cigarettes, beer, and Twinkies. His life is punctuated only by the ringing of the door chime and the drone of the TV. Last year he was robbed at gunpoint (twice), and now he sits in a thick glass cage.

Certainly he is "much more impressive" than most of us.

I'm starting to get the impression you're not a Randian,Unidian :-D

Hehe, glad I managed to get that across. ;)

I'm pretty much the anti-Rand.

The guy who runs the local corner store is a business owner. He sits in that store all day every day except a few hours on Sunday, selling cigarettes, beer, and Twinkies. His life is punctuated only by the ringing of the door chime and the drone of the TV. Last year he was robbed at gunpoint (twice), and now he sits in a thick glass cage.

Poor guy. One of these days he is going to have to wonder "there has got to be an easier way to make a living".

Easier than sitting watching television behind a glass barrier?

Yes, it's pretty "easy" in that that sense, I guess. Still seems like a lousy life.

Carl G wrote:

the business owner/manager is a rare occurrence, a rare occurrence that is not easily duplicated.

So rare that there are millions and millions of them in the U.S. alone? Really, they are a dime a dozen. And a lot of them are really not that impressive.

True enough, but there are a few who are extremely good at it.

Those few remarkable specimens are unlikely to be available for brain dissection. Ryan's conjectures about brain structure are unlikely to be directly investigated in depth. However, if you can figure out a way to translate it into a question about running mice through mazes, I know a guy.

Dhodges,

True enough, but there are a few who are extremely good at it.

Those few remarkable specimens are unlikely to be available for brain dissection. Ryan's conjectures about brain structure are unlikely to be directly investigated in depth. However, if you can figure out a way to translate it into a question about running mice through mazes, I know a guy.

Dhodges has the idea. I should have discriminated between what I believe is a superior business owner and an inferior one.

The inferior one is incapable of managing many problems from customers and employees continually, he has a low tolerance for pressure and challenge, and therefore he becomes easily stressed, rattled, and then takes it out on employees. Such a man has a very low emotional intelligence and shouldn’t be a management position in the first place.

However, then there are those with a naturally higher emotional intelligence, (but not wise) and they are quite good at managing constant problems without becoming rattled, and they are able to keep track of hundreds or even thousands of relevant pieces of information as it pertains to their business. It takes a very intelligent person to be able to manage a business successfully. So with complicated services, the brain of such an individual is highly specialized and integrated into the complexity of his work. An ideal business owner with the ideal temperament can retain employees over the long-term because he remains fair and balanced in times of stress.