Franchising tends to dumb down a person’s imaginative abilities.
First you must be able to imagine a solution to your issues before you can act to improve them.
Franchisees voluntarily give up many, many more rights than then are ever taken from them by force.
My brother-in-law suggested I start listening to CBC Radio about 20 years ago. John’s a smart guy so I did what he said.
Because I simply listened, I was introduced to ideas that I never would have possibly come across.
One such author is Northrop Frye. I just finished his 1971 book The Bush Garden: Essays on the Canadian Imagination. I knew of Frye but couldn’t connect his ideas with my life for over 20 years.
- Listening works on your mind in a way that seeing cannot.
You should listen to CBC Radio as much as you can. Get in the habit and I’ll bet, you’ll be glad you did.
