Whatever happened to honesty?
Helping local small businesses in Bali Indonesia. This is going to be my headline, I thought to myself.
But before that, I need to elaborate. I have come across some interesting characters as of late. People in business ask for help, assistance, proposals and the like. However, the reality is that most information gets so murky that the client is lost.
After an hour of consulting a Chinese base business, last week confirmed my gut feeling. A large Chinese company was seeking consultation on the local Indonesian entertainment market. Most of the information they were after is available online. Yet they needed an in-person consultation to verify the answers to their questions. Where can some of these businesses and individuals get real answers?
The truth is out there.
But in the end, it’s all a load of crap and a waste of time. I have seen businesses struggle and seek help. Yet when you give real solutions the business shies away from the main idea of change. Part of this is the confusion that is being thrown back and forth by the millions of new “experts” online. From healthcare, weight loss, social media and marketing “experts are at the tip of your finger on TikTok for example. Making money online with no investment in the world of Crypto and NFT causes major headaches for everyone.
Businesses and individuals do not know whom and what to rely on and to pay attention to. This mass confusion will not only slowly cause a leaky ship to sink but cause procrastination.
Following examples?
Where can you get legit information from? How are young people supposed to learn? Where does the average person look to for honesty? How can we be honest with each other and to each other when the world is filled with lies?
From lying politicians to the Tinder Swindler right down to the fake photo filters on phone apps… We are bombarded with lies, propaganda and loads of fake news?
How can we lead our children down a path of honesty and integrity when there are no role models to look to? Everyone and every site/post you scroll through is pitching something. How can we both young and old make sense of it all?
The little guys in Bali.
I have also chatted with and consulted a few local business owners in Kintamani Bali on the weekend. They had websites made and hoped that the website will bring them business. But a website alone is useless. Someone took their money and made a website and the poor guy received nothing in return.
For one, haste makes waste. Two, you don’t know what you don’t know. How can a poor guy from the middle of a volcano learn and be knowledgeable about full-on social media marketing? These poor individuals have grade 8 education at best. They rarely leave their village and venture off the mountain.
Once again, they need to trust someone and trust is hard to come by these days. So, here we are proceeding to help local businesses in Bali Indonesia. Everyone caters to the foreigners opening up businesses and companies. Property sales and visa extensions are all pointed at the foreign market. Who is helping the locals? Well, we are trying.
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Zsolt Zsemba 