Quote Originally Posted by Aris Marghetis View Post
I would think that a CFC Ethics Commission (or Committee or whatever) would be a good thing. I guess the next step is for someone to offer to propose it, etc.
We actually have an ethics committee on the books going back to 2005 or maybe earlier. There just doesn't seem to be much interest in populating it. With all proposals there have to be champions who are willing to serve on it and carry it forward.

There is an interesting idea proposed by Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest men who got there by investing in other companies. His idea applies to individuals, for profit companies and not for profit companies. His idea was that you should write down the top 25 things that you want to accomplish in life. You should rank them in the order of their importance to you or your company. You should draw a line under number 5. You should never again work on number 6 through 20 unless one of them rises up to the level of and displaces one of the first five. Buffet's idea is that no one has the time to pursue 25 goals. You should work on the five most important ones to the exclusion of all the rest and you will be much better off than you would have been if you split your attention 25 different ways. The reason that you even want to make the full list is that whenever you see yourself working on one of the bottom 20, you must immediately stop yourself because you are wasting time and taking that time from one of the five important tasks and issues. In effect, the 20 less important goals are a way to distract from turning your attention to the things which will help you accomplish your most important goals.