Tag: book banning

Watching For Signs

Romance writers know
when people start banning
books featuring diverse characters,
romance novels will be next.

We watch for
that movement.
We try to stop it
from happening.
And we prepare
because it WILL impact us
next.

I know if the UK is experiencing
extreme weather
and climate change,
my section of the world
will likely experience it
next.

I prepare
for those weather events.
I plan around them.

There are almost always
warning signs
foretelling big changes
in our lives
and in our businesses.

Figure out
what the warning signs
for your situation
are.

Monitor them.
And then prepare
for any changes.

Studying History

Winston Churchill once said
“Those that fail
to learn from history
are doomed to repeat it.”

But those of us
who have studied history
know
the majority of people
DON’T learn from history.
And we ALL repeat it.

What learning from history
does
is allow us to see the signs
of an upcoming situation
and
then take action
to avoid it
personally.
Perhaps, if we have
the impact,
we can ensure
EVERYONE avoids it.

We know,
for example,
that book banning
is one step closer
to having a dictatorship.

We know
how dictators function
and how a country would look
under a dictatorship.
(Living under a dictatorship
is NOT good
for business building.
At all.)

We can take action
to stop this from happening
and we can prepare
for the possibility
we won’t be able to stop it.

Study history
because we WILL repeat it
and the knowledge
could save your life.