Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie

Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie-A Proverb Per Day Keeps Stinking Thinking At Bay · Apr 14, 2026 · 8m

Compassion

"Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.” Proverbs 14:31 ESV

The Insight

In 2000, I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Peter Drucker at a NAMM Leadership event. In his book Landmarks of Tomorrow, Drucker offers a profound observation about contemporary culture. He notes that in an age of chaos and "terror," many people develop a "hard shell of moral callousness" to survive. We see this in the marketplace every day: the "dog-eat-dog" mentality where we stop seeing people as human beings and start seeing them as obstacles or…