Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie

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

Take a look around the marketplace today. Why does it feel like people are becoming… numbers? Transactions. Metrics. Outcomes. Somewhere along the way, we stopped seeing people and started seeing opportunities even worse we view customers as an ATM (remember the old Cash Cow concept)

Proverbs 14 makes it clear—how we treat people isn’t just business, it’s spiritual.

I remember reading Peter Drucker talk about “moral numbness.”And I thought… yeah, I’ve seen that. So here’s the question: Have you built a little bit of a hardshell to our shifting culture just to keep up?

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