I heard a saying recently that I liked very much: “Love people, use money instead of love money, use people”*. The first way speaks to the way I have been taught by my parents and the way my brother, Dean, and I have tried to operate Walker Manufacturing. To us, loving people means taking care of people. “Using money” means money is a tool to be used; taking money that has been made and accumulated in business and using it as a tool to bless people and multiply opportunities for people.
One of my favorite Bible stories is the time the little boy gave his lunch of five loaves of bread and two fishes to Jesus, and Jesus was able to multiply the lunch to feed five thousand people. I believe that same kind of multiplication happens today when a “lunch” (money) is used and people are fed and loved. We think that multiplication has happened in our lives coming from our little lawn mower project 25 years ago because we have tried to love people and use money. In fact the multiplication has been tremendous when we see all the lives touched, livelihood produced and opportunities created by the Walker Mower.
Living the other way is a disaster where money is loved and people are used. Unfortunately, many of the modern business models seem to be based on using people (when you need them and sending them away when you don’t) all in the name of efficiency and operating “lean” and maximizing profits. Most of us have experienced firsthand or observed the “shipwreck” that happens when a company or a family loses their way and loving money kicks in. It gets real ugly real fast and every kind of evil emerges.
At Walker Manufacturing, with the Lord’s help, we want to stay on track and keep loving people. Publishing Walker Talk helps us in this regard as we focus on telling the stories of people (admittedly with some product promotion mixed in) with the goal of encouraging and inspiring our readers to succeed. Our wish for all of you: May you love people, use money and see multiplication in your life.
*Paraphrased from the book “Natural Cures They Don’t Want You to Know About”, By Kevin Trudeau, Alliance Publishing Group, Inc
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