The worth of diamond and water



We can live a life without a diamond, whereas we can’t without water. However, why is a diamond expensive more than water is? 

According to the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, it is an exchange value. Water is low in scarcity, but a diamond is high. Unlike the time that Adam Smith lived, however, we actually buy water to drink. 

Anyway, a diamond is expensive more than water is. Our Chinese boss asked me about how a normal shopping bag can be special and different. She might have a headache because of several tasks that I assigned. She has a practical idea to do the tasks, so she thinks of a shopping bag as common. 

Actually, she writes explanations in Excel and read it carefully one by one not to interpret them in her own way. Then, she also translates in Chinese. A shopping bag can be a diamond. What I want is not to sell a shopping bag as a diamond. That’s why she is confused about my thought about a shopping bag. 

There is a limit to communicate with her because I can’t speak Chinese really well. So, I sometimes hate myself, but I also sometimes hate her. I really want to talk with her deeply… Our employees and I make an effort to make it more valuable and sell, but it’s really hard work. I always change my mind when waking up, driving, and having a meeting in the morning. Those thoughts were lingering a while in my mind… That’s a shame. We have recently reorganized our Chinese company’s business system newly. 

It is still the same as before. I am not sure that this is because it doesn’t come to our mind yet or we still have lots of complaints. It is not easy to change something. Our employees don’t understand why I tried to change the system, but we might be going to be changed next week. We will be used to it again because we actually have lots of experiences regarding the change. 

One thing that we really do well is to adapt ourselves to new changes. It’s been ten months since we moved in. I have been already accustomed to here. I think the employees follow me well because I just give them the direction of our company. In the end, we need to wait and see whether they will be going into the real diamond streets or become one of many water drops. 

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