أولاد التاجر وأولاد الفلاح..!

In the midst of the significant changes and deep transformations that have occurred in society and the mutual influences with the market, many new entrepreneurs have entered the market, whether willingly or reluctantly, without prior knowledge or experience in the fields of business or trade.

Many of these entrepreneurs achieve moderate or remarkable success both domestically and internationally, and within a short period, they manage to create a name and brand for their businesses, allowing them to quickly break through the ceiling of small and medium enterprises. Some have even managed to compete with the big players in this field in a short time.

Conversely, some entrepreneurs fail at a pivotal moment, walking a tightrope between limited experience and accumulating losses while waiting for a moment of relief that may be delayed or may never come. Why do some entrepreneurs fail when their circumstances, starting points, and data resemble those of their peers who quickly achieve success? Where lies the secret of success for some and the failure of others, despite the fact that the conditions of these and those often resemble each other?

In the stories passed down through generations, there is the tale of the farmer father and the merchant father, highlighting the fundamental differences between the farmer's approach to raising children, which is based on the belief that hard work, effort, patience, perseverance, and a long-term vision are the guarantees for planting seeds, watering them, caring for them, and protecting them from the factors of weather fluctuations, drought, winds, rain, and pests. This is what the farmer's children must learn as a weapon to achieve success and a modest but continuous profit in life.

In contrast, the other school, the merchant's school, raises children on the idea of profit without significant work or effort, that is, quick profit or gain, without the need for waiting or long patience. The merchant wants to teach his children to buy goods at the lowest prices and sell them at the highest prices, without the need for a long time, exhausting work, or even patience, even if it is not continuous.

When the farmer's children grow up relying on themselves, they act wisely and patiently, prepared to face challenges with stability and a long-term vision, away from surprises, emergency decisions, and fluctuations, and they accept reasonable profits.

In contrast, the merchant's children grow up armed with capital, some market tools for quick and large gains, and little patience and endurance in dealing with new and unconventional surprises.

What has been presented is not a therapeutic recipe for either of the two traditional schools, and it is certain that this does not mean that this is the only diagnosis of the problem we are discussing and seeking to understand its causes and consequences. We are also not in the position of favoring one school over the other, as artificial intelligence, digitization, and technology have mixed the cards and imposed new tools and methodologies for the market game and the dynamics of society.

Artificial intelligence, digitization, and technology have imposed new rules of the market game on the farmer, the merchant, their children, and the children of other professions, which could make all professions one profession in the not-so-distant future.