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           Mel Gibson’s new movie, Apocalypto, begins with a quote from Will Durant, the American philosopher and historian who wrote, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>          Think of all the civilizations from the Roman Empire to Hitler’s Germany, and you’ll understand what he meant.
\n<\/span>          I think that each business, including broadcasting, is in itself a civilization.
\n<\/span>          If your infra-structure, staff morale, training, mission statement, vision and all of the other components which comprise your ‘civilization’ or culture are strong and in tact, no external competitor or market condition can destroy you.
\n<\/span>          Stations which blame their competitors for their low rates or that blame their market or any other external conditions for their shortfalls should look inwardly rather than pointing outwardly.
\n<\/span>          The other advantage of focusing on strengthening your civilization is that you<\/u> control it. You have no control over what the marketplace or your competitors throw at you.
\n<\/span>          You do, however, control your own beliefs, convictions, systems and culture.<\/span>
\n          Those other civilizations can not bring about your demise if you do not destroy yourself from within.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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