If you presently have a belief that it's OK to declare bankruptcy if things go south, does such a belief cause financial failure? Assuming of course, you agree that it's abusive to break agreements with fellow merchants, and that there should be undesirable consequences for lying, for breaking one's word, for thwarting another.
If you hold in your mind that it's OK to conduct business by not paying bills per the agreed upon agreements (on time) then you will set up life to experience what it feels like to have someone break their financial agreement(s) with you, what it feels like to be thwarted
What we're referring to is unconscious premeditated failure. If in the back of your mind you reserve the option of declaring bankruptcy, rather than conduct business so that everyone wins, then your code of honor does not support mutually satisfying results. Also, you will magnetically attract a spouse or partner who (usually non-verbally) doesn't inspire you to operate with integrity and compassion, so, he/she becomes cause for you causing others to lose.
If you are the spouse of a business person then you too are responsible for the financial upsets you two cause others when, as a couple, you choose to not pay a bill on time and you have possessions you could sell. In other words, your partner mirrors your integrity. No Mafia Don could inflict harm on another except that his spouse (using her leadership-communication skills) supports the abuse.
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