With all the doom and gloom atm I just wanted to share with you a private email I sent to a few of my colleagues back in November…<\/p>\n
Hey,<\/em><\/p>\n As per my usual weekend ritual, which is to take some time out, step\u00a0back, have some fun with my friends & family, review and reflect upon\u00a0the week, treat myself, I went out this morning and purchased a book\u00a0and I wanted to share with you a couple of paragraphs from the first\u00a0few pages:<\/em><\/p>\n “Business is creative. \u00a0It’s like painting. \u00a0You start with a blank\u00a0canvas. \u00a0You can paint anything – anything – and there, right there,\u00a0is your first problem. \u00a0For every good painting you might turn out,\u00a0there are a zillion bad paintings just aching to drip off your brush.\u00a0Scared? You should be. You start. You pick a colour. The next colour\u00a0you choose has to work with the first colour. \u00a0The third colour has to\u00a0work with the first and the second. \u00a0The fourth colour… You get the\u00a0idea. \u00a0You’re committed now. \u00a0You absolutely cannot stop. \u00a0You’ve\u00a0invested. There is no reverse gear on this thing. \u00a0People who\u00a0bad-mouth businessmen and women in general are missing the point.\u00a0People in business who succeed have swallowed their fear and have set\u00a0out to create something special, something to make a difference to\u00a0people’s lives. \u00a0Are the colours just right? Are the planes polished?\u00a0Do the crew look good? Are they comfortable? Are the seats OK? What’s\u00a0the food like? It costs how much….?<\/em><\/p>\n And whether you’re a surrealist or a CEO, there are always bills to\u00a0pay and money always arrives later than you ever dreamed possible. \u00a0In\u00a0the teeth of a downturn, petty financial hassles can turn into major,\u00a0life-changing crises, and tough decisions often have to be made. \u00a0This\u00a0is the side of business that journalists like to write about, – but\u00a0it’s the least exciting, least distinctive part of business. \u00a0It’s\u00a0secondary. It’s dull. \u00a0What really matters is what you create. \u00a0Doe is\u00a0work or not? Does it make you proud?”<\/em><\/p>\n Isn’t this what business is about? Isn’t this why we got into\u00a0business? To be creative, to destroy something we didn’t like, to\u00a0build something we saw, to say that’s not right let’s do it this way.\u00a0We are all artists, business artists, entrepreneurs.<\/em><\/p>\n This is certainly why I got into business, I have told many people\u00a0when they ask Why do you go through the pain? I love doing it, I love\u00a0creating things, growing, moving entities that reflect change in\u00a0peoples lives.<\/em><\/p>\n This is what I see in every entrepreneur I meet today, a spark in\u00a0their eye, as they know they have leaped off a cliff, but they are\u00a0making their dreams happen.<\/em><\/p>\n Now we all know that there is a shake up going on, it’s been going on\u00a0for a while, but people don’t change fast, they cling to what they\u00a0know. \u00a0The shake up is on, things are going to change NOW. Fast.<\/em><\/p>\n The challenge and responsibility that lyes upon us as entrepreneurs is\u00a0to create, to innovate, to inspire others, to be the glowing light in\u00a0the dark.<\/em><\/p>\n We need to group together, help each out, what are the challenges you\u00a0are having? share them with your peers, maybe we can help you or find\u00a0someone to help you.<\/em><\/p>\n The turn is coming, through pain and pressure comes creativity, we\u00a0have to survive and thrive within the environment, we can and we will.<\/em><\/p>\n So take this on a whim, or think about what you can do.<\/em><\/p>\n If you have got this far, thanks so much for your time, I truly appreciate it.<\/em><\/p>\n I wish you all the best and keep in touch, let’s make things happen.<\/em><\/p>\n Ben<\/em><\/p>\n ps And<\/em><\/p>\n Remember perseverance is genius.<\/em><\/p>\n —<\/em><\/p>\n My only comment to add is, it’s all about action, so start walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With all the doom and gloom atm I just wanted to share with you a private email I sent to a few of my colleagues back in November… Hey, As per my usual weekend ritual, which is to take some time out, step\u00a0back, have some fun with my friends & family, review and reflect upon\u00a0the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84,186,324,428,922],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe quote is from Richard <\/em>Branson<\/em><\/span>‘s new book Business Stripped Bare,
\ngo out grab it, read it, loan it to friends, spread the inspiration.<\/em><\/p>\n