Hello again,
Heard a program at the weekend all about the experience of Inter-railing in the 1970’s. I was interested, as I did it too and the summary of it was a young person having the opportunity to go on their first trip without parental supervision. Result – Freedom, Chaos and Adventure.
Perhaps your business is like this too? Is this good or bad? Depends on where you’re looking at it. To get you going in the morning, there’s nothing like some chaos and adventure to bring spice to your day. You could view that as completely crazy but one of the drivers for having your own business is that you do have some more freedom. You don’t have to report to someone and have someone as a boss telling you what to do. You decide and you have responsibility for your actions – freedom with responsibility.
Chaos – it’s trendy now to bang on about Chaos Theory but hardly anyone really knows what this means. In the context of this blog, it is the certainty that each day will bring you something new to deal with – it’s what gives you an edge. This doesn’t mean that each new issue is either good or bad – it could be neither, or both too. All this means is that, at least you do not have a dull boring job to go to each day that you hate.
Adventure – well, even if your final outcome is to sell your business for a pile of cash, you might as well have an adventure along the way. If not, why do it?
The reason I am posting this blog now is that I have just returned from 4 days in England visiting my Show Distributors. This is always a worthwhile experience and without fail, some new idea is mentioned that leads us in new and interesting directions. There’s nothing like a face to face social meeting to get the creative and chaotic side of the bsuiness buzzing again.
Have a great weekend. Roy Lewis
www.hebridean-liqueurs.co.uk