Triumph

24th April 2014

“Nothing worthwhile is ever easy.” I don’t know who said this, or even that it isn’t just anecdotal, but either way I agree strongly with the sentiment. If everything we do or attempt to do is always easy, then everyone would be doing it, and there would be little to no satisfaction in having completed or achieved the task set. The point is that although many of us may feel at one time or another that we wished something were simpler to achieve, so it could be done in less time or with fewer obstacles to overcome, in reality the knowledge that we have accomplished something through adversity, or simply by hard graft, gives us real pleasure when it is done.

To have to fight for something, to challenge ourselves, and to learn how to do things we never previously thought possible is what separates the leaders from the rest. The business owners and entrepreneurs are the ones who blaze the trail, and generally they have had to do things the hard way. They have to work hard, they have to set rules, they have to make tough decisions, and above all they have to inspire others by leading them towards their vision.

I recently took on a new client who has quite a few challenges. Generally the business is sound, but she recognised that a lot had to be done to get more controls into the business, and then to build it to the end goals she has for it. She said her initial reaction was that in the face of all that had to be done she thought she would simply sell it, but on reflection she realised that it would make a lot more sense to put in the graft and find the ways to make it work. People with that kind of attitude will always achieve good things, and I will be pleased to help her by pointing her in the right direction, and holding her accountable for taking the appropriate actions.

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