The past 18 months have been difficult- sales have been ‘softish’, colleagues & friends have gone out of business, while others have been slow to make the adjustments necessary to keep up in changed circumstances. This made for a challenging work environment.
In order to keep up we have reached higher, kept positive, taken risks, invested in new ways to do things as well as new products and processes. Thank goodness we have lots of passion, energy and commitment.
I recently heard a quote from Li Cunxin- Mao’s Last Dancer, who when asked, how he managed the extraordinary journey of his life (international ballet dancer, defector from China, best selling author, a movie made about his life by one of Australia’s most respected directors, stock broker and father of a profoundly deaf child while supporting his Australian and Chinese families) said if you want to be above the ordinary and stand out it is only possible by pushing just that bit further, it is about vision, will, effort, emotion, commitment and discipline – the road to success is hard and always painful- but worth it.
At Corban & Blair this is what we try to do. Thankfully we do not put sand bags on our legs then jump up stairs for 2 years to strengthen our leg muscles as Li Cunxin did- although sometimes it feels like it.
Good luck – as there is never much comfort or rest when you run a business.