anecdotes, stories and insights on what ireckon!
Note> This wasn’t written by me and I received it via email.
I do however agree with some of the sentiments and particularly in how / when we will the populist approach to politics change in favour of supporting the parts of the economy that do matter.
I am posting it here on my blog in search of others comments / opinion. Enjoy/ /Hate the choice is yours:
A Boss Who Tells It Like It Is
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009To All My Valued Employees,
It is New Years Eve down under, and no better time to reflect on the past year than now.
It is a hot and muggy day, some might say this is how they feel 2008 has been. Hot under the financial blowtorch and feeling like you have been a little mugged.
Has it torrid for you? I can only sum up my year and by obvious extension the year @ireckon.
For me 2008 has been a big learning year. Yes even after running the good ship ‘ireckon’ for 10 years this year, I still encounter many learning experiences if not daily certainly weekly.
Learning is good right? Of course it is. The opposite is to sit in your cocoon and believe you know it all, or do nothing and hide from the experience that is life. Moreover, while the road is oftentimes bumpy and many times, you are heading up steep hills, when you hit the crest and then sail down the other side, breeze in your hair, it is always worth it!
So what have I learned this year? Here is 14 things which are a snapshot of what I have learned (in no particular order):
Well this month I had to come back from my holiday camping at the beach for the Qld Leaders monthly meeting. Always a shame to interrupt a good holiday but unfortunately there wasn’t a day without an interruption, so was a break if not a holiday.
Being committed to the 12 month process, there was no option of not going.
So last week was my second hit of Queensland Leaders. As discussed by previous participants, you definitely get more each time from it.
This week we had presentations from a whole raft of people, but including ABN Amro Morgans (Philip Lee), McMahon Clarke Legal (Langton Clarke) and BBS (Amanda Newbery). Sometimes it is hard in short sessions to gather all your thoughts together, but these 3 were all very relevant to me / ireckon at this time and it had my mind spinning a little.
Particularly useful was a checklist provided by Langton Clarke which covered about 100 questions, to check how investment ready you are. As ireckon has grown so quickly over the last few years, I often look back at the trail left behind by the growth whirlwind wondering if all is in order.
Those familiar with the historic fairy tale of the 3 little pigs will recall that 3 pigs set out in the world to make their way and fortunes. Each of the pigs chooses materials to make their house from. 1 chose straw, 1 chose sticks and 1 bricks.
The first 2 are able to finish their houses quickly and set about doing other things, while the 3rd pig takes a lot longer to build his brick house. As time goes by the wolf appears looking to feed on the pigs and one by one attacks the houses with some famous lines “Little pig little pig let me in” and “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down”.
The first 2 pigs meet a horrible end when the wolf is able to blow their houses down and swallow them up. The 3rd pig’s house being built on solid foundations and in a very strong / solid way is able to easily repel the wolf’s efforts to blow it down.
The wolf then tries to outsmart the pig to get him out of the house but the pig uses its head to outsmart the wolf and in the original versions ends up killing the wolf in a boiling pot of water (a trap).
Okay so you are wondering where this is going?