I often talk about how viewing a situation from a different perspective yields different results and once again this has proved to be so true.
Earlier this year I became a mentor for Young Enterprise which is a charity dedicated to helping develop the entrepreneurial flair in young people. Every Thursday for the last three months I have been spending time at a local school helping a group of 20 teenagers set up their own business.
What has been inspiring to me if the fact that these young people have no fear. They are not constrained by rules but rather play full out assuming everything is possible and achievable. The business ideas they have come up with are innovative, challenging and just plan do-able. I often have to check myself before I speak just because I think the venture won’t work isn’t necessarily true.
These young people are ambitious, enthusiastic, hard working and see endless possibilities around them. It always makes me think about what opportunities I am missing by not having the foresight that they have. They are forcing me to re-think the way I see the world and the lenses I am using to filter information.
The relationship I have with these students is definitely a win-win. So my question today is are all your relationships win-win. If not then maybe it is time to release some of them and find relationships that truly serve you. Just email me or post it on the Facebook page.
Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.
