Hi again,
I was having a conversation today with my son about music, and I brought up that, when I was in Detroit, I had visited Hitsville, the birthplace of Motown. I went downstairs to the basement, to the piano (since that's what I play of course), and I just imagined what it was like in that little place, where Marvin Gaye, Smokey, and eventually Michael Jackson, worked long and hard, and how this place changed the world, not only music, forever. I also wondered what Berry Gordy had actually envisioned, of his dream becoming so huge in it's infancy, and then it hit me. His mindset was different from everyone else, for he had seen himself as an CEO of a company that was going to impact his market niche forever.
What do you see yourself as in your business? do you see yourself as a songwriter, or musician, accompanying the business, or do you see yourself as the CEO of your business, ready to make an impact on the market you are in? My mind started to think of the attributes of an CEO, for which I will list just a few:
1. They had the drive: Obstacles became opportunities for them.
2. They had the knowledge: Every facet of the operation they not only knew, they understood it's purpose.
3. They had patience: Willing to put in the time for eventual success.
4. They developed a following: Willing to interact and persuade through their lifestyle.
5. They were leaders: Each believed they were, and therefore, they became.
6. They were giving: Money didn't come first, but the betterment of someone else did.
7. They never lost their vision: Stayed to their blueprint, making the impossible possible.
You must believe that your business will make a difference, and you must decide today whether to be that CEO, or just there, limiting yourself the chance to not only making a differnce in the life of others, but yourself too.
The clock is ticking...........
