Optimism – The key to success
JANUARY 12TH, 2012 By DOMINIC
Well, after a well earned Christmas and New Year break I have returned to work with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and optimism for the year ahead.
That’s why a piece I read earlier; ‘Go Figure; The great business confidence gap’, struck such a chord with me. Essentially, it was about how business leaders recognise the economy is in a state of flux, but despite this, actually believe their own business is doing well.
There followed a long, intelligent argument of why certain people would hold this belief, if, indeed it was true, and how you could effectively measure success. But the bottom line was (according to several legitimate surveys) that there was a really sense of optimism out there despite all the negative media about the economy. This in itself begged the question; Is it all the media’s fault for fuelling the economic situation through its excessive reporting? You get the picture? The article really probed the issue of perception.
Regardless of the research and the argument, the fact is, there is overwhelming evidence to suggest there is a huge amount of optimism among captains of industry, business leaders and owners and I am happily part of that club.
Maybe it is a case of genius child syndrome – we all think our babies are prodigies in the making; “oh, she’s so forward,” I can hear the immortal words now. And of course, in your eyes they are exceptional wonders in the making and they’d have to seriously make a lash up of their lives for this view to change.
Now, I’m not saying when it comes to business that our rose tinted specs blind us to the reality of the situation but how can you lead a successful business and not be positive? It’s like negative parenting – it only creates a morose child. I genuinely believe you only get out of life what you put in, whatever the focus of your positivity is.
So, I am genuinely feeling good about the year ahead. We’ve just announced an alliance with the UK’s leading consolidation and capital creation company – Succession.
The announcement is the culmination of months of discussions and through their support it will really help us to give our clients the very best bespoke, quality service. This is so important at a time when investors are so disenchanted by the service the private banks give.
What kind of year will 2012 be? Who knows? But it is the Year of the Yang Water Dragon and some believe it signals the end of the world but according to feng shui believers, it should bring many possibilities. I’m definitely supporting the latter view and I think we all should sprinkle some feng shui karma into our lives.
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