The road to success

While I was dropping my daughter off the other day, I made the acquaintance of two very interesting people, Dino and Jila. They offered me tea and biscuits and enquired politely about my health.  I told them about my recent trips to various countries and we started to talk about their recycling business.

They asked for my opinion. They said they wanted to expand their business and cover the whole of the UK. I told them that, in my view, this is good, but more needs to be done. I believe they have the capacity to outgrow the UK market. We need to marry somehow the horizontal growth of society development with the vertical thoughts of society change. After all, development is a long term process of implementing a slow, stable mechanism. The worry is that this process could become quite traditional and somebody else could beat you to it.

In my opinion, to achieve this and be well on our way on the road to success, we must bring innovation to the table. You needn’t be a genius or have a tremendously high IQ to innovate. History shows us that the ones who succeed are those with a strong belief in themselves and those who persevere without losing hope. History also shows us that those who succeed often overcome barriers of any kind, including lack of resources.

Let us think of Nobel Prize winners – they have achieved this honour on the basis of their belief, determination and hope. Let us think of millionaires like James Caan, whose rags to riches story talks about determination, belief and drive.

If you want to change our society, the development process must include innovation. If there wouldn’t be any innovation, we would all look the same, eat the same food, drink the same water and wear the same clothes. Innovation nurtures diversity, complementarity, partnership and excitement.

Are you ready to walk down the road to success?