BUSINESS LESSONS

What is the secret of success?

I’m definitely a veteran and have had a few hard knocks. We’ve come close on a few things and come right up to the brink and failed. I think everybody thinks you succeed because you orchestrate your own success and you’re this massively smart guy and whatever. But, in the end, I think humility is really important because you’re not the orchestrator of your success. There are many other determinates that you have no control over, in my opinion, that will form you.

But what can you do to help success along?

You have to keep trying and you don’t have to have the full view before you commence. Have a kind of an orientation of where you want to go, follow that direction and when you see an obstacle move around it and then get back on course when you can. But I think it’s the resilience to keep at it day after day when you wake up. It will pay off eventually and I know a lot of people say that but, in my case, it’s certainly been true.