Thank you to The Business Owners magazine for allowing me to share why I believe “Business Is Personal” in their monthly magazine for Business Owners.
https://www.imags.uk/the-business-owner-magazine-feb2021
Pages 18-19
Here are the opening paragraphs…
“Do you remember that moment on the film ‘Taken’, when Liam Neeson is searching for his abducted daughter who is being trafficked? He is in a lift and is pointing a gun at the perpetrator? The evil man says, “it was never personal, it is just business” and Liam replies “It is personal to me”.
Well I identify with that within the business world. Several years ago, a pivotal moment in my self-worth, and the direction of my life that I took, was when an investor, was brought onto a Board of a Company that I Founded, by one of the other major Shareholders. As we left the first meeting that she attended, she turned to me and said, “you know Penny, I don’t have to like you, it is just business, it isn’t personal’. Wow, I thought, this is going to be hell, and I was not wrong. My business was personal to me. It is where I place my values, my passion, my time, my energy and my desire to have impact”
I hope this helps anyone who feels that their business is no longer serving them and gives them courage.