“And there, but for the grace of God go I” aka Sometimes It’s About Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
Not every business succeeds. Indeed, over the course of time, more businesses fail than succeed each year. Sometimes there appears to be no difference between businesses that succeed and those that fail. In some cases, it is a matter of being in the right place, at the right time. When you are an entrepreneur, you should never be complacent. Instead, look for ways to take advantage and benefit from every situation you find yourself in. Lesson Recap – leave conceit behind, sometimes success is all about where you are at a certain time.
“When crisis hits, we don’t turn against each other” aka Look for Solutions Not to Through Blame
Over the course of time, every business will experience hardships or setbacks of some kind. Perhaps marketing efforts will stop working or the sales team will be without success of any kind. When this happens, it is not uncommon for one person in a company or one division to blame another. This is a dangerous practice. Instead, when business problems arise, all members of the organization must find ways to work together to find out solutions. Lesson recap – when problems arise, don’t look to place blame, instead gather the troops and find solutions.
“We are always stronger together” aka Team Work Makes the Dream Work
As children, we all learn the expression, ” no man is an island.” As an entrepreneur, you must find a way to be a team player. No entrepreneur is able to do everything for a business. There are customers, suppliers, legislators, neighbors and many other people to contend with. Entrepreneurs must leave behind the superstar, solo winner mindset. Instead, in order to succeed, entrepreneurs must find ways to leverage the power of teams. Lesson recap – learn how to work with others to reach your business’ goals.
“I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves” aka It’s Not Where You Start, But Where You End That Matters
Some entrepreneurs are in business because they took over businesses that were started by others or from misfortune. In some of those cases, the original business owner failed at the business. The new entrepreneur thinks that she can build on what happened before and make the business a success. It is important to realize that in business, you can take something build on misfortune or mistake and make it better. Lesson recap – never despise humble beginnings, because from a small acorn, a large oak grows.
“This right now is the greatest country on earth” aka Entrepreneurs are Heroes Who Make the Economy Work
Entrepreneurs should look at themselves as heroes. Even a small business has the power to make the world a better place by providing jobs, opportunities and possibilities. A small business owner who employs even a solopreneur is a hero. That entrepreneur needs lunch every day and has to buy it at a store. That entrepreneur need clothes, entertainment, electricity, heat office supplies and telephone service. All of these things are sold by others and by buying them, the entrepreneur contributes to the economy. If the entrepreneur is successful and the business grows, more people will be contributing to the economy because of that entrepreneur. It is a powerful and indeed miraculous thing. Lesson recap – entrepreneurs are heroes because they help feed the economy.
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My mother-in-law always said a person should get all she can and can all she gets. In other words, a smart entrepreneur can get useful business lessons from almost any situation in which she finds herself. So, check out the video of Michelle Obama’s speech at the DNC and see what lesson you find there that will help your business.
Edited to add: Click here to check out Entrepreneurs – 10 Business Tips from Barack Obama’s DNC Speech
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It was such an inspirational speech. I love the way you took her points and applied them to business. Very clever.
Excellent piece, it would be nice if everyone could just find some good in everything and not always look for the bad. There is always something we can take away from every situation that is good. I would love to see our country come together again and stop all the fighting and name calling. Sorry to get off track…loved this.
I truly appreciated how you were able to skillfully extract lessons from the First Lady’s speech and translate them into business points. I do not enjoy dialogue that gets political and mean, but I did enjoy your writing and insights. Thank you. You gave me much to think on with your encouraging words.
I didn’t watch the coverage but like all of these quotes. Thanks for highlighting some of the things I needed to read.
The highlight of the political year for me was Michelle’s speech. I can’t believe how you took it and made it applicable to business. Great job.
Thanks for sharing! Michelle Obama is so talented and she’s such an amazing speaker.
Our words and actions matter. I like that part. I didn’t watch the speech but I hear it was a good one.
Of course, one can always take the positive out of quotes, life lessons, & philosophies. Anytime we can learn from our own experiences, or others’ experiences, we grow & gain in knowledge.
Love her quote about how we should never stop learning. I am a firm believer that you can learn something new everyday – it’s all about opening your mind and listening to others.
Thank you for sharing these lessons. They can be applied in so many different ways.
She is an amazing woman and what a great speech. Isn’t it amazing what lessons you can learn.
This was an amazing speech. She is a talented speaker. It is great to have a wonderful role model for our kids.
Thanks for sharing I am glad you were able to take something away from the speech that left us learning something more and feeling amazing. Appreciate it.
Sounds like she had a lot of great things to say. I’m glad you provided a recap since I missed the actual speech.
She was amazing, wasn’t she. So full of grace! Thanks for putting these all down in this post to read
I missed the speech (kind of n purpose). I am trying to stay on the positive side of politics and that is SOOO not easy to do. I am sure both sides have something good to contribute though.
She is such an excellent speaker. The thing about her speeches that I love is that they’re always substantive. There’s not a lot of fluff going on there.
I didn’t watch it, but I heard she knocked it out of the park.
She knocked it out of the park with this speech! I think despite your political affiliation everyone can take something great from her words and apply it to themselves.