Take a bath… and take your egg with you.

I’m currently playing a game. It’s very simple, and if you play, you & your business will never be the same again, but to play you’ve got to have courage. The game is to get REJECTED 20 TIMES in the next 2 weeks.

Let’s face it, we all like to be right. It makes us feel smart, cool and secure. The challenge though is that to be right, we often think we have to tell someone else they’re wrong. And you can imagine how much we all hate being told we’re wrong.

Ever have that annoying inner voice kick in just when you don’t want it to? Eg just before a big important meeting? Mine goes a bit like this:

“Oh really, you’re going to do that?”

“Remember what happened last time, when you embarrassed yourself?”

“Shouldn’t you do something a bit easier?”

I’ve named him Goyle. And he can be a right pain in the bum.

Start counting chimney pots. Err what now??

Yep. That’s correct. Start counting as many chimney pots as you can & I’m telling you that by next Friday you will be in a better mood than when you started.

I know. It sounds mental. But trust me, there’s science in this madness..

The word ‘entrepreneur’ always used to hold these connotations for me of somebody who was successful, powerful, bold and daring. But I think the Oxford English Dictionary gives a better definition by simply stating that it is ‘A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.’ Definitely a lot less glamourous.

Picture the scene. You’re at a pancake party… standard, right? It’s a Friday night, and you’re chatting to some people you’ve never met before and are having an all-round lovely time. But before the first forkful of sugary lemon goodness has even left your plate, the inevitable question comes up. “So, what do you do?”