Chris Gorman; a good friend and business hero

It has been a very interesting experience for me and I have enjoyed spending the last two days providing one to one coaching to five different businesses who were all finalists (that is part of their prize readers - spending time with me!)

The reason I have loved working with these people is that they all come from different backgrounds and are engaged in various fields. Building signs to Arabic clothing to domestic services and a great one providing a fitness service for non-gym goers. This makes for such an interesting experience for me and I can say that I felt revived by it.

One of my business heroes, (and a good friend) is a guy called Chris Gorman. He has a very simple mantra which says “work hard, play hard and always give something back”. He remembers how he was supported by Sir Tom Farmer when he started in Business and in turn he now offers support to as many start ups as he can manage. I could not by any definition be considered a success yet, but I do feel that I have benefited enormously from certain people providing me with lots of support and encouragement from time to time.

If you are an entrepreneur with some experience (just one year will do it!) please get involved in a local initiative to support start ups. Even if you can only spare one hour every month - please do something. I can promise you will find it very rewarding and I can guarantee you will learn lots and become a better business person as a result of putting something back.

You will also benefit from an enormous amount of goodwill which will have a business benefit. One of my very first blogs was Being nice as a business strategy. It remains 100% true!

Happy Giving!

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