Not until today (and last night’s haze of inspiration) did I fully realise how important it is to be surrounded by like minded individuals. Since I have been pretty much been a one-man-band, I have managed to focus much better than I ever did a team environment. My high school teachers would agree, every report that I received throughout my entire school life came through with “Ben has very done well, but could do even better if he didn’t distract others and stayed focused.”
But last night I caught up with some people that I really respect, in particular relating to what they have done in the startup scene here in Sydney. The whole time my mind was running at a million miles an hour, and I came back so charged and buzzed to do all these crazy things with my business.
By the time I came down off that high I actually had some time to stop and think about what actually occurred in that room. The only difference between the last few months and the couple of hours last night is that I had someone to vibe off. Someone to look at me and tell me exactly what they thought about my ideas, my approach to business, and what it takes to actually solve problems people and businesses face.
I suppose it’s the same when rappers have cyphers and musicians have jam sessions – business and music both thrive off vibes (I honestly can’t think of a better term) and together the sounds and ideas create amazing pieces of work – work that would have never existed unless there was an idea, a catalyst, mixed in with the excitement and everyone feeding off the same wavelength.
So I am planning on locating my business to that environment.
I want to thrive.
I want to create.
And I want to give something back to how people have helped me.
And the best bit of all? Is then once I leave that environment, I can spend the time with friends and family that matter to most and not bore them with all my crazy business ideas.