07.19.07

Are you a Business MacGyver?

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:35 pm by Robin J. Elliott

After a science lab explodes, MacGyver is asked to rescue scientists that are trapped underground, guarded by a deadly security system. He must do this before the nervous Army detonates a nuclear warhead at the lab, to stop the leak of highly concentrated acid that has begun to eat away at the concrete encasement of the underground bunker. MacGyver is able to fix the leak using a very unusual tool- chocolate. But neither the Army nor the officials above ground know of his accomplishment. Now, MacGyver has only two minutes remaining before the Army will launch the warhead…

 

True entrepreneurs and real Joint Venture Brokers are like MacGyver. They use the means at hand, the resources available, to reach their goals. After completing my Management Diploma at Hotel

School, I managed a restaurant and then ran a hotel. This hotel was a privately owned and was being restored and upgraded, so I dealt with some very interesting situations – cleaning gutters on the roof with waiters eight floors above the street, throwing prostitutes out the bars and waking them up in the bathrooms the next day, renovations, a string of drunken German chefs, staff fights, bar fights, new restaurant openings, power outages in the middle of weddings, you name it. After that, I became a Food and Beverage Manager with Holiday Inns and it was a sea change. Everything was orderly, controlled, well financed, and predictable. But when the kitchen flooded, everyone was paralyzed – they had never had to think on their feet before.  I had been well prepared in my previous job.

 

Real business superstars are flexible, courageous, creative, innovative, optimistic, unstoppable, and motivated. They are prepared to wok hard, do whatever it takes and make things happen. They don’t blame their tools or whine about what’s not working; they take responsibility and fix broken systems. They are like MacGyver. They use what they have to get what they want. They see opportunities where the losers see problem and barriers. Winners skip over detours and use obstacles as stepping stones. Next time you find yourself whining about your problems, remember that MacGyver used chocolate when he was in a crunch, and stop bawling. Business first makes you strong, self confident and persistent, and then it makes you rich.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

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