Are great business people fundamentally unreliable?
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I realise the thread title might seem a little like an oxymoron as to be successful one would hope you have to deliver on promises, but based on personal experience I'm starting to believe otherwise.
I'm currently slowing going through the motions of setting up a business. I'm in a fortunate position to be able to pick and choose who I work with as a number of people want a slice of the pie, and via networking I have established relationships with a number of "entrepreneurs" and businessmen at the top of their game, eg self made men who have done very well.
One of my core principles is "do what you say", eg if you say "I'll call you tomorrow to arrange a meeting" actually make that call, or if you have a 12pm meeting, turn up at 12pm.
It doesn't seem to matter if I'm doing a favour for someone, paying someone, trying to GIVE BUSINESS to someone, I'd say 80% of the people I've dealt with have recently have been just unreliable and it's really starting to grate. I'd understand if I was asking for favours, but the majority of the time I'm doing the favours!
I can only assume they're so busy with their "businesses" they don't have the mental capacity to keep everything in mind, and aren't organised enough to employee a PA.
Are you doomed to dealing with unreliable tossers when trying to run your own business?
I'm currently slowing going through the motions of setting up a business. I'm in a fortunate position to be able to pick and choose who I work with as a number of people want a slice of the pie, and via networking I have established relationships with a number of "entrepreneurs" and businessmen at the top of their game, eg self made men who have done very well.
One of my core principles is "do what you say", eg if you say "I'll call you tomorrow to arrange a meeting" actually make that call, or if you have a 12pm meeting, turn up at 12pm.
It doesn't seem to matter if I'm doing a favour for someone, paying someone, trying to GIVE BUSINESS to someone, I'd say 80% of the people I've dealt with have recently have been just unreliable and it's really starting to grate. I'd understand if I was asking for favours, but the majority of the time I'm doing the favours!
I can only assume they're so busy with their "businesses" they don't have the mental capacity to keep everything in mind, and aren't organised enough to employee a PA.
Are you doomed to dealing with unreliable tossers when trying to run your own business?
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