
I stumbled upon a video of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on Leadership, in a CNBC piece from the Columbia Business School. At the end of this short segment, Buffett stated the following:
If the reason you’re doing something is because everybody else is
doing it, forget it, you haven’t got a good reason.. ~ Warren Buffett
Mr. Buffett’s statement seems obvious. “Don’t follow the herd” seems like fairly good advice. But more so the idea of “having a good reason” stands out as something that requires more examination.
Adapting to a changing business landscape, perceived and real competitive threats, intelligence about what the customer wants can create significant change, usually at a fast pace, from what the founders had perhaps started with. Answering the question: “What is my reason for starting this business?” or “What is my reason for staying in this business?” or “Why do I love what I do?” can certainly yield useful results.
We’re offering a location for a broad range of business professionals to add their answers to this question “Why I Love What I Do?.” We expect it to help shatter a few stereotypes, and interest readers in new and unique points of view. An honest answer to “Why I Love What I Do” may not always be one that you expect; however, keeping Mr. Buffett’s statement in mind, may lead to some genuine discovery.
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With best wishes to you and your loved ones in this Holiday Season..
Ky Ekinci
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Joan Koerber-Walker
Growing a business is rarely easy – so as you and Warren Buffet both say – you had better LOVE what you do. That’s what makes it all worthwhile. Then it is time for that important next step – taking that love and desire to succeed at ‘what you love to do’ and shaping it into products and services that others will love, desire AND pay for! THAT is the winning combination.
Great new blog Ky – I look forward to reading along.
December 3, 2009 at 10:29 am