As a veteran of doing small business the hard way and only in my early stages of developing inter-linked systems for my small business, I am rapidly learning the importance of a holistic approach to business systems thinking.

What you write about dress is quite pertinent.

What we wear in our small business defines to those we interact with how we perceive ourselves and our commitment to our business.

It’s 11:38pm but I’m still in suit pants and business shirt, because I’m still in my home office.

On Wednesday I interviewed and hired a new administrative assistant for my business. I did so in my home office.

I could easily have stayed in my track suit and old jumper, after all its my home this young man came to.

But I am taking my small business seriously, treating it as if I am the CEO of a multinational corporation.

Before his arrival, I showered, shaved, dressed in a suit and tie and met him with a sense of purpose, poise and commitment to excellence that I doubt I would have felt or presented had I stayed in the tracky dackies (Australian for track suit).

We consciously create our reality through our thoughts and we consciously create other people’s perception of us through how we present ourselves with our grooming and sartorial selections.

And those are my thoughts for the moment.

good evening,

Bradley

Bradley C Hughes said…

Hi Sarah,

I admire your courage and your forthrightness.

The critics and knockers will always try to drag down anyone who is successful. That’s how they make up for their own insecurities.

I know, I used to be like that myself, before I met some amazing people who helped me to hold a mirror up to myself, and what I saw was a sad, pathetic insecure creature who could only validate himself through trying to bring others down.

I’ve moved a long way from that sad me from the past, and try to be a builder, a giver and an encourager, not a critic or a knocker.

Always reminding myself “If you don’t have something positive to say to or about someone, better to say nothing.”

That doesn’t prevent me from strongly arguing and debating for what I believe in, but I leave the ad hominems at home these days and that makes me a happier person.

I respect your decision to reduce your personal exposure online to the minimum amount possible, so as to maintain your professional profile and support your work.

Wishing you the best of luck with that.

yours truly,

Bradley C Hughes