karma and the kind ceo
a couple weeks ago, i emailed the business man and ceo that i respected most in my area and asked if he’d like to meet. it couldn’t hurt to ask for a few minutes; my guess was that he’d say he was too busy.
he emailed me back on a sunday, asking if i’d like to come in on the monday.
in that meeting, perhaps the top business person in my town sat down with me for a full hour. he took me behind his desk, showed me stuff on his personal computer, and was genuinely kind. he even took notes as i spoke. (which, by the way, i’ve learned, is a great sign of respect to someone that meets with you.)
in following emails, he offered me advice, connected me with some of his contacts, and spent an amazing amount of time reading my business plan and offering point-by-point advice.
when things like that happen to some little guy like me, all i can say is “thank you SOOO much”. and, to myself i say: if i ever have the chance to help a new person when i am older and more experienced, i will remember what others did for me.
over the last year of our company’s growth, we’ve had a lot of people be not-so-nice to us. that’s fine: i mean, no one owes us anything and who’s going to believe in a bunch of kids from guelph who are new to the business world? but there have been a few people — gems — who have offered kind advice and support (and on a few occasions, a caring flick to the head) when we needed it most.
for all of those people, both the nice and the not-so-much-so, our company is focussed on one thing: we impatiently await the day when we can email you with news of great successes (defined in many ways). we can’t wait to email our many advisors and aquaintances with emails that read:
hey friend. thanks for your advice. check out these figures/pictures. give us your address so we can send you a box of cookies and beauty products as thanks.
so yeah, thanks everyone for your help so far in growing well.ca. we’ll be making some announcements soon so stay tuned. we’re not sure how we can repay you all but we believe in karma so…