I was at Chris Cardell’s latest entrepreneur event in London on the 19th and the 20th. And I have to say that I really did enjoy it and find it helpful. Besides the fact that Chris told us all his story – which he claims he has never been done before, and even on this occasion he didn’t let it be caught on camera – he encouraged us all to develop ideas better than I expected. And of course, there was also Richard Denny there on the second day, whose speech had us laughing several times. (Richard is very fond of being dramatic – I’m sure he would be great on a theatrical stage.)
Chris says that “Wealth is a choice.” While lots of people indeed dream of being rich, he claims that British culture today conditions us to be ashamed to be rich in this economy; that others are quick to stigmatise us if we do become rich. I definitely appreciate his earnestness. The event took place at the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in London and it was interesting that that anti-austerity parade on Saturday marched by almost right outside the building!
In a nutshell, Chris delivered (again). With what I gained from him in this event, I can just about agree that I am ready to attempt to become wealthy in the New Economy. Even today, part of me feels that there are certain aspects of serving customers that Chris will not only always be better than me at, but vastly to immeasurably so. For the time being though, I believe that our culture encourages us to believe that there’s always someone with a ready solution to any problem or predicament, even if we would totally despise them; but that’s not the case.