The goal of our business is not to do business with anyone who simply wants what we have…
We are focussed 🎯on the people who believe what we believe.
Our tribe.
Together 🤝 we make WOW the standard in homes of today and tomorrow.
Kintsugi 🏺 – the art of being uniquely flawed
Kintsugi is a powerful concept. For all of us and our businesses.
Wikipedia: Kintsugi (“golden joinery”), (“golden repair”), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold.
As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
It embraces the imperfect. It values the use and wear of an object over time.
Question ❓What if we apply it to businesses or ourselves?
…re-define Failure…think pivot and learning
…Context matters…broken (to be repaired) vs trash (end of life)
…Our mistakes and history can result in “golden scars” or joints that shine ✨
and…an imperfect reality can be more valuable than a perfect dream…
live fear-less and stop worrying about others´ ideas of perfection.
Small scars with a big impact 💥….
Karma – the law of equilibrium
Karma means everything has consequences. Favourable or unfavourable.
Karma implies everything is interconnected ⛓. Touch a little thing and it ripples through the universe 🎇, it affects everything.
Take Karma into account as a small business trying to have a BIG impact💥.
Build bridges 🌉
As a small business looking to make an impact 💥 you want to build bridges🌉.
And I mean build bridges like…all the time. This is related to the importance of partnering up I talked about a while back.
Don´t worry too much about where they lead to. Nobody says you have to cross them…
Bridges give you options♦️♠️♥️♣️. Bridges allow for 2-way traffic.
The building itself is a process that enriches you.
When you build, you learn. When you build together, you learn exponentially more.
If you wonder if aside from business there is a political angle to my statement. Rest assured, there absolutely is😎.
Build bridges, not walls.* (Dr. Martin Luther King)
*and if the wall is built, dig a tunnel while you prepare to tear it down
Partner up 🤝
You are an entrepreneur or work at a small business and determined to make an impact💥. That requires doing things you – and maybe nobody – has ever done before. R-I-S-K. Good. Expose yourself.
But you do not want to be the lone rider, the kid on the playground without friends,… You can survive alone, but you cannot grow 🚀 or be truly successful all on your own.
Partner up 🤝. Determine who you are, why you do what you do and find like-minded people. Don´t take anyone. Be picky but partner up.
You will have to work on the partnership. But when you do it will be worth it for all involved. Also your customers.
PS: and if it does not work out – be straight and fold. No drama.