How many hours do you put into your business?

[aspenarb]

20 minutes ago, Chessa said:

When I used to co-run a climbing wall (in my 20’s), this used to make me smile - because of the blur between work and “feeding the rat”

 

 

Steady on Chessa, matelot will have an accident if he reads this

 

Bob

[eggsarascal]

6 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

 The original title of the thread was "how to grow a successful business" Chessa. So far according to Stefan the way for us to become successful is to work every waking minute. 

 

That's easy to do, the hard part is making it worth your while, hence the questions. 

Yes, but in typical arbtalk fashion the "point" gets missed. And should you, or anyone else get things wrong, do not apologise, shows weakness.

[Stefan Palokangas]

I’m going to grab a bag of popcorn and read all this fantastic empowering comments, will get filled with motivation and determination [emoji3]. You are such a inspiration you lot [emoji123].

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

We do 24 hours 7 days a week - shift work. But how they do it - am not sure, as some get a night or weekend shift in - on top of day work , frankly I prefer my weekends and A LIFE , K

Sleeping in the van half the night IS NOT WORK!  

[Khriss]

.....NOT arguing ! :P K

[Joe Newton]

3 minutes ago, Stefan Palokangas said:

I’m going to grab a bag of popcorn and read all this fantastic empowering comments, will get filled with motivation and determination . You are such a inspiration you lot .

Stefan, I doubt you'll find that anyone is wishing you failure, seems like most (myself included) are just wondering if your incessant hard work is paying you well. 

 

The fact that you're avoiding the question could indicate otherwise. although you're perfectly entitled not to answer, you can't really be indignant either. 

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Sleeping in the van half the night IS NOT WORK!  

Oh!, doesn't sleeping in the van count?

[Joe Newton]

39 minutes ago, Chessa said:

Oh, I see. Bless him. ?

Could it be a sort culture clash - lost in translation - benefit of the doubt, matter; or am I just too soft?

?

 hard to say mate, but from reading a lot of Stefan's posts it would seem that being busy with work (by his own admission at the expense of those he holds dear) is his sole measure of success.

 

In its own right, that's fine. To create a thread preaching THE way to "grow a successful business" without justifying the commitment comes across as self aggrandising. 

[Joe Newton]

40 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Yes, but in typical arbtalk fashion the "point" gets missed. And should you, or anyone else get things wrong, do not apologise, shows weakness.

Who's apologising?

[eggsarascal]

1 minute ago, Joe Newton said:

Who's apologising?

No one. It was a general observation, not aimed at anybody in particular.