It doesn't matter who you are

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When I was a teenager, I had a friend called Billy. He lived in the grounds of Newstead Abbey, which is where Lord Byron frolicked. It was a big house with a load of land in a very very nice area. They even had woods out back, which we used for the filming of our home-made Vietnam War epic "Wham bam thank you 'Nam".

Bill's dad was called Bob. Bob was a plumber. Looking back, Bob taught me some very valuable lessons about running a business.

The single most important thing was it doesn't really matter who you are or where you come from, you can do it.

Like most people in that area, his family, and his wife's family, grew up without much. Lots of coal miners in the area, including in their family. Generally people round there didn't expect much beyond a wage for their hard work. Certainly not running a successful business.

Bob was taught to work hard. He worked very hard. He made sure he had the right skills and more importantly he applied them well. And he reaped the results.

He lived in this amazing house. He had nice cars. His kids went to a posh school (the one I went to). He worked hard, but played hard (rugby union was his thing). And Bill was one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet.

Often, I think I'm not good enough for what I'm doing. I think I don't belong here, that I'm just winging it, that I don't deserve what I've got. But I think of Bob (and his wonky eye - more on that later) and I realise that I work hard, I've got real skills and I love helping people. Of course I deserve it.

Take action: Sometimes you need to remember the Bob's in your life and realise that you do deserve that better life.

Cheers

Baz

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