How big is your thinking?

Posted by Rahna on April 28, 2008 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment

This blog is aimed more at my entrepreneurial readers than anyone else.   

I had the opportunity to stop in at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles that turned the Beverly Hilton Hotel into a cornucopia of today’s masters of enterprise. It seemed that everyone who was anyone was there to mix, mingle, see and be seen.  I even met Rosie Grier, which seemed pretty random (at least to me, anyway).  

There were heads of venture capital groups, high profile celebrities, heads of entertainment and educational institutions. They were all there to try and find out what is happening in the world today to keep on top of trends. There were meetings happening in the lobbies about business start-ups—deals that were being put together, management teams that were needed…people calmly discussing multi-million dollar deals.  

Is this the world that you live in? Is it a world that you could live in? I deal with small-town businesses and big box suppliers.  No matter what your industry, the question is, “How big is your thinking?” If you have a big idea, you should have passion about it.  Understand that there are others who want to bring that passion to bear with you.  

All these “friends” of Milken, in their Savile Row three-piece suits, got to where they are by being passionate about what they do.  They become well known for the things that they are passionate about….Arnold Schwarzenegger was there; everybody knows that he’s passionate about the environment. Andre Agassi was there as a founder of the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation. The list of attendees runs like a “who’s who” of people who are passionate about what they do.  

Make sure that you’re passionate of what you do.  

Make sure you that you think big about your idea.  

You never know; you might find yourself in a three-piece suit someday attending the Milken Institute Global Conference.