Success is a decision – but are you prepared to make it?

In 2013 I interviewed Ernst & Young’s 2012 Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Dr Sam Hazledine. His business MedRecruit was started from nothing in 2006 and was featured for four consecutive years in the Deloitte Fast 50 (2009-2012), as well as winning Westpac Business Excellence Medium-Large Business 2012. He is not only the Owner of MedRecruit he is the Managing Director and Founder of www.samhazledine.com and is the Executive Chairman at MedWorld. Dr. Hazledine and MedWorld have recently influenced the World Medical Association to include doctor health in the Declaration of Geneva, our modern day Hippocratic Oath.

I asked Sam what he thought stopped some business owners growing their business to it’s full potential. His answer was that success is a decision and too many business owners simply do not decide to succeed. They give themselves an out, he told me. They make excuses, get themselves a part time job to pay bills or settle for less so that they don’t have to put it all on the line. By doing so, according to Dr Sam, they make it too easy not to grow.

Business success according to Sam is 20% what you do and 80% how you think.

What do you think about when you think 'success'? Have you made the decision to grow and succeed, or is failure to grow a genuine option for you?

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