GUMBOFRIDAYS
modern storytellers
An incredible bonfire can be seen from miles away and from many directions.🔥
It takes people, the right people, to ensure safety, that it’s properly built, and lit with the correct ignition. ❤️🔥
The right team knows when to add more wood without being told, but not so much that you smother it. A solid bonfire requires the right team. 🪵
Surround yourself with those willing to roll up their sleeves and build with you without being asked. ✨
Thanks @rachaelray for making a pot/handle color combination that fits our “business storytellers” GumboFridays brand. #appreciateyou
Principles that define your brand’s decisions are non-negotiable, be willing to fail or succeed by them.
We help you and your team define brand principles and other non-visual brand assets.
Drop this in a bowl and let it simmer over the weekend.
The journey of an entrepreneur is never a success every time. You’ve heard the destination is the journey before, and yes, many times, the journey is what we remember most.
For entrepreneurs, we see the destination as something that will change lives; our customers’ lives, our family’s lives, and even our lives. So failure to us is letting more than just ourselves down.
We had failed plenty before success and even failed a few times after success.
Yes, there is solace in knowing the lessons we learned during a failure will help us build success next time, but this quote hit us extra hard. It leads us to the reality that we may have inspired someone, taught someone or helped someone along our way to failure. Yes, this makes the journey to the destination that we did not reach even sweeter.
Who was inspired by your failure?
Middle managers have a tough job these days. Learning to lead from the middle can help your company thrive.
Step one: Stop being concerned about your status inside the company. When in a meeting or one on one don’t think about who likes you or who your alliances are with. This thought process alone frees up your thinking.
Step two: Genuinely ask for knowledge. Show your team, your group, your manager vulnerability. It’s very scary but showing you don’t know everything gives freedom for others to ask for knowledge as well. Ask others to teach you things. Express gratitude when a team member offers the knowledge you didn’t have. Create honest humility in yourself.
Step three: Build a culture within the 15 feet of your desk that accepts mistakes as fuel for brilliance.
