Thomas Watson Sr was a pioneer in the development of accounting and computer systems. He started his career as a book keeper, went on to sell sewing machines and cash registers, joining NCR (National Cash Register company) and then IBM where he spent the next 42 years of his career and became Chairman and CEO of IBM.
Watson had a distinguished career IBM; he was a visionary in the early days of computing, he received many honorary degrees from Universities and colleges in the US and abroad, he was a trustee of Columbia University and the president of the International Chamber of Commerce.
And he is remembered for remarking in 1943 - "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
He was not the only visionary and pioneer who got his predictions wrong - a few decades later Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft is on record for stating a few decades later that "640K of memory should be enough for everyone".
Book keeping, sewing machines, cash registers don't float my boat but Watson found his way into a field that didn't exist when he started out by following the thread of his curiosity.
My point is here is that being a successful entrepreneur is not about getting things right. It is about being in the game, but not just any game but rather the game of your heart.
Watson makes a truer prediction when he says "to be successful you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart".
Do this and success is inevitable.
What would life be like if we could each do this - to know our hearts and to have the skill and the will to put our hearts in our business and our business in our hearts.
THIS is the work of today's pioneers. It takes skill, will, curiosity, awareness and balls. Being a pioneer is about being willing to get it wrong while we make it up along the way.
I predict that the future belongs not to Artificial Intelligence but to Imagination Technologists; I predict that the world will be changed by our ability to master what we have bundled in our consciousness and by the power of each of us activating our hearts.
This is the business I am in. If you are interested to know more about heart and other the other creative aspects of imagination check out my regular taster workshop: A More Beautiful World: Discover The Creative Potential Of Your Imagination. You will
1. LEARN ABOUT my evolution from a successful but unfulfilled career to an adventurous, meaningful life.
2. DISCOVER how imagination creates your reality and how to harness it to create a reality of your choosing.
3. RECLAIM your agency to choose what you create and therefore the reality you experience.
4. EXPERIENCE a technology that can put you in the driving seat of your life & guarantee that you living your best gifts, talents and contribution.
The next workshop is on 7th February 2024 at 7pm UK.
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