It is hard for most people to accept that Amazon was once a tiny start-up with huge ambitions and little to recommend it to investors [see photo]. You began as a start-up too. And the great thing about you, and Amazon, is that acting like a start-up can remain with you and grow.
If you take your "start-up self" with you into any workplace you will change it. It is impossible that your "start-up self" will not change something about the workplace you share with your colleagues. Of course the extent of the change that you bring will depend largely upon the personal risks you are willing to take. It turns out that personal risk is align with individual needs not collective wants. For instance if you want to get promoted you may wind back your willingness or commitment to risk taking. This happens because collective wants imposes limits upon you that are not aligned with your needs. For example, remember that time when you did not "speak up" at the meeting that made a truly dumb decision which you knew for sure and certain would lead to a disaster. You remained silent because your "start-up self" was turned down due to your want not to upset your work colleagues [friends] who incidentally also knew that this would prove to be a dumb move.
However. If you follow your needs rather than eagerly meet their collective wants at work, home, in the pub, at the gym, in those parent teacher meetings, etc. and you will activate your "start-up self" [minimal-you].
PS. The more you say NO to opportunities that feed their collective wants the more you will be in touch with your "start-up self". The process of saying NO to what appear to be great opportunities will eventually lead you to have success that rivals that of Amazon.
Richard
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