One challenge clients often ask me about is how to stay motivated – for instance, when their business or career is hectically busy and they feel like a hamster in a wheel with no time to enjoy the journey…or when they’ve experienced a set back…. or when it’s just a really grey, cloudy day.

One thing I’ve found helpful is to have a really strong sense of purpose which is more important than being upset or daunted and which inspires me.

One of my business mentors, Peter Thomson, once told me a story that is the source of my inspiration in my business.

It was about a farmer who farmed in a region where there was a terrible drought. The earth became parched, dry and infertile.

Reluctantly the farmer decided to sell his land and go and find work in the city. As you can imagine he had to sell the land very cheaply.

Five years later the farmer’s curiosity got the better of him and he returned to his former land to find out what had happened since he had been away.

He was amazed to see that the buyer had become a very wealthy man.

When the farmer asked the buyer how he had made his fortune, the buyer said, ‘I paid a land developing company to survey and explore and they found diamonds hidden in my land!’

If only the farmer had known!

I thought, that’s what I want to do…help managers and business owners find hidden diamonds in their businesses and their teams so that they can enjoy wealthy and fulfilling lives. That’s what inspires me to get up in the mornings and gives me a strong sense of purpose that motivates me.

What’s the inspiration behind your business or career that inspires you and will inspire your team, clients, family, friends and suppliers to support you as you grow your business or your career?

If you’d like to find out more about how GrowU coaching and training programmes can help you develop your life and your business, contact Madeleine Morgan 01223 426392