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Knowledge becomes a public company is very misunderstood in many markets.
My experience in working in health care and being an advanced specialist in the field of critical medicine gave me great strengths in access to the situation, strategy and results, but it didn’t give me the skills I needed to direct a public company. These skills had to be learned and you had to learn them quickly.
When you hear the term “public company”, through the eyes of an American businessman, it often makes you think about the success of NASDAQ. If you are publicly public, you expect you to have the best minds – those with stoic determination, business skills and comprehensive leadership, willing to take over the world. Yes! This is a position in which I absolutely wanted to be! With passion, knowing that I have a solution to deal with the crisis of mental health, I ignored: “Yes, let’s go”, asked if I want to take my small medical clinic to the International Securities Exchange.
Then I began to get acquainted with a specialization that I knew nothing about, and my only trust in professionals and experts “being the best” became very perceived when I saw the intention to introduce changes, didn’t exist. (*10*) my company’s mission – a change in the world one life at once – I expected that those interested in playing my company would be authentic and would like to help literally save people from the crisis of mental health we experience. But unfortunately not everyone has good intentions; Some succumbed to greed because of the worship of the dollar.
Short -sighted visions, validity, ego and the need for power. Infant, disgust and truthfully, laughing at watching how men fit, because their need I tried to control what I created, and their longing for controlling me was a view of to see. Check -in and unsuccessful attempts of hostile acquisitions “because of the girl” built only my spirit to push harder.
The feeling that I used to be a fraud in this role, quickly dissolved when I realized that I had no other alternative, if I want to save the company I created, and what many unconsciously (and consciously) tried to destroy.
These are the lessons that I learned from this undertaking:
- If you have zero experience in a public company and the team tries to turn out to be a general director, Be very careful. Can you do it? Yes. Should you? Probably not. If you choose, be ready to stand your land and fight for every one who believes in your vision. Investors, employees, clients … everyone. Do not let anyone try strongly armed, forcing you to act only for their best interest, because their personal interests are not your responsibility.
- Assess the trust accordingly. When everyone tells me, “Don’t trust anyone”, this is a life that I don’t need to live. I want to be ready to trust and expect that I can, although I modified my views in business to look at everyone with a personal mission, vision and values. Once I looked at everyone as a member of my team who would help the team success. I now came upon that these team places should be earned and are earned only in time.
- Expect everyone to be for themselves – But when they prove each other, they are in this for the mission of the undertaking, respect her and be grateful.
- People are trying to destroy you – don’t allow them to. Make yourself to know yourself. Know that you simply are not perfect and that you’ll make mistakes. Try to improve your emotional, physical, mental and spiritual health.
- Have the strength to look at yourself. When someone accuses you of something that you simply know that you simply are not true, you’ll be able to think about and ask yourself: how did this person get the impression to interpret the situation as? Just because they could be flawed, does not mean that you simply cannot have empathy from a different perspective.
- Learn to communicate. Even if you think you are an excellent messenger, learn to communicate higher. This does not necessarily mean more communication. This means to communicate more effectively. Respect your time, time of others and communication.
- Do not avoid investors. Many entrepreneurs perceive investors as a threat. Place your way of learning. When you are flawed or you are an ignorant in a given topic, learn from it and change. Improve yourself.
- Don’t quit. Through anger, fear, sadness, numbness – don’t quit. Your mission is larger than you. Expect all emotions and build from them.
- Discover the term “commitment”. When you commit to the company, they inform you that you have to be married to the company for at least five years to succeed. The commitment implies that the company is the company over every little thing. This is a statement that mustn’t be underestimated. If you do not commit yourself, you’ll shock.
- Learn to restore balance. Personally, I measure goals with a company in sprints, strength and marathons. If you do not find a way to categorize and restore balance, it’ll fail, because one of your personal pillars will fail. Inflammation, motivation, discipline, mental health – each of those elements must be very respected, and when you begin noticing one crawling, restoring balance; Find yourself again and again.
Maintaining this information close to your heart will assist you to have a feeling of what is “normal”, because until you see it, do it, teach it – you will not know what “normal” entails.
Find a mentor, have a package and build an environment of your defenders around you – individuals who not only imagine in you, but also individuals who imagine in your mission. This is a type of sacrifice of affection that you have to to complete what you made the decision to do.
Learn how to love and respect your mind, heart and discipline, and don’t let anyone break you.