You may have heard of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic, a little story sweeping the globe?
Of course you have and no doubt many of it’s ramifications are yet to be felt worldwide. Our thoughts are with all those already impacted by it and especially with Australian small businesses.
According to the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, "Using the employment measure of small business, there are 2,065,523 small businesses in Australia employing less than 19 people, accounting for 97% of all Australian businesses by employee size."
Small businesses in Australia account for 33 per cent of Australia’s GDP and employ over 40 per cent of Australia’s workforce. Given those facts it is obvious the important role small business plays within our economy and in the current climate, the subsequent importance of supporting each other, both in a business sense and personally.
After all, close-knit networks are the hidden engine behind the success and longevity of many small businesses. The support of business colleagues, clients and personal friendships can't be underestimated and is really the inspiration behind this post. That idea being one of assisting each other in simple, yet effective ways which have the potential to boost each others business.. and are FREE.
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I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education. Xenophon
Who is Xenophon?
Xenophon of Athens was an ancient Greek philosopher, a historian, a soldier, and an all round horse expert. He lived from 431 BC to 354 BC.
For this article the key question is:
‘Should I start making videos for YouTube as a small business?’
Of course, the answer is yes.
Then next question is ‘why?’ - and that leads us back to Xenophon.
His quote: ‘where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education’ - shows us that any meaningful education is built upon the relationship between teacher and pupil. The pupil has to respect and value the teacher first - and then learning is able to occur. Here, the relationship is the thing.
As every small business owner knows - success in business is built upon relationships.
