Share a time when impatience got you ahead | Virgin Media Pioneers

taruna

impatient to achieve my goal. I knew impatient not good for hard selling before we found our customer need. Like golf player. I have to prepared my self before, inovation my knowledge and handling my customer objection. One lesson golf can not make a golfer. it’s take time (process).

motiv8

I have a great real life example – I was trying to fix a staff / training issue via skype from Sussex to Los Angeles let one evening, which had been going on for a week, I decided that night to book a flight (via my Virgin Flying Co team) and flow out the next afternoon to deal with the issue face to face – the result was that the individual was having some major personal issues that came out face to face, which might not have done over the phone / skype – the problem was fixed pretty quickly – my impatience payed off – it has to be said that if the Virgin team hadn’t been so good, I might not have gone. – Harvey Osborn Motiv8 Business Solutions Ltd

grawia

When seen that cinnamon wood is not being used for any product development process due to various challenges (shapes, sizes, and difficulty in working with it) I decide to buy few and built a product by my self even though I was not a carpenter. Traveled about 200 Km and few hours of building time…. I received good comments from the friends. Everything happened with in 24 hours of noticing it to receiving first few comments.This is how impatience got me in to building eco friendly products business.

ukinnovation

It’s still helping me get ahead:) I will post when it’s over!!

I haven’t the patience to explain it now, later;)

Love the posts!

milanr

In my opinion, impatience is an antidote to apathy. For me at least, it is often married to passion and drive. Impatience always gets me ahead when I am trying new products or solutions (IT solutions in particular). There is no point debating what works without trying it first. “Just try it!” I say to my friends when they are wondering whether to test a particular software package. Yes, sometimes you burn your fingers but at least you’ve learned something. It always amazes me how cautious people can be with such things yet risk their lives with careless driving without even a twitch.

crazymike

At the end of June 1998 I started with my current employer (almost 15 years now) as a designer/draftsman using a computer-aided design software called Autocad. I already had several years experience with the software, and had taught myself the programming language (AutoLISP) that allowed me to enhance the features and productivity available in the product. My second day in my new job, I was watching a fellow designer spend 15 minutes sketching a 3 dimensional wireframe that represented a sheetmetal bin that we produce. I realized that this manual process could be made easier, so I sat down the next day and spent the morning creating a program that asked a few key questions and then sketched the wireframe. It turned that 15 minute exercise into a 15 second task, which garnered the immediate attention of the owner of our privately held corporation. My “impatience” has since helped our engineering department many times, although I seriously scared every level of management between me and the owner. I was actively discouraged or stopped from writing ANY code for the next 5 years, but when it finally became clear that I was not trying to take anyone else’s job they relented.

vitapilar

Today I am impatient, because I just started a mini project means to help women microentrepreneurs to disseminate and promote projects, products and services.
But I’m all alone with everything, and I am a mother of two young children and the investment must meet alone with three jobs.
My project is to build a comprehensive program for Spanish speakers access to mentoring, funding and training where they are.
And I’m putting together a team, but need financial help and training for a race never finished due to time and money.
Tengoa tools, desire, passion and attitude, I just need someone to give me the opportunity and support my struggle to support others to fulfill their dreams.
Location Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and sorry, because my english its very poor

conradthornton

When I first started out in the ‘Sustainable Advertising Industry’ there was no benchmark, standard working practice or regulation for the services that we offer.

We were pioneers of this industry when we started out, with no guidebook or credible plan to move forward with. The issue we faced was with one of our services called Clean Advertising – a service whereby we create bright, cleaned advert messages onto dirty streets using nothing but recycled rainwater and stencils.

Because what we were offering was so new, there was no planning route with councils to obtain permissions for our work, nothing anywhere documenting what we proposed to do.

I got incredibly impatient with the lack of help from councils, the government and more trying to create some form of discussion around this new type of media as I believed this to be an incredible opportunity for councils and brands to use what was before simply dirty streets. They realise what we are doing is not graffiti, as we simply remove dirt to leave a message, but in terms of law what we proposed does not even exist yet.

This was a very frustrating situation with councils/government on the fence neither giving nor denying permission for our requests. I eventually realised that this would remain a discussion forever so we took the initiative finally bit the bullet and went ahead with our first campaign (not with or without permission) to see what happened.

We decided to proceed with our first campaign and in 2009 cleaned our first clients messaging into the street. My worst fear was getting arrested and pulled out of bed at 5am for graffiti charges, however with only a positive response from the general public, councils and press we soon realised we were onto something good.

These Clean Adverts fade back into the environment after 2-3 weeks and are completely eco-friendly (we also plant 1 tree in Africa for every advert we complete to reinforce our sustainable message).

Since that very scary first campaign, we have now completed hundreds of campaigns across the UK with some of the UK’s biggest brands on our books plus more than a dozen councils and we were official LOCOG/London 2012 Olympics sustainable advertising suppliers completing a range of temporary paintings and a giant Moss Art piece to celebrate the Olympics. We have now grown into the UK’s leading Sustainable Advertising Agency – a claim we can now back up with government support as shown in a report from Lord Young earlier this year and more recently we received recognition from the UK Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills..

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32245/12-827-make-business-your-business-report-on-start-ups.pdf

http://businessinyou.bis.gov.uk/2012/12/05/important-lessons-learned-early-on/

We are currently expanding our brand internationally and now offer a myriad of sustainable advertising services including temporary paint, moss art and more. Had we been careful patient to see how this industry develops, we never would have got as far as we have.

We have seen many copy cat brands start up over the last couple of years, but we took that first step and maintain our leading reputation because there is no such thing as originality, only authenticity!

agamboa21

My whole live have been a way of challenges and decisions, impatience has been part of her, every time I have to make an important decision that affect my live, my family or people around me start the impatience on me at the extreme of dream with her until the solution comes to me suddenly, now at this part of my live I have made the decision to be an entrepreneur and I know I will get it with your help and the help of many others at this site with previous successfull experiences, I want to thank you for the creation of this site.

jefflim

Impatience has got me ahead by enabling me to study and have many different skill sets and abilities that I know today.. If there is no guru or advisor I can find or to understand subjects that can’t be discussed.. I would do my own research till i find both sides of the spectrum to understand a subject wholly and fully to the extent of what I can find.. To be honest i’ve felt that I have learnt and been patient enough for over 8 years to bring about change and to give support for the causes i believe in, though I’ve put my own dreams aside for far too long because there is no supporting industry here, I feel that I am absolutely ready to take on the next step and challenge in life.. I work best with people who are passionate and have positive mindsets and I have made the choice that I’ve had enough of living by beliefs and choices that i don’t believe in.. I personally hope to find opportunities abroad to start anew if there is job opportunities to be found…

shafaeyiqbal

Impatient is seriously a virtue! If you want things done you have to go and do it yourself because no-one will do anything for you. It is how you keep ahead and in control. Its what gives you the push to move forward as frustration has humans in general to find their way to get through what they need to. Frustration of success. I am currently in the motor business starting up my own automotive bodyshop. I had to learn the trade fast and was willing to learn what I had to. To me having a first business will hopefully unlock more door in different avenues.

nathanielpeat2

Sir Richard, impatience got us ahead when we saw that we could get a product into the Jamaica House at the 02 during the Olympics we rushed ahead, no business plan, just an idea and huge drive and motivation. The idea to reality took just 3 weeks!

It managed to get us in, with some crazy networking. Now we are working on a great new innovative design which we hope to launch beginning of next year however this time, with much more thought, a structured business plan for growth and the “do good” factor attached to it!! Impatience sometimes pays off!!!

aaronjones

sometimes timing is out of your control but you have to take control and not stop trying

daleyelama

On my opinion, beeing impatient is not very useful if you want hit the target. Talking to many successful people and changing the way of beeing driven too hard on success, brings me to my personal insight of working out a good and reachable timetable. If this purpose will not be reached in time, there is no reason for an impatient reaction. Some things just needs time to work out the “right” way. But never forget not to loose the target, and work out hard on it!

otakuiru

Staying the course to perfect its path yet far such done but none to look back…

dk61

I am all good to go and have a brilliant project for a Peoples Gallery and my Local authorities are eager and i have had fantastic coverage of my Chinese Watercolors exhibition called “Chinese vibes” sold quite a few and am going to be teaching and mentoring, have owned a successful Gallery before and have over 30years Painting experience.Problem shop rents Too high, greedy Private landlords own nearly all the property i my area and are waiting for the recession to break!! Need a Large Property in the Romford/Hornchurch area NOW !!! Will pay a minimum rent and will be selling my Work and ready to go NOW. Years ago this wasn’t problem. In the past I have grabbed at every opportunity and my first Gallery was opened within a month and was busy.If the current market had more confidence in independents we would all be filling the High streets with vibrant individual traders instead of £ shops and Charity shops.CARPE DIEM i say.I will always advocate the notion to strike while the iron is hot.So Sir Richard I’m Waiting !!! link http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/debby kirbychinese vibes exhibition.

myronwright

I drove a cab for 6 years and whenever my passengers was late coming out my dispacter use to say” Patience my brother” Patience. When I started building this website I wrote a 5 year plan in 2008. I believes if you build it they will come so I knew I had to get all they players ASFUT.COM needs to be successful. Along the way I have had offers, but my goals are has just begun come into view and this where my cab driving skills of being a good judge of character and Patience. Patience my brother.

elmbaby

When I spoke about my vision to the people closest to me and they doubted me. I took their criticism too close to heart… I stopped what I was doing and paused in life. It was then that I decided that doubt was an unnecessary insecurity… I stepped back, to the side and moved forward anyway… Now I am an entrepreneur striving to succeed on my own…Stronger and with no doubt in my vision

dominioenterprise

All the way from India, Impressed by Richard’s way of looking at Business, watching him all the way from 1997-1998, making an attempt to open my business but then lot of hurdles which makes me to give up but reading his articles and Having faith in God thrives me ahead, but just this past two days this impatience his hitting me to such extent, i’m yellling at anything and everything.

jamiealexdawson

Hey Richard,

I’ve been an impatient person, probably the reason I don’t sleep at night because I just want to get on with things the next day!

My impatience caught up with me when I started in a new job, which carried on over from the job I had previously.

I worked for a retail store for two years while studying and I constantly could see errors of their ways and tried to suggest improvements which were never put forward, as always. Funnily enough, they recently crashed, stock price is worth next to nothing and are cutting back 300 stores.

I then moved onto a financial company where I only stayed for three months. Again, there were simple things that could be changed. I put forward all my suggestions, and again – ignored and told to get on with my job. I even suggested a whole new system.

I started to get fed up and began building my own business, weeks before I left the job. This is the business I now run from home which I am looking to relocate to an office and grow.

Oh and, ironically, that new system I suggested? They decided to implement that after I left and now use that system today.

william

I couldnt wait to graduate college to start a business. I started before i graduated. The business collapsed though, but i got the lessons alright

jakemcdonald

In late 2011 I was finishing off my first year of studying physics at university. As much as I enjoy physics I couldn’t stand the thought of putting off doing what love for another 3 years because someone told me that I needed a degree to do it. After I removed myself from University I promptly got my pilots licence. Shortly after getting my license I decided that my career in Aviation was not going to be standard. I needed a shot of inspiration so I went to the Hub of flight innovation and design “EAA Airventure Oshkosh”. At Airventure I met some incredible people and came back with a long term dream rekindled.

I am now well on my way to becoming the youngest person to fly around the world, I am also going to break the speed record and become the fastest person to fly around the world in a turboprop.

I have the full support of my family.

I am an official ambassador for, and have the full support of the beyondblue foundation “Australia’s official depression awareness charity”

I have the full support of EAA president and CEO Rod Hightower

I have tentative support from one of the worlds leading producers of efficient reliable and green jet engines.

And I am seeking support from the Virgin group as I believe that my focus and goals for this flight are perfectly aligned with the work being done for the youth by Virgin.

All comments and suggestions are more than welcome.

moniquewilliams

I left my part time job because I was getting so impatient to get ahead in my business. It was financially challenging, to say the least, but I finally had the extra time I needed to get two major projects underway and the additional income from those eased all of my bigger financial pressures.

It was completely non-sensible to leave that stable income, but my impatience was speaking far louder than sensibility. And for good reason. Impatience has a way of asking us to be completely responsible for what we need to do to make our businesses work!

bjflanagan

When I was in college 40 years ago, almost no one was talking about consciousness or neural nets or the interpretation of quantum theory.

I intuited their nexus, but there was no one to guide me — no one living. I found tantalizing hints in Einstein, Bohr, Schrodinger, Weyl and Maxwell, however, and so I left the academic world behind and set off on my own.

Today, science is beginning to catch up. See the June, 2011 article in Nature on “The physics of life: The dawn of quantum biology.”

In the time intervening, I’ve raced on ahead, exploring strange new horizons — because I could not wait to see what I might find.

diversal

Impatience gets me through everyday. When I began to work 8 hours a day aside from my major project Diversal.org, impatience was the primary emotion when I would come home. However, I have conditioned the feeling of impatience to that of an addictive stimulant, sitting down for hours being undistracted, formulating my business idea, marketing plans, and editing the site; feeling as if there was not enough seconds in minute and not enough minutes in an hour. I now pheen to be impatient, because being impatient as broken me into a mindset where I can touch, feel and taste the potential of Diversal.org. Diversal; an Innovative world of Creativity.

shamira816

I decided this year that I was tired of working for other people. I wanted to dreamed of creating a phone app/company that will aid in saving the lives of loved ones. As I sat and wondered HOW I was going to achieve this task being unemployed dislocated worker who could not even get a job. Well I became impatient with myself and others that claimed to want to help me. I found a company that was willing and I beat out 180 business’ to do it. They had already completed the interview process but I still contacted the owners and begged for them to hear me out. Now I am in an incubator program all because of an idea I had and someone else believing in me. I started in July and in December I will have the opportunity to show my creation to a group of investors. My impatients caused favorable reactions and I am so proud that I didn’t give up.

Richard,
there are two types of impatience, a heathy one and a destructive one.

When you are quickly bored by the mainstream, repetition, ignorance, dependence on others or silly excuses you may develop some inner heathy and creative energy driving you to move on and/or solve things yourself.

But when do not have the patience to follow up, to implement ideas and to do the work after kicking something off it may become very harmful for you and your people.

Ploughing and sowing are the sexy parts. But you will never get to harvest if you don’t pull the weeds and water.

Mike

yoorstore

Have been living this for the past 3 weeks, been impatient with my developers so we can release, pushing them to 200% efforts….and well we’re launching today. Don’t be afraid to push when need be.

haylea

I think to be a successful entrepreneur you have to have an impatient nature, the difficulty is balancing impatience with being ruthless in order to succeed. I have learned that impatience and persistence pays, and if you throw enough shit eventually some will stick!
My impatience has paid off as I now have an internationally successful greetings cards alternative company, and I often lunch with the like’s of Trump and Branson! My impatience paid off after I invested a huge amount into my company before I was certain or near to certain the concept would even work!
The above is not yet true, it will be though! I’m not yet successful, but I will be, I just felt so damn impatient I had to share this with you!

ivanskrypk

My impatience and daily gut feel of my idea’s potential made me to launch Feedback Activator website in 2 weeks. And it’s one of those things that you really want to do in one go. Should I have done a longer research and analysis, Feedback Activator could have never happened. Whereas now it’s a running platform for improving products and services. And my aspiration is to make it the next big thing.

tjlyons

I am the most impatiant person u will ever meet ! So id say impatiants got me where i am today overall. If i want something i wont eat or sleep until i contact the person i want to contact or fount the info i want! Last time it got me ahead? I decided i wanted a certain high profile business persons email address. I contacted everyone who was assosiated with hes company, messaged him on face book , twitter, posted a letter.to the address on companies house, after many telling me they cant simply band out details i finally got it. He is now a valuble contact for my company. Now, im ahead!

daveworrall

I built a website and community 4 years ago and was looking at getting some investment in (for a share of equity) for promotional purposes.

People were dithering, maybe the business plan didn’t fully explain my thoughts, but I got bored of waiting for them to decide. I went alone and did it my own way, selling the site for a massive profit 6 months later keeping 100% of the proceeds myself.

I’m an impatient type, but I work 18 hour days so if things don’t happen quickly I tend to make them happen myself.

markmcqueen

Was Working At This Company Doing Maternal Cover For A Manger When She Came Back I Got Dissmissed And I Went Home Sulked For Thirty Minutes Had Some Dinner And Got Back On The Web And Started Job Hunting Had A Interview Yesterday And Will Know By Monday How It Went . And I Was Still Job Hunting In The Paper where i found Richard branson interview shortlist and it brought me to this really cool young entrepreneur portal to meet other people with the same good intentions and life ambitions as myself i will let you know if i got the job In This Instance Impatience Got Me Ahead Of Falling Behind And Feeling Low About Dissapointment