Robinson Smith was raised in Canada, studied, lived and worked in China for almost a decade and subsequently built up a successful investment advisory. He sold his business two years ago to train other financial professionals in The Smith Manoeuvre financial strategy so many more Canadians would be able to prosper.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Aurora Winter – Click the following link to listen to the Aurora Winter podcast episode on The Entrepreneur Way
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I would have to say blind optimism. It might sound kind of odd but I didn’t spend a whole lot of time thinking about why my business wouldn’t work or preparing for that possibility. And I still consciously have to make time to consider risk mitigation or potentialities. And that’s caught me up a couple of times I will admit… It may be an odd answer but I think that’s really the right one in this case. Things have tended to go very well for me or well for me and I don’t spend a whole lot of time doubting myself. And if I want to take direction or I want to do something as soon get over a little bit of hesitancy I go ahead and do it. And maybe there is a lack of preparation for any endeavour but they go it’s worked for me. I certainly could have put a little bit more time into planning”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Malcolm Gladwell BooksFavourite Quote:
“procrastination is the enemy of your financial success” Fraizer Smith
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“number one, budget. You are properly going to spend more than you think you will. I certainly found that out when I started this up two years ago or so… I had an idea, this general roadmap of where I wanted to go and how I would do it and then the deeper you get into something in a new venture the more you realise you don’t know. So, you have got to bring more and more people on to help you do it and do it right. And so, number two is pay for it if you have to”…[Listen for More]
More About Robinson Smith:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It’s what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.” Henry Samueli
Other Quotes From the Chat with Robinson Smith:
- “I would have started learning about tech and social media earlier and more thoroughly”
- “I am still on that learning curve. I wish I was closer to the top and maybe that will come one day but until then I’m going to leave those aspects to the professionals and people who know more than a”
- “some of the secrets to success? Having other people take care of what you can’t ”
- “when you are starting out with a business it’s important to get as many things as right as possible as soon as possible. And I at that point it’s not the time to learn. It’s the time to get something done, get everything done as effectively and as efficiently as possible with the greatest degree of potential for success. Apart from personal optimism, drive, stick-to-it-iveness and get up early and late to bed and all of that sort of funds staff that we all have heard and no. One of the things I would say is knowing what you are good at and farming out the rest”
- “with inaction comes no change”
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