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No matter if it’s Linda’s Roadside Diner or the corporation that turned it into a world-wide franchise worth billions, a business is made out of people making steps they are scared to make. Steps that could mean the loss of the diner, the loss of jobs, the loss of power. It takes guts and commitment and courage to take those steps sometimes.
I appreciate every storefront I see because I know it meant a courageous step on the part of some individual. While big office buildings often don’t engender the same feelings, they are also filled with people who had to make some seriously scary steps. No matter your thoughts on business, capitalism, and commerce, it’s a good thing to have respect and admiration for those who take those scary steps.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Peter Drucker, 1909-2005, business writer and management consultant.