I’m no chef, but at our Jubilee party, I cooked a fabulous feast for two dozen hungry guests.
It was a barbecue (of course)… of epic proportions.
‘A taste sensation’. Not my words, my adoring diners who loved every morsel.
Now the truth.
In reality, I was the chief heater-upper.
All the hard work had been done by Mrs Hepp.
She designed the menu, bought the food, marinated, flavoured, prepped and portioned everything. All I had to do was evenly cook it.
And I got all the credit.
It happens all the time.
There can be over 5,000 people involved in making a movie. Yet two people are ‘the stars’.
It took 15,000 men (and goodness knows how many women and children) to build Hadrian’s wall. I bet old Hadrian didn’t lift a trowel.
And here’s the big one. It’s estimated that 400,000 people worked on the Apollo missions. Yet when it comes to moonwalks, after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin you’d be hard-pressed to think of the others*.
I have a challenge for you.
Thank someone who helps you to be your best.
Recognise an individual or group who works tirelessly in the background.
If you’d like to do it publicly – and why not? You can leave a comment below.
I’d like to know and bet they would too.
Be Brilliant!
Michael
*The third person to walk on the moon was Charles Conrad – who?
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You cooked up a good blog here Chef Heppell.
I’d like to thank Michael Heppell…because this text is perfect for a chapter of my new book ‘Good to GOLD’. The chapter is about ‘Your Golden Gang’ and I talk about the people who you need to help you achieve. As a speaker and business owner people only see me but I know that I have a lot of people that help me get to where I am. Thanks Michael and I hope you’re ok for me to use some of these fascinating facts in my book?
This has got me thinking and I know exactly who I wish to thank. As most of Team 17 know I work as a Slimming World consultant and our founder MMB has ploughed lots and lots of LOVE and money into us during the pandemic and the company are working on a comeback with enthusiasm, determination and passion. I think sometimes we forget the people at the top (or the bottom if you’ve read her boooook), so today I will put pen to paper and write to her and her senior leadership team. Thank you for the push x
My wonderful husband Paul has encouraged me helped me calmed me supported and simply put up with me I probably don’t thank him enough I wouldn’t be the person I am today without him
Vanessa my wife and together with our 7 year make a great team in the background that helps spur me on
Having launched my travel consultancy business in the UK, trading under the name, Not Just Travel, I need to shout out a thank you to my sister for her belief and encouragement in all that I take on. Returning to the UK after teaching internationally for 16 years, she was there for me.
More recently, at the business conference, I was totally re energised by the amazing, inspirational talks given by Michael Heppell. You, Michael, have helped me to move forward with renewed passion in the world of the self-employed – thank you.
https://annekeen.notjusttravel.com