In Conversation - Graham Brown - Resiliance and Tropical Islands

The way I've discovered success later in life is like the old Bob Dylan quote, “If a man wakes up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in between does what he likes, then he is a success”. I think, that is the best definition because it's really a story you can write yourself. We always think that when I get to this stage in my business I’ll sell it, I'll be happy, but you won't. That won't make you happy in all this sort of state of yours, hold your happiness hostage to something in the future, I'll just do this deal, or do another year, or sell this business, and then I'll be happy. It doesn't happen.  1:52     I thought that you had to be able to buy and sell a business and make hundreds of millions or billions to be worthy5:50     Success is one example, but a lot of our identity and our relationships are embedded around us.8:41     We always think that when I get to this stage in my business I’ll sell it, I'll be happy, but you won't.15:41   A mentor said to me take as much cash as you can out the business, and stick it into real estate, stick it into assets19:04   As an entrepreneur you're always thinking or scheming or is plotting or is trying to do something betterhttp://www.grahamdbrown.com About Graham Brown - 15 years helping corporates, startup founders and storytellers find their voice- Public speaker, published author, investor- Founder CEO Pikkal & Co - we create award winning podcasts for brands- Podcast Guesting Pro - get booked on 24 podcasts in the next 6 months- Founder The Podcast Accelerator - global mastermind of podcast hosts & producers- Podcast show host @ Podcast Maps- Author Podcasting for Brands- Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Psychology (Sussex University)- Entrepreneurship (Harvard Business School HBX)- Ironman triathleteGraham is the founder of Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency – an AI Powered, Data Driven B2B Podcast Agency in Singapore and The Podcast Accelerator - a Mastermind of thought leadership podcast hosts.He is a published author on the subject of The Digital Transformation of Communication, works including "The Human Communication Playbook", “The Mobile Youth: Voices of the Connected Generation” – documenting the rise of mobile culture in the early 2000s in Japan, China, Africa and India and “Brand Love – How to Build a Brand Worth Talking About”.He also hosts Podcast Maps, The Be More Human Podcast, The XL Podcast, XL: 10 Minute Leaders Live and Asia Tech Podcast. He has published over 1,000 podcast episodes. See Graham Brown Podcasts here.His work has been featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and has worked with McKinsey, Leap, UTI Investment Bank, AirAsia, Xero, The Singapore Institute of Management, Vodafone, Nokia, UNICEF, MTV, The European Commission, Disney and Monster Energy Drinks.