41: The Power of Focus - Nicholas 'Charles Tyrwhitt' Wheeler, OBE

<p>The Founder of Charles Tyrwhitt shirts, Nicholas Wheeler OBE, discusses his various successes and failures from childhood to the present day. We find out how to have good ideas and bad ideas and the key to making them successful.</p> <p><br></p> <a href="https://imgur.com/2eZem6i"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/2eZem6i.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <p>Charles Tyrwhitt is now a ~$0.3 billion company which he started from nothing. The story of zero to 1 million is always interesting. But the further stories of going from 1 to 10 and 10 to 100 provide incredible depth and insights into how to focus and be persistent.</p> Insights People would often do stuff because they were told to do it. Work because you want to do it. Love what you do. Top leaders can provide the framework and tools for a team, but the game is won on the playing field. When a strategy looks brilliant, it’s because of the quality of execution. In starting a business, you have to give the quality your target market would normally want. Fail fast so that you could pivot. You decide what you’re good at and do that. Decide what your core strength is. If you want to do something well, focus on one thing and do it well. Entrepreneurs tend to sell out easily in hopes to make it faster. Enjoy and learn from the Grind. It’s always not about the money. The unhappiest people are those who make a lot of money because you need to be striving for something to which if you suddenly get there, it destroys a lot of people. NICHOLAS AND CHARLES TYRWHITT Connect on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-wheeler-934496/) Charles Tyrwhitt company website (http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/) ABOUT THE HOST My name is Sam Harris. I am a British entrepreneur, investor and explorer. From hitchhiking across Kazakstan to programming AI doctors I am always pushing myself in the spirit of curiosity and Growth. My background is in Biology and Psychology with a passion for improving the world and human behaviour. I have built and sold companies from an early age and love