The venue for today's Speaker's was "The Institute of Directors" a popular business venue & a landmark of Londons Gregorian heritage. The Nash room where our meeting was amazingly ornate.
We had a fantastic array of speakers standout quotes were
"I am often lobbied by interest groups and influential people but never by farmers. I only see farmers when they have a problem they want to complain about." Dr David Hughes quoting David Yelland editor of the Sun.
As individual farmers it is up to us to passionately tell the positive stories to people of influence in the media and change the outdated perception that the general populous has of farmers.
"Despite the growth in China the current economic power still lies in the USA & Europe. When you look at the size of the US economy in terms of individual state GDP countries such as Australia, Russia, New Zealand and many others only have GDP the size of an individual state in the US." - Professor Allan Renwick
"Opportunities are all around you, the successfull weigh them up and choose the right one" - George Lyon MEP & Nuffield Scholar
"Conventional recruitment is a joke; When you find a good person work hard to make a position for them in your business which will meet their needs and goals, (then they will help you reach yours)" Angus Davison MBE & Nuffield Scholar
"Making an impact starts with a projected persona. What are you projecting?" Lance Edenbry - Executive Coach
Listen to what your wife/partner is saying about your persona as they will probably know what you need to change, but may not tell you unless you ask with open ears
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Following this fantastic array of speakers we visited Westminster Hall and the UK house of Parliament. This building is amazing and the stories held within its wall trace the development of our modern form of government, the Westminster system.
The history in Westminster Hall is amazing, it blew me away that I could stand on the same spot that William Wallace was tried and sentenced to death. (For those of you who don't know who William Wallace is, you'd better watch the movie "Brave Heart")
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