by Richard Parkes Cordock
Sounds implausible? Well it actually happened to Jason Murphy who found himself sitting in seat 1A, the most sought after seat on the plane.
What Jason didn’t know when he sat down, was that after taking his seat he’d soon be asked to give it up for another passenger. But as you’ll read in this short article, that passenger was none other than the world famous billionaire-entrepreneur, Richard…
by Richard Parkes Cordock
Sounds implausible? Well it actually happened to Jason Murphy who found himself sitting in seat 1A, the most sought after seat on the plane.
What Jason didn’t know when he sat down, was that after taking his seat he’d soon be asked to give it up for another passenger. But as you’ll read in this short article, that passenger was none other than the world famous billionaire-entrepreneur, Richard Branson.
During the course of the flight, Jason (who was about to start a new business in Australia) had the perfect traveling companion and business mentor who could give him invaluable advice and encouragement.
Here is Jason’s own account of that now infamous flight.
This is the story as I remember it….
After many years working in the UK, I had looked at a failed business in Australia. In my opinion, it was not the business which had failed, but it was the people in the business. At the top level, they just didn’t have the right ‘mindset’.
I was travelling around Australia looking to inspire the people of this failed business to re-launch with a new focus, and was heading to Adelaide. Being quite tall, I asked for a seat with extra leg room and was pleasantly surprised when I found out that they had such a seat, and was consequently allocated seat 1A.
As soon as I’d sat down, I was approached and told there had been a mistake and could I move seats. I asked if seat 1C was available and was told this would be OK. I shifted up 2 seats, keeping my extra leg room in tact. As the flight was almost ready to take off, I had that smug feeling of ‘looks like I have got myself a treble seat!’
Just as the stewardess was about to close the door, a guy jumped on the plane and plonked himself in seat 1A! My immediate thought was ‘what makes you so special?’, but when I looked up I realised that what made him so special was that he was Richard Branson, a part owner of the airline!
It took me a moment or two to gather my thoughts, and my mind raced as I considered what I should talk to him about, if indeed he’d even want to be disturbed on this flight and speak to anybody at all, let alone me!
Although Australians are not best known for their love of ‘British poms’, I was amazed when the whole plane of Australians cheered and clapped as they noticed Richard Branson had boarded.
I now know why. He is a tremendously confident and warm guy, who was sincerely interested in my own business and ambitions. We chatted during the flight as if we had known each other all our lives. I appreciated the respect he gave me.
This chance meeting gave me the greatest inspiration of my life. I decided that from this day forward I was going to treat everybody I met with that same respect. It does not matter if you are the garbage collector or the CEO, what people in business need to know is that ?THEY? are important.
With this new mindset firmly in place, we have taken what was a failed business, to one which is on track this year to invoice $25m (10m). We sell household products throughout Australia and our new company name is ‘Penny Miller Pty Ltd’.
We have now started a similar company in New Zealand, and are also looking at other overseas markets.
Business author, Richard Parkes Cordock, a distant relative of Jasons, took inspiration from this tale to write the best selling book, Millionaire Upgrade: Lessons in Success From Those Who Travel at the Sharp end of the Plane.
This book tells the story of Tom, a frustrated employee who gets upgraded on a plane and finds himself sitting next to Michael, a self-made millionaire entrepreneur. During the course of the flight, Michael shares with Tom his own secrets for business success. Millionaire Upgrade has been translated into over 10 languages, and is a regular Amazon top seller.
About the Author:
You can download the book which was inspired by a flight with Sir
Richard Branson, and get your own MP3 audio copy of it. In the 3 hour recording, you’ll be taken on your own personal journey of business achievement, just as if you were sat on the plane chatting to the millionaire.
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