WOO WOO Philosophy - Randy Cohen (Entrepreneur, Author, & Founder of Ticket City)
Randy Cohen is an entrepreneur who brings an incredible amount of energy, enthusiasm, and fun to a conversation because he is a person of passion. Randy’s passion is reflected in the Paper Napkin Wisdom he shares with us. He says: “Love what you do. Do it well. Keep on doing it.”
The sentiment is at the heart of the way Randy approaches business. To have a successful business, he says, you have to have a game plan. Loving what you do is the beginning of setting that game plan into action.
It’s all tied into Randy’s personal philosophy, which he calls the Woo Woo Philosophy: When you get out of bed every day you need to be ready to start the day running. What are you going to do today? How are you going to make a difference? What can you get done today? The Woo Woo Philosophy is about injecting passion and purpose into your work every day. Passion is as contagious as happiness and working with a passion initiates that top trickle-down effect that we as leaders strive to create.
As the conversation progresses, Randy speaks to the importance of tending to your company purpose and culture. To progress as a company, he says, you need to reinvent yourself and the purpose of your company as you grow. You need to make sure your culture is set up for the growth within your company and that the purpose of your company is still authentic and in alignment to the dynamic of your company.
As we’ve talked about in other Paper Napkins, maintaining the culture of your company vital. It guides how you interact with your team and, as Randy points out, your team spends more time with you and their work tribe than they do with their own families so it’s important that they feel valued in an authentic way. Leading with authenticity is about genuinely caring, says Randy. Having a team that knows you genuinely care, a team ingrained within a strong culture, means that you’ll be able to tackle challenges and roadblocks with strength and teamwork because there is an inherent understanding that you can rely on one another.
When you listen to Randy talk about his work, you can hear the passion in his voice. He clearly loves what he does; he sells more than tickets, he sells the experience to his customers and it’s something he takes a lot of joy from. If you’re thinking that his philosophy of having fun in what you do doesn’t apply to your business, he would challenge that. He believes that finding the fun in your business is up to you, and it’s up to you to find what you love and to do that.
When you love what you do and when that’s apparent to both your team and your customers, you set yourself apart from the competition and create a team feeling that people want to be a part of. That kind of enthusiasm is as attractive as it is contagious. Ask yourself “Do I love what I do?” If not, maybe it’s time to start changing what you’re doing. Find the fun, find the passion, because that’s what will lead you to success.
Listen to my conversation with Randy here:
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