Tej Lalvani

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: A breakthrough Alzheimers jab could restore patients’ memories 😱🙏

British and German researchers say the treatment - which could be available for as little as £15 - could reverse or even prevent the disease.

This is a hugely encouraging piece of news which is sure to provide hope for the many millions of people affected - directly or indirectly - by the illness.

As science continues to advance day by day, I hope to see lots of developments of the same kind going forward 🤞

Your product needs to offer a solution to a problem. People will only demand it if it provides some sort of value to their lives. Therefore, providing this value should always be your top priority.

Think to yourself: 'Why do people need my product?'

There’s nothing wrong with not knowing everything.

Don’t try to do it all - you hire key people to support you because they are experts in their field.

Surround yourself with intelligent people you trust and be proud that you have them there to help you.

Happy 95th birthday to Her Majesty The Queen!

For me, there are few things that represent this great country more aptly than The Queen. I had the pleasure of meeting her when I won the Queen’s Award, which is a day I will never forget.

Her spirit, determination and dedication to her role continues to inspire me hugely.

Especially considering it is her first birthday since the passing of the late Prince Philip, I hope she has had a day surrounded by her nearest and dearest.

I’m a CEO of a household-name organisation and I still have off days.

I'm naturally shy.
There are days when I feel unmotivated.
I get self-conscious.
I'm not productive 100% of the time.
I've doubted my gut instincts.
I sometimes give in to distractions.

But when you recognise and acknowledge your weaknesses, they cease to define you.

You can work to compensate, improve or simply accept them.

Happiness doesn’t come from being perfect, it comes from being you.

Whoever needs to hear it: you’ve got this.

I want to thank everybody involved in tackling this virus. You risk your lives everyday to save ours. You're doing a tremendous job - Thank You.

Freelancers are a quick and convenient way to cover unexpectedly busy periods, fill occasional skill gaps in your team, or just to get a fresh perspective on a project. But they also:

Have bills to pay
Have families to feed
Have complex lives and anxieties

If you make use of freelancers, treat them as you would any other member of your team.

Pay them what you owe them, on time and in full. Nothing more, nothing less.

This shouldn’t be a particularly controversial statement.

An incredible businessman and an absolute legend of Dragons' Den. Happy birthday, Theo Paphitis!

“I don’t know”  — the smartest sentence in the English language.

Nobody knows everything, and nothing wastes more time than incomplete information and people trying to wing it.

When I hear someone say “I don’t know”, I realise they’re actually probably confident in what they do know — and honest about what they don’t.

A brilliant signal that they are on the ball. Oh, and far more efficient than 10 minutes of umming and ahhing.

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

I’ve built a wonderful community here on LinkedIn, and I’d love to be able to do some good with it.

If you’re an entrepreneur, please leave a comment below with a quick introduction to you and what you do – not for me, but for each other!

If I can use this community to facilitate some networking, that’s a huge good deed, and a massive opportunity to meet some incredible talent.

So please, use this post to reach out, pitch yourself and make those all-important connections.

Thank you 🙏

Failure isn’t falling down. Failure is not getting back up.

As a child, I went back to the place I was born in India, and I felt something profoundly difficult to process – I felt out of place. In the UK I was Indian, in India I was British.

I was born in Bangalore, but I spent much of my childhood and education in the UK.

I was bullied at school, and often felt like an outsider.

But what was truly painful was the realisation that, when I periodically returned to Bangalore, I felt like an outsider there too.

In the place I am from, where my family is from, I felt like I didn’t belong.

The result was a very shy, anxious child who took a long time to come out of his shell, only finding my voice with the support of friends, family and teachers.

And that’s where I found my home, among people who loved me for who I was.

A community doesn’t need to be rooted in location, especially in today’s world.

It can be a shared passion or goal, or just people who love to see you succeed.

For Mental Health Awareness Week, I want to take the opportunity to encourage my network to find their path, their community and actively seek where they feel safe.

After all, it’s the earth in which we’ll grow 🌱

I try to spend the first hour of every day without my phone.

Like everyone else, I probably spend more time looking at my phone in general than I’d like. But that’s where we’re at — they’re a one-stop shop for everything you need.

Making the conscious decision to start each day without looking at it allows me to:

🧠 Focus on what’s happening around me

❤️ Be present with my family before the day begins

☀️ Prioritise taking in some natural light

💪 Get my exercise done

It’s done wonders for me, and I’d encourage you all to try the same.

You'll never be truly happy and reach your full potential if you're constantly worried about what others think. Get out there, be yourself and achieve your dreams!

As I celebrate my birthday today, I can't help but appreciate all the great experiences that come with age.

I've been fortunate enough to have learned a great deal, and I hope I continue to do so.

I'm grateful to be celebrating with my loved ones around me and being surrounded by so much joy.

To anyone sharing this day of celebration with me, I wish you all good health and happiness 🥂🎉

There’s no shame in working in retail.
There’s no shame in working freelance.
There’s no shame in working in the service industry.

Job shaming, to me, is a sign of insecurity and a serious undervaluing of the work that keeps everything we value as a society moving forward.

Those who look down on these jobs have forgotten that.

In my eyes, that’s a serious failing.

Every story needs a beginning. Plenty of people find theirs in ‘less glamorous’ jobs.

My own began in a McDonald’s.

And I’ll always be proud of the skills I gained there that formed the foundation of the businessman I am today.

Do your best, and be proud of it wherever it takes you. 
A job’s worth is not based on how shiny the building is.

A HUGE congratulations to Tara Lalvani - winner in the Luxury Retail category at the 21st Century Global Icon Awards 🏆

Tara founded Beautifect after identifying a need for the product through her own experience. Since then, she's passionately and persistently pursued her goals and has grown an award winning, globally recognised brand.

The hard work, dedication, enthusiasm and creativity with which she's gone about her work has been genuinely inspiring to me. Whenever I'm having a slower day - and we all have them - Tara's energy and drive is an instant pick-me-up.

To my incredible wife: keep being you. I couldn't be more proud ❤️

You don’t have to be ruthless to be successful.

You can do it.

Be accessible to your staff. I've always found that an open-door policy is helpful to ensure positive growth in the business. You’d be surprised how much of a difference this makes.

I love being out in the countryside. After so many years of the hustle and bustle of city life, one of my favourite ways to escape is to get out, enjoy the fresh air and be around nature.

#takeabreak #getaway #countryside

Leaders: caring for your employees’ mental health is far more than just asking them how they are from time to time.

It’s about truly understanding what you can do in your position to make their lives easier. To better equip them with what they need to be happy at work, and to produce their best work.

A successful business is defined by far more than finances.

A more telling barometer is its treatment of people as exactly that: people.

I always have a great laugh filming with Peter Jones. It’s a pleasure to work with someone who has so much experience and a keen eye for spotting good investments, being the only Dragon left in the Den since the very beginning. Who remembers Peter on the first ever series?

#DragonsDen

You'll never truly know what you're capable of until you try.

Always:

Have a plan A, plan B and plan C for every contingency
Get back up after you've fallen at a hurdle

Sometimes:

Quitting is the right thing to do
Changing course can be the best decision you can make

Never:

Think you're the smartest person in the room
Settle for less

Invest big in yourself today to be a greater asset tomorrow.

Happy St. Patricks Day! 🇮🇪

This is a day to celebrate Irish culture and heritage, friendships and all the luck we’ve experienced in our lives.

Enjoy! 🍀