There are so many other business lessons I think can be learned from Dolly Parton. Whether you love her or hate her you can’t deny that she has had great success and endured in a business where so many disappear.

I made notes of other great lessons I picked up while reading Dolly Parton’s biography and I thought I’d share the rest of them in this conclusion:

Never regret the bad times because they can teach you the greatest lessons and inspire some of your most important achievements – “Storms make trees …

Too often in business I see people trying to fit in and please everyone, and as a result they lose a little bit of themselves. Something that is very clear about Dolly Parton from her biography is that she is aware of all the criticism that people throw at her  but she doesn’t let that change her or stop her from being herself.  She defends herself and her own against the lies but she isn’t going to bow down to the critics.

I’ve mentioned this on numerous occasions in the past …

Early on in this series we talked about not making excuses for what you don’t have and making the best of what you do. If you spend your time making excuses you will never actually start DOING anything!
But you should also be aware of your weaknesses and know when it’s time to bring in people that can do the things you are less able to do:

When Dolly Parton started to make money she knew to bring in people who were the best at what they did to help her …

Anyone who knows anything about Dolly Parton will know that as well as being a singer she has also starred in movies (some vastly better than others), had her own TV show and written a number of books. She may not have done all of them well all the time but she has never been afraid to try new media for expressing herself.

As a business person you should be prepared to use different media to communicate to your customers. Different people like to consume information in different ways. Some of …

We’re all familiar with the concept of music artists having to reinvent themselves to appeal to new audiences, but how does that apply to your business?