Andrew R Miller

My name is Andrew Miller and I am the Founder of Business Enjoyment. My purpose is to bring joy back into business and create a movement where everyone is talking about enjoyment as the key measure of success rather than just sales and profits.

I believe that life and business are there to be enjoyed. However, the habits and norms of society have created traps that we all hold within our own minds. They serve as chains that restrain us to a life full of struggle and without fulfilment.

I want to break those chains, unlock the traps and lead people to freedom and a life of enjoyment.

I spent over 16 years working for a global accountancy firm in the arena of insolvency. That meant that my main job was to run businesses, but it was done standing next to business owners who were watching everything they had built collapse in front of their eyes. It was a very stark reminder of the emotional connection that exists between a business and its owner.

As for myself, having paid service to the standard route of education and career, I found myself successful and respected, but in a job that I didn’t want to be in and came to hate. I realised that, throughout my life, I’d always followed the path that society had expected me to follow. I'd done things that other people wanted me to do and generally shaped my world in a way such that I came last in the order of priorities. Doing what other people expected me to do had not brought me happiness, so I decided to go my own way.

In 2012, I published my first book, Hope Won’t Pay the Wages, designed to help business owners deal with the emotional stress of a failing business. Based on interviews with those that had been through insolvency, one key factor threaded through them all. Having gone through the worst that business can throw at someone, they all ended up with a completely different perspective on what the meaning of success was.

It wasn’t about the money, the cars, the big house. It was about something much deeper. It was there to be enjoyed.

What was interesting was that these people had a good excuse for not enjoying life whilst going through the worst that a business can throw at you. However, I met so many other business owners, some with really successful operations, that still weren't enjoying life as much as they should. To me, that seemed crazy.

That is why I am building a community of people who want to build successful businesses but enjoy life at the same time. If you would like to know more about the community and how to get involved, then go to my website and find out about the ‘Breathing Space’ events that I run - deep dive discussion groups available to everyone, including a free online version.

www.businessenjoyment.com

My mission is to change the conversation such that success in business is measured by how much you enjoy it, not just how much money you make.

Once you get everything in place, the feeling is like nothing you’ve ever felt before. It’s like a lightning bolt shooting through the key elements of your body - your Brain, your Tummy and your Soul - collectively known by their initials as “Your Bits”.

If you want to know what really makes you happy; if you want things in your life to change; join the Business Enjoyment Community and learn how to enjoy your life and the success you’ve worked hard for.

I want you to enjoy your business so much it makes ‘Your Bits’ tingle.