‘Luck? That is where hard work meets opportunity’
Friday 26th November 2010, 2:30PM GMT.
IIF Liz Jackson had listened to her occupational therapist, she would be a wood turner by now.
Instead, the 37-year-old is managing director of Great Guns, a multi-million-pound telemarketing company that employs 150 people.
‘I’m not an arms dealer, although we do have a huge amount of enquiries,’ said Mrs Jackson (pictured), the second guest speaker at the MeesPierson Women at One lunch series in Guernsey.
Her achievements are amazing – especially when you consider that the year Mrs Jackson started her business, she lost her sight completely.
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Great story, well done for managing to overcome adversity to build a successful business.
on a slightly different note, has anyone heard of the vOICe (a device designed to help the blind by generating an audio map of the visual field)? seems that the software runs on a low spec PC with attached webcam.
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Agreed, Andre – a great story and congratulations are well deserved.
It’s just a pity it had to begin with a rather condescending comment about wood turners, describing it as akin to failure. Although not one myself (I’m an IT consultant actually!) I hear mastering wood turning is quite a skill.
It’s a shame that as a culture we often still look down our noses on artisans or manual workers who don’t work in an office. It takes all sorts to make a successful and well balanced economy.
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