Andrew Reynolds. What’s your excuse?!
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:34 am
Andrew Reynolds was never destined to be rich. Andrew Reynolds was never destined to be a success. Andrew Reynolds had every excuse for not getting out of humdrum corporate life and making a complete change to his life. But he did it! Join the Bootcamp audience at the O2 as he talks about the power of excuses.
Transcription:
Andrew Reynolds: This weekend I’m showing you an alternative way to do business. But again from the emails I’ve had, there are a million excuses as to why you shouldn’t start in this business.
When I was at the seminar, just like you guys were, 12 years ago I had every excuse under the sun. I don’t know how to do it; well that’s why you are here.
I don’t have loads of money, when I got started in business I phone number data have hundreds of thousands of pounds to go and put down; I wanted to start this on a shoestring.
People send me emails saying “It’s alright for you Andrew because you’ve got a big customer database.” I had the perfect excuse when I went to that seminar, I could just say “It’s alright for the bloke at the front but I haven’t got a data base I can’t get started in business.”
Andrew Reynolds: “I’m not smart enough,” I could easily say that.
I’ve got friends who have got university degrees and stuff, I’ve got a couple of O levels, woodwork and drawing. I’m not smart enough to do this stuff; I am not a clever bloke.
I’m too busy, I don’t have the time. When I went to that seminar I had a corporate job that was taking me at least 60 hours a week to do, and it would have been so easy for me to say “I’ll do that one day but I haven’t got time to do it at the moment, I just don’t have the time.”
I’d turn the telly off, I worked evenings and weekends on my business and I got it started because I was so passionate about getting my business started. I didn’t make excuses.
Transcription:
Andrew Reynolds: This weekend I’m showing you an alternative way to do business. But again from the emails I’ve had, there are a million excuses as to why you shouldn’t start in this business.
When I was at the seminar, just like you guys were, 12 years ago I had every excuse under the sun. I don’t know how to do it; well that’s why you are here.
I don’t have loads of money, when I got started in business I phone number data have hundreds of thousands of pounds to go and put down; I wanted to start this on a shoestring.
People send me emails saying “It’s alright for you Andrew because you’ve got a big customer database.” I had the perfect excuse when I went to that seminar, I could just say “It’s alright for the bloke at the front but I haven’t got a data base I can’t get started in business.”
Andrew Reynolds: “I’m not smart enough,” I could easily say that.
I’ve got friends who have got university degrees and stuff, I’ve got a couple of O levels, woodwork and drawing. I’m not smart enough to do this stuff; I am not a clever bloke.
I’m too busy, I don’t have the time. When I went to that seminar I had a corporate job that was taking me at least 60 hours a week to do, and it would have been so easy for me to say “I’ll do that one day but I haven’t got time to do it at the moment, I just don’t have the time.”
I’d turn the telly off, I worked evenings and weekends on my business and I got it started because I was so passionate about getting my business started. I didn’t make excuses.