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## [Lessons from a muddy island during Brexit troubles](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/uklessons)

 Sep 27, 2019 10:44:03 AM / by [Pavlo Phitidis](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/author/pavlo-phitidis) posted in [Business Success](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/business-success), [SME](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/sme), [Competition](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/competition), [Economy](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/economy), [Building your business](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/building-your-business)

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Having recently returned from a trip to the UK, I reflected on the comments leading up to it, from people that I was scheduled to meet. “Don’t come now, rather delay to November or next year,” they said.   
“Why?” I asked.   
“Because the Pound has been pounded and our politicians are making a real mess of things and our country is socially divided and our business confidence indexes are at an all time low,” they said.   
“That’s everyday life in South Africa,” I responded “and, in that environment, our clients enjoyed an average annual revenue growth of [28.9%.”](https://www.aurik.co.za/blog-news/240-how-to-build-your-business-capitalise-on-a-seemingly-negative-business-environment?highlight=WyJkZWVwZW4iLCJ2YWx1ZSIsInZhbHVlZCIsInZhbHVpbmciLCJ2YWx1ZXMiXQ==)  
After a brief pause… “Come they said, come and let’s understand how to grow a business in choppy waters.”

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## [Our history determines our strategy towards the South African economy](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/historystrategy)

 Jul 19, 2019 4:01:05 PM / by [Pavlo Phitidis](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/author/pavlo-phitidis) posted in [Winner Mindset](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/winner-mindset), [Business Success](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/business-success), [Attitude](https://blog.aurik.com/blog/topic/attitude)

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The economy is in a terrible shape and its prospects are anybody’s guess. In this economy, we see some businesses growing at a blistering pace whilst others, in the same industry and sector, stall and struggle. Why?  We are seeing a consistent pattern of behaviour. In fact, there are three of them. When we look at the business owners that fall into one of the three behaviours, we notice a consistent line of logic that begins to make sense as to why they behave in the way they do.

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