Money was tight in the business and family for Peter Jason Byrne in 2009. It certainly wasn’t the right time to spend $4,000 on a Vespa he came across on eBay.
“I love vintage and retro things, but that was never going to happen,” said the 10-year MDRT member from Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia. “I was just hoping I could pay the staff’s wages in the next week.”
Two years later, however, Byrne was back on eBay, finances were stronger, and the bike was now priced at $3,800. Byrne still remembers going to pick up the bike and putting the little bike in the back of a big tow truck, which then dropped the newly acquired Vespa at his office.
Wait, at the office?
Indeed, Byrne has occasionally ridden the Vespa down the street, but it remains in the office as a symbol.
“The coolest thing for me is that it taught me that you just have to be patient, keep doing the right things and keep working,” he said. “It’s right at the door, so I see it every morning when I walk in and every night when I walk out.
“It’s amazing how many clients ask, ‘What’s the story with the Vespa?’ It’s a good reminder to keep my head down and know that you can achieve things that you may not have been able to in the past.”
For more Whole Person ideas
- “Well mind and body” (pdf)
- “Don’t allow negativity” (video)
- “Whole Person balance quiz” (pdf)
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