Probably not unlike many people, I have also wanted to start my own business, and be my own boss, for quite a while now.
If you are like me, and you don’t have your arms comfortably wrapped around that fully-backed blockbuster idea yet, you can probably relate to the hardest part of starting a business which for me has been defining what it is I want to “be” (i.e., what problem I can solve for people with my service or product).
Along the way, here’s what I’ve learned out about the importance of defining myself/yourself: Read more »
I have heard that one way to know if you are truly living your heart’s desire is to feel that you would die (or have no other reason to go on) if you couldn’t do it . While that may be a bit dramatic, it might still be worthwhile to consider the following question: “What would you do (or be) if you could no longer do what you’ve always wanted to do?”
For example, we’ve seen this in the news: Politicians involved in a scandal or libeled to the point where they are forced to leave office; musicians or artists who lose their ability to create or perform at the levels they once were capable of in the past; etc. Regardless of whether or not those life-altering events are self-inflicted or not, we must move on. Read more »
I don’t always believe in Passion. It teases. For me, it seems to come and go, kind of what I imagine a Bi-Polar or a Manic-Depressive condition to be like.
It’s easy to be all gung-ho when you are starting something new. There are no expectations yet. You can only envision things going well. And, like a budding romance, you can be so blinded by the love that you don’t see flaws that are easily evident to outsiders. Dreams are a tease, too. Read more »
Dear Blog,
I want you to know that I’ve missed you so. I know you won’t write yourself, so I’m glad to be back to try and breathe some life back into you once again.
There’s a whole lot of life out there, so we can’t keep letting it slip by without us. Let’s capture those thoughts and feelings that we uniquely experience and put them down in black and white once and for all.
I hope there are no hard feelings between us. I want you to know that I didn’t plan on leaving you alone for so long. Life just got in the way. Or, I must admit, I let live get in the way. It was a mistake of me to let you slip off of my priority list. My relationship with you truly is important to me.
I’m surprised how quickly time has passed though. I didn’t expect to be away from you at all, and definitely not for this long. Read more »
It is not uncommon that when you hear the same thing repeated over and over again, you tend to stop thinking about it on a deeper level since it has essentially become old news to you. That is until that same old familiar piece of information unexpectedly triggers a new connection for you.
For those of you familiar with social media concepts, you’ve probably heard many times already how sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are simply tools for delivering a message. The actual sites themselves are not the message. Read more »
When you attend a multi-day conference, how do you choose “the most important thing you’ve learned?” How do you even remember everything that’s been covered?
At the very least, choosing one thing is a place to start. So, setting aside lack of commitment, over-analysis, and debilitating perfectionism, I plan to share with you the most important thing I learned at a recent conference I’ve attended.
Let me back up a bit by briefly telling you about the conference I’m referring to here. I just attended “Persuasion Mastery Live 2011” with Dave Lakhani (along with other speakers such as: Kevin Kullander, Blaine and Honey Parker, and Rachna Jain).
You may be wondering why I chose to attend a business development course like Persuasion when I don’t even have a business idea in mind yet. Or, you might also be thinking that Persuasion might be something kind of shady, too. So, let me clarify. Read more »
From a Facebook group, and as a subscriber to its accompanying paid weekly newsletter (both of which I’ll tell you more about at the end of this post*), I recently came across two questions that might be helpful to other bloggers/writers, or anyone else, who is searching for their purpose. If this is you, consider these two questions:
- “What Magazine Would You Be?”
- “What if <Blank> Wasn’t an Issue?”
(i.e., where you fill in the blank with a constraint that is limiting you.)
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Sometimes deadlines work, sometimes they don’t.
Often, when we are forced to stick to a schedule, more things get done.
At the same time, we need to understand ourselves and to understand what it is we are trying to achieve at that moment. If having a deadline pressures us to the point where quality is being sacrificed in an activity when quality truly matters, then it is important to consider setting the deadline aside and taking the time to get the project completed correctly instead of shabbily. Read more »
For those of you who have read at least a few of my posts, you’ve probably already noticed that I tend to prefer to look at situations as “it depends” or “sometimes this, and other times that” rather than as in absolutes.
Does that mean I’m wishy-washy, or a flip-flopper, or indecisive? Some may think so (see what I mean), though I wouldn’t. Read more »
In team sports, like Baseball, Football, and Basketball, each game (and season) ends with a winner and a loser. Within each team, often an MVP is selected, where the best is chosen, and usually that honor only goes to a select few, i.e., there are winners and there are non-winners.
When someone has to lose for someone to win, that is often called a “zero sum game”.
In business, the equivalent is that if a consumer buys one brand then they are not buying the competing brand. One company wins market share (or a larger piece of the existing pie) while the competitor loses market share (and is left with a smaller piece of the existing pie). Read more »
Probably not unlike many people, I have also wanted to start my own business, and be my own boss, for quite a while now. 
