10-3-2007 7:19 PM CST – Business Successes, JOURNAL ENTRY – 2
Lighten up on the Turtles
Today was a fairly productive day. I would not call it a “90” (that’s what I call a day like yesterday), but it had some of those elements. There is no such thing as a “100”. 90 is pretty much as good as it gets, unless you do a “95”, but that’s personal. I think I’d have to call today an “80”.
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I did a couple of tracking reports, and sent one to my IT guy. A review of the meeting we had, with an emphasis on what our priorities are going to have to be. I’ve been using a program called “Business Plan Pro” to write my plan out. It is pretty comprehensive. It lays things out for me well. It has tools and you get a great education about what people are looking for when they are considering your plan.
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It’s a lot of work, people, for real. Laying this thing out is taking some time but it is well worth the time. I have the Service Description all finished, so that is a plus, but getting into the comprehensive plan takes that part of the plan and breaks it down two or three times more, and that is before you even get into the financials. By the way, any qualified investor who can provide credentials is welcome to see my service description if they are willing to sign a non-disclosure/ non-compete form. I really appreciate this software though. If you are willing to really work on your chops, it's great stuff. You learn a lot about what you are doing. you actually learn more about what you are doing than you can imagine by following their steps.
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On another happy note, as you may be able to tell, depending on your opinion I guess, I like to write. I have a couple of writing projects going; I usually have one or two different things going on the writing front. I received a kind of nibble from an interested party on one of my projects. This is nothing incredibly astounding, especially since their interest was not unsolicited, but there is a lot of potential with this particular thing and I think a serious smartypants will catch on. It is a project designed for kids, and it is designed to increase the production of nuero pathways between the hemispheres of the brain. This new science is catching on and it’s all the rage, so the timing is good on this. It’s just a question of whether someone is willing to help me develop it; because [insert favorite mythological reference here] knows I don’t have the cabbage to pull it off right now. I prefer collaboration anyway.
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You would not have known that yesterday was the day before today. After a period of days that was making me wonder if I was on some planet in a Ray Bradbury novel where it only rained, the sun came out, and it was pretty damned glorious. I rode into the “big” town again and did some work, most of the trails were flooded, it was water water everywhere. I started out in the copter, but then I ended up having to jump on the jet (you’ll have to read yesterdays post to understand that). All the bogs were full, and the turtles were all out of their mud holes, swimming and playing. They are so funny. It takes them a half hour to climb up on a log to get 1 second of the intense pleasure of jumping into the water. I guess that’s what it’s like to be a turtle. But I guess I can think of an activity or two that are similar in nature, so maybe I can just lighten up on the turtles.
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