Author: mr

  • Breaks and Momentum

    I have a problem where whenever I do anything fun, and come back to my normal life, I find myself being a big hungover. Not the alcohol hangover.  Fun hangover.  In fact, I’m not planning to drink anything until we’ve made our first sale (of whatever it is we end up doing).  Until this business…

  • Commitment

    I just signed the (expensive – $2000 / month for 3 calls) coaching agreement.  I remind myself that part of the value is that it hurts (how is paying to hurt yourself a good idea?  What’s wrong with you, masochist?) and that will help me get committed.  And that several people I know have highly…

  • Next Steps

    What’s the next step?  Work backwards. We want to have a million dollars, roughly, at the end of one year.  What does that business look like? It means we have to 1) create  a business and sell it at a multiple at the end of a year, or 2) create a business that averages 80k…

  • What’s the Point of Dreaming anyway?

    Let’s be honest.  We have four kids under 10, 2 of which are under 4.  We are tired. And when you miss out on sleep for 3 or 4 days in a row (a routine occurrence in our world) you start to feel beat up and burned out. I am already considering reasons why I…

  • Doing the Impossible

    Recently, at work, I had decided to pull out all the stops, and try to get to the next level.  It has been a bit of a struggle, and I decided to take more ownership of my situation.  I had asked for and gotten approval to get some executive coaching to help me be more…