It is really hard not to be controlled. I fight it actively every day. I especially fight it when another person tries to control me, such as a spouse or friendly unsolicited advice...my ex tried to control me all the time. But I resisted. And it eventually led to her being my ex....
I don't like being controlled and I suspect you don't either....unless you're in love, then perhaps some is fine. You may let things slip. But if your s.o. is constantly controlling you, then how can there be romance?! A bird always comes back when it is allowed to soar. If you capture it, do you think it will be happy .... Some control you may cede to your loved ones, after all that's what you're here for.... But did you know that you're being controlled in other aspects? Your cellphone or the email drip heroin addiction! Yup email is a heroin addiction....so is your phone We are now defining our lives by the email we get. We are professional Emailers.... One way to control email is to designate two ...Two/Three times a day (i.e., 10 am, 4pm) to access email, text, FB, TW...... deal with them, delete them... shut your phone down and go back to what you were doing as a skilled profession. Oh, there are implications to the brain too....if you don't allow your brain to relax, and allow it to roam free (read meditation), it will be addicted and continue to ask for control. In such cases, we find that time warps, and before you know it a day, a week, or years of flown by.... Who wants that! Savour every moment, life is the most valuable asset you have on a declining scale. Without life nothing, without health we cannot enjoy life. Let's not wait till 65 to savour life. Then we will just regret, be depressed and ultimately have health issues... Onwards, upwards and harness the POWER OF NOW!! Inspiration from teslaThe beauty about TESLA for me is how it all began. The amount of risk Elon took and his ability to stick through the very early dark days of not sure if he would make it or not....just amazing. I'm so inspired how he started and how he navigated the terrain. I'm not comparing myself, but a few people in my upper network have made remarks about some of the parallels....I've jumped off the cliff and building my plane on the way down. Aamar. The original USA Today article can be found here.
It is almost summer in Toronto.
I have started to get more organized. This is the progress to date: Jan 2016 - Delivered prototype March 2016 - Delivered 2nd prototype May 2016 - I've decided to pull back from my kickstarter bee-line and move to a product based approach and THEN run a crowd fund campaign. The idea being that in crowdfunding, those early stage product 'hopes" are usually late in delivering the actual fully completed product due to industrial design issues. So I've opted to produce the Version 1 'Alpha' product and when I run the campaign I'll endeavour to deliver the product within 3-4 months. So I've received some money and have been investing in product development. The industrial designers have been hired. The way my mind works is that I need to reduce risk, There are two risks right now with prod dev: 1. Risk that it may not be delivered on time 2. Risk that it may not be a cost effective solution and the cost of producing one mod garden (in full production mode) may come in higher than expected, and that it may not totally suit my needs. My mitigation plan is to hire another ID and have him do another design. The 2nd designer is interesting as his approach is very different from the first firm I've hired. This will be very pricey in the short term. but in the long run this cost will be minimal. I'm just about at a negative bank account.... The challenges before me are enormous but what's driving me is initial validation that my idea is awesome and it has legs. I now need to hit all the proverbial notes. This blog will capture the journey that I've embarked on to become a solo-preneur and take a huge risk with half my life savings.
The negative account...hopefully is temporary as someone owes me money but it has been over 6 months since I've seen it. But the expectation is that the universe, God, will figure this out and make it happen. That is where my trust is. So moving on from that I now set out with the greatest fortuity to attain success with mod garden! While i talk about the day to day travails there are major events that have transpired that I've had to deal with....namely the severing of a relationship that i was in. She just walked out. Anyway, as emotionally gut wrenching as that is I've had to dig deep, very deep and try to focus all my attention on the business. More to come. |
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