I’m Back!
It’s been almost a year since I last wrote on this blog… so much for being able to stick to something.A lot has changed since then — I feel I’m more mature. But one thing still remains — I still find myself aware that I’m not where I want to be in life. This basically relates to not having my own business.I was made redundant last year, which was financially beneficial, and I ended up getting a new job. I’m now settled at the new place and it’s a great place to work.
I have also come to the conclusion that the 2 most important things (from my perspective) to starting a business are (a) perseverence and (b) action, in no particular order. I have a problem with perseverence — I get discouraged fairly easily. This is deadly in business — there’s a lot of negativity going around and one needs to be able to shut it out, without being stupid and stubborn.
When I’ve come up with business ideas and shared them with my parents, I have generally got a negative comment from either one of them and this causes me to become discouraged and to scrap the idea and lose motivation. So another thing I’ve decided is never to take their opinion on these kinds of things — I need to trust myself and stick to it.So now that I’ve discovered and admitted (a big step) that I have a problem with perseverence, my next thought was how to correct this.
I know exercise is a good way — you have to resist the temptation to stop when you feel sore. I’m trying to develop my perseverence. I also purchased Lance Armstrong’s book “About the Bike” which I highly recommend. He has amazing perseverance.
Another fairly significant thing I’ve done recently (in fact I started just a month ago), is to create a personal budget. I noticed that I didn’t seem to be saving the amount of money I thought I should be, so I decided to keep track of what I spent, and budget my spending for each month.An unintended result of this budgeting is that I can fairly accurately predict how much money I’ll have in a year if I stick to it, which I think I can.
Now this is a fairly good thing. Great for planning, BUT…. It makes me feel restless, as if there will be no surprises in my life between now and then, just slogging away earning money that is way too predictable for my liking. Hence the rejuvenation of my entrepreneurial spirit.I’ve also started a website recently called Search4Africa. The aim is to raise money through affilliate programs for the benefit of charitable causes in Africa. It works, but I think I’m the only one in the world using it at the moment. It requires perseverance. Because this post is getting a bit long now, I’m going to add another one, talking about “Vasbyt”!
