Getting the Rocket Off The Ground

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Getting the Rocket off the Ground

Sometimes, getting started in something new can seem like a very frustrating experience: you spend a lot of time and energy building the foundations of your business/career/whatever, and yet there doesn’t seem much to show for your efforts. Whilst there are possible quick ways to build, they often involve an initial upfront financial outlay that is beyond people’s cashflow, and there’s no guarantee that you’ll have the technical skills needed to make such high octane methods actually work.

I’m not saying that it’s not possible – you just need to be careful that you don’t try & get the rocket off the ground before it’s ready. If you think of all the preparation that goes into a typical rocket launch – the number of people involved, the careful preparation, the seeming endless checking & re-checking, maybe it’ll help you from letting impatience get the better of the sober judgment that can be all too easily thrown out of the window for the sake of some possible shortcut.

Most of the fatal historical space missions were, after all, much to do with people trying to take shortcuts. So don’t you fall into the same trap when considering amazing opportunities.

Don’t skip on the preparation. It may seem slow, and sometimes it’s hard to maintain your focus when you don’t see the outcome of your efforts soon, but remember that the most amazing things take the longest to build. Or get to the launch phase, ready for take-off.

Lastly, (as I’m a physicist by training!) – don’t forget that the rocket has the most mass at launch…it only starts really accelerating once quite a bit of the fuel has been used…then things start to change at an amazng pace 🙂

How to survive the coming recession

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For most of us, there has never been a more challenging time to be entering into. With financial institutions crumbling around us on an almost daily basis, and many of us wondering how we’re going to cope or adapt to such uncertainty, it’s tempting to do either one of two things: bury our heads in the sand or worry our way into oblivian.

Obviously neither approach will work.

So what is the alternative?

Rober Kiyosaki recently gave his thoughts on the whole matter: whatever your background, professional experience or current job, you should seriously consider what he considers to be the only viable, long-term successful business model that will not only survive such rocky times, but will actually thrive in them: network marketing.

He belives that this is actually a time more serious than just a recession: a global depression is on its way, and we’re all going to have to face some very stark choices. I know what I’m going to do. How about you?

Simple.ology

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I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

The best blogging techniques.
How to get traffic to your blog.
How to monetize the results.

I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it’s still free.

Welcome

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Welcome to my personal blogging site. This is the place to come to find out what makes me tick, why I do what I do & think what I think. “Busy” personifies my lifestyle at the moment – but I plan, God-wiling, to calm down by the time I’m 43. In case you’re wondering how far into the future that is, well, not too long 🙂

By reading what’s here, I hope you’ll gain some insights into the different spheres of life, work, and play that dance together to form the oh-so-short time I’m around on the planet. Join me in this adventure if you like – in any of those spheres, or none. I hang out on Facebook & other social networks too, if you just want to chat.

Dez.