As random as it sounds, I'm starting this blog at 4:49 am Christmas day. After searching through YouTube videos for hours, I finally mustered up enough initiative to pry myself away from bar fights, and bull dogs riding skate boards. My almost empty MGD bottle is chilling to my left, and my Nokia E71x must be exhausted because it keeps beeping. Here goes!
This blog is going to be my memoir, documenting the extremely difficult road ahead. I hope on my journey others will find strength in my words, and the courage to attempt the unthinkable.
One of the first lessons I've learned as an entrepreneur, is you have to be passionate. If you're not passionate about what you do, the weight of the world will deflate your focus.
Everyone is wired to say no. You tell them about an investment opportunity, they immediately try to tear it down. Or my favorite; "I have no money", before you even complete your pitch. A similar deflecting tactic I remember during my days canvassing for an environment group always bothered me. Someone would answer the door, see me with my t-shirt and brochures, and immediately say, "I'm not interested." I always wanted to yell back, "how the hell do you know you're not interested", do you have a rare gift for reading minds? Sometimes shouting "you've won a million dollars" would make its way to the tip of my tongue, but never get any further. Well I'm tired than tired, so I'm about to call it a night. But I wish all my future readers happy holidays in retrospect.. If that makes any sense at all. Whatever!
Until next time, your business partner
Bobby Burns
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