Have Fun and Make an Impact

You’re just about to launch your big idea and you’re looking to make a small, yet powerful impact. Chances are you have people around you that have been involved with the development or at least have bought into your idea and have encouraged you to see it through. You’re now finding yourself filled with the same amount of excitement you had the day you learned to ride a bike. You’re itching to get out and feel like you want to ride around the world and never look back. This energy is priceless and it’s the one thing that I, myself, am addicted to and hold as the reason for my love affair with entrepreneurialism.

A Lukewarm Character is Forgettable

“A man with no enemies is a man who has no character”
– Paul Newman

While on a phone call with my brother, we were talking about the Characteristics of fight or flight. We talked about two people in general at his office.

The first person flew under the radar. He didn’t make a lot noise and although he knew where he stood on his opinions, he kept them to himself in order to avoid ruffling the feathers of others.

Relating to Your Audience

For the last couple of days I’ve been battling a soar throat and doing my best to remain sanitized and away from the rest of the family. Outside of my throat being sore though, I never felt achy, coughy, sneezy, or fevery, which was a good thing. But yesterday, Ethan (my 7 year old) felt I was getting too much attention and decided he was going to one up me with a fever.

Being sick can probably seem pretty interesting to a child, laying around all day, watching cartoons, playing video games maybe, or if it’s the school year, being able to stay home.  

Cup of Change

While making my pot of coffee this morning I chuckled a bit. Scoop after scoop I was making my coffee just the way I love it. DARK. I even set my brew quality to STRONG. I love my coffee with a rich bold flavor, just the way Starbucks makes their regular blend. Matter of fact, we buy our coffee (extra bold) from Starbucks and/or World Market just to get it the way we like it.

7 years ago, though, my opinions were way different.  If you would have given me a cup of rich bold flavored coffee, I would have curled my lips and thought it tasted burnt.  That 7 some years ago, I was just entering into a business lease in downtown Rochester, MI.  My office happened to be right across the street from America’s favorite coffee house, Starbucks.