Timing Can Be Freaky, Like Yesterday

How’s your timing, the interviewer will ask, if you are seeking to be a comic. But what about daily living, the whole carpe diem thing? Yesterday was another convincing win for “the harder you work, the luckier you get”.

We started with gathering big fuel for the campfire.
Loose sand makes climbing very challenging.
Success at the 40 foot summit.

Fairly little writing was done yesterday, but we did a ton of things worth writing about later, even though we never got more than a mile from home. Two buddies for a sleepover, a great home-cooked meal. But we did miss out on smores by the campfire…

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What Do You Write When You’re Not Sure Where To Start?

Yikes!!!!!!

We’ve all been there. Failure and success. Mostly failure. Right? Luckily we get those occasional victories. Feels good doesn’t it? But why don’t they come more frequently? Is it because we dream too big for our reality?

I guess society provides a smorgasbord of medications to distract and comfort us.

But what about those bases loaded home runs? The rare events in our lives that happen beyond anything we saw as possible. Everyone gets a few of these in their lifetime. Why only a few?

And with those few rare, big victories, there’s the reality of trying to find a humble, grateful way to celebrate those rare moments for as long and profoundly as possible.

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This Is The Only Fear Bigger Than The Fear Of Failure

There's always plenty of room in the success parking lot.

The only fear bigger than the fear of failure is the fear of success. The bigger the fear, the fewer the people who overcome it. I know (and so do you) exactly why people are afraid to pull into the “success” parking lot.

Insight: Habitual denying eventually causes us to totally disregard the truth. The truth is, we are born to be successful.

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Usually The IRS Gives Small Business Startups Three Years To Become Profitable

Life is not a beach for an entrepreneurial small business startup, especially in these times.

Typically, any entreprenuerial small business startup has three years to invest money (time, energy, etc) into creating a profitable business plan. And in this usual and customary time frame, startup expenses are tax deductable. After that, the IRS will ask a simple, and appropriate question: Is this a hobby or a business?

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Yesterday’s Midlife Celebration Blog Post Was A Segue To Today’s Post

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!

December 3, 2011… Started thinking about New Year’s resolutions? Oh wait, they don’t work, is that it? Of course not. Not if we don’t. No rules for success ever work if we don’t. Wish it wasn’t so. But it is.  Boomers, you know full well our Country was founded on the backbone of hard work. This is our pedigree. Go.

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