Is it about the Journey or the Destination

After starting my business in October of 2011 I have felt like I’m on a sail boat in a totally unknown sea with only a very basic knowledge of how to man this ship. Along the way I’ve figured out the basics, enough to get me by. In other areas I’ve excelled more because I have complimentary experience to drawl from.
However, along the way I’ve come across some other captains and crews. Some with really really big yachts, others in rowboats, and some in boats equivalent to my own. Only they have a crew and some even a fleet of other ships that all match. As I met these other entrepreneurs or captains if you will I’ve been mentored. I’ve been befriended. And some have kept me distracted while their crew ripped my sails. Nevertheless, sails can be mended.
Now on the one year anniversary of my launch in 2011 I found my Tom Tom! What is my Tom Tom? He is my “Big Idea” as Melanie Benson Strick would call it. It’s a regular coping skill of mine to create order around me. A way of feeling in control when there areas that are out of my realm of control but may still affect me. For example, when we were almost destitute after the real estate crash I organize my house, my bills, my grocery list. You name it. If I had access or anyway to have order in my home I did it.
With that said it’s natural I would have skills on how to create a business plan. Nevertheless, it’s often times hard to implement skills for our own benefit that we so easily help others with.
But now I’m on the right track.
Do I have a business plan…technically no. (it’s not on paper)
But it is in my head. And I did put it on a board once…(And my dauthers erased it one day so they could play school in my office.)
It really doesn’t matter if you ask me. Because I know where I’m going. How I get there is part of the fun.
What about you? Do you have a plan for your Big Idea?

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