Why I have always failed
February 12, 2018 by Jim
Filed under Integrations
Most of my adult life I have tried to do things the ‘easy’ way. In my twenties I had a couple of ideas for inventions. I even went so far as to go to an organization that would ‘supposedly’ help people take their idea and make it into a viable commercial product.
At this time I was married with a couple very young children, just barely surviving paycheck to paycheck. I thought there was no way I could afford to give this outfit $1000.00 upfront for their help. (This was in the late 70’s, when the economy was in a real mess) So I took my idea back home and did nothing with it. Years later I noticed something very similar inn a magazine.
Another idea I had for an invention I also did nothing with. It is now a product that is helping elderly people every day.
I gave these two examples to make a point, and that point is: I was mostly thinking about how these ideas would make me money so I would not have to work a job. If I had been thinking about how this would give value to others I possibly would have pursued them. But since that shipped has sailed I will never really know what I would have done.
Since the late 90’s I have off and on looked for ideas to start my own business. the only thing I knew though was how to work for someone else. I did not really know what I wanted to do when I grew up, even though I had been an adult for nearly 30 years.
I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up, and I am 66 years old. In other words, I do not know what my Friday-Night-Essence is.
That bothers me somewhat, though not nearly as much as before I attended the first meeting. I feel certain that I will find it, even at my age, and when I do I know it will lead me to great success. I guess the reason I think this is because when I go into something, I do not go partway. I do nothing in moderation. I jump in with all I have and work hard to try make it work. However, since everything I have ever tried has not been my FNE, I get bored doing it and give up. Probably again, this could be because everything I have tried was not my FNE.
I believe it will come to me though.
