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Archive for March, 2008

Any­one who is an entre­pre­neur knows that there are good times and bad times in busi­ness. The good times / bad times can cover any­thing from tech­ni­cal issues to sales and every­thing in-between. Run­ning your own busi­ness is a chal­lenge. Spring brings its own chal­lenges. New projects, new clients and new con­cerns — good ‘ole tax time. The ebb and flow.

This story is about the abil­ity to laugh at adversity.

In our house­hold we have one cat, 11 fish and two birds (who have nested in a fake plant on our porch With spring, the 11 fish and two birds are doing the ‘spring dance’. Our cat has spring fever and is an indoor cat (say no more . All of us are feel­ing the changes and stress of the new season.

Tonight, my “sweet” cat (haha­ha­haha) was again howl­ing as is her new ‘spring’ song and I decided that it was time to get the water gun out. Ok, my cat is 11 years old and long past the water gun stage, but the ‘spring’ howl­ing has been going on all hours of the day and night. So, I get the water gun out, filled it up with water, pointed it at my HOWLINGGGGGGGG cat in hopes she would stop (from the mem­ory of the water gun) but no such luck. So I pull the trig­ger and spray… water all over me )))))) . I had the water spray direc­tion pointed at me, not her…too funny. Should have seen her face and heard me laugh!! Wish I had a video to show you!

So what does this have to do with being and entre­pre­neur and busi­ness? Some­times how you want or expect things to go don’t. How you han­dle the ‘direc­tion’ it goes can be very good for the soul.

Happy Spring!!

Jan