Mistakes

July 14, 2007

One of the mistakes I have made in most of my life is the “jack-of-all-trades” way of living. I can’t really escape from that because I am naturally curious and things interest me.

I am trying to make a practice of finding a few things to focus on and carry them through to the the end. The reality is that if you do everything, you end up doing nothing. I’m trying to find out how to keep the balance between diversity of interests and doing things completely, thoroughly, and well.

I’m starting to realize that I’m not giving up on all these little things, I’m gaining some wonderful big things.

This isn’t just in business. A while back I decided “no new crafts”. I got rid of some supplies for crafts that I knew I would not pursue diligently and narrowed it down to only embroidery, sewing, papercrafts, leatherwork, and metalwork.

It still sounds like a lot, but that’s more focused for me. Part of that was an embargo on buying new craft supplies until I use what I’ve got. I will give in on some tools and organizational supplies if I can state…

1. how I will use it,
2. where I will put it, and
3. if it will it be a serious help for me.

In business I have packed away real estate, options trading, eBay, vending, and service type businesses like sewing for people. My current focus is Internet marketing, Shaklee, H&R Block.

Internet marketing is my biggie and even within that realm I’ve had to glean. I am still maintaining my Shaklee business, but the traditional MLM business model is not a good fit for me. I will be doing more online, so it overlaps with my Internet market focus to a great degree.

H&R Block is a great place to work, but I’m not in it for the money. Robert Kiyosaki, writer of the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad says “Don’t work to earn, work to learn”. The education and experience I am getting is phenomenal!

The classes available to me are top notch. I’m taking a ton of them. Plus, I am in an office that has more complicated tax returns so I get great hands on experience in business tax, depreciation, all types of K-1 income, investments, AMT, retirement plans, tax planning, and more.

Added to that, they give us lots of marketing tools and I have had the experience of taking a leadership role in marketing.

Starting next month I will start as a trainer teaching their Basic Building Blocks class. This is something I’ve really needed because I need to brush up on my speaking skills.

Finding focus is only in the beginning stages for me, but if I really look back on where I was and where I am I can see substantial change. That alone is building momentum in me.

To your best,
Deborah

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