After I left my sister's house today, I was driving home and something inside me told me to turn and go to that great big liquor store that I seldom go to. I had past the street to turn to it on, but I made a U turn and headed back instead of heading home.
So I had this mission to get Maynards wine, also known as Merkin and Cadeuses. And btw Maynard is the singer for Tool and A Perfect Circle.
So I wandered around looking for his wine. Maynard is in love with wine and wine production. He has wine grove in Arizona that crosses the boarder into New Mexico. He has a new crop hitting the market right now.
After about five minutes of wandering around the store, a clerk walked up to me and asked if I needed help finding a wine. I said yes, I'm looking for Maynard. He knew right away and lead me to the area, and then he says, "well Maynard was just here a few hours ago. What? I asked in excitement. He said "Maynard was there to do wine tasting with them of his new line.
Yeah, I could understand that. Yet, as I talked to this fellow, I kept thinking I have no idea what Maynard looks like as when I saw him in concert, he sings, but has no spotlight on him, he pretty much sings in the dark. I had bought Perfect Circle and Tool on digital so I have no pics of them and I never did a search on them. So here is this fellow and I'm getting the feeling that something is amiss. Oh sure Maynard was here earlier, maybe he was lying to me to get me to buy expensive wine. Or maybe he was Maynard. I kept feeling like something was out of wack. Really would he use the lie that Maynard was just in the store hours before? Would he use that to get me to purchase the wine? Little did he know that I was going to buy Maynards wine no matter what, because I had to replace a bottle I drank one night while being angry at my husband.
Later I talked to my son about the experience and well, it's a 60% chance that it was Maynard, and a 40% chance that it was just some schlep telling lies to get me to buy a product.
Why would Maynard do this? Well, I have seen other celebrities jump into sales positions like I saw, Lindsay Vaughn sell tickets in the Vail ski area booth. So it's not an impossibility that it happened. But what's the meaning anyway? Who cares? Is he going to help my startup? Is buying one bottle of his wine going to make me a better person? Is it going to help him sell more? There really is no benefit as to the status of a person selling anything, unless they are going to join you in the quest to make humanity better.
If I become a person of well to do, I'm going to search for the human beings in the world who will make the world better and I'm going to invest in them. And I will celebrate with them with Maynards wine!
If I met you tonight Maynard ~ You were very kind and helpful. Work with me in the future, we shall toast your wine to the people who overcome hardship lives to make a change that helps others!
You do make great wine!
~ jana always on the side of AMAZING
Showing posts with label Helping Others. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helping Others. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
Hiring People For My Startup? Not Part Of The Fantasy.
Every time I followed my ideas, I never thought about the whole picture. If my idea turned into something that people would want, then I might need to hire people to help me build a company. Well, that never entered my mind. Hire someone? No, not in the fantasy of the idea at all.
The Idea Fantasy Is Just That
A fantasy without all the intricate details of how to mass produce the product, get it to the customers, yeah, sign on the dotted line to be a startup, when you wake up out of the fantasy.
The day came, when I needed to hire help. Yet I was still in the unstable ground of my startup, not having a cash flow, not making money, yet needing help. How do I hire someone and tell them "I can't pay you anything" uh-huh or "I can pay you a little here and a little there" that one works just about as good as the other one. Okay people here is the job posting: New Startup looking for someone who will work countless hours for no pay. Someone who likes to create, devople and discover. Someone who loves tech, the internet, mobile, apps, design, and having no social life. Oh yeah, it's a really great job by the way! So please apply. : - )
I Started Seeking Hiring Help
I knew it would take a special kind of person, who had the special kind of circumstances to be able to work for me. That kind of person is super hard to find. People need to get paid to live. You have rent, automobile gas, insurance, internet connection, cell phone charges, heat and electric, and some people have families to support. Virtually no one can work for no pay, except the founders. The founders always seem to find a way.
I have managed to bump into a few potential hires. Now, I have a problem, because, I've never been a boss, I've never had to hire someone or fire someone. How do I judge them? How do I decipher their code? Are they someone who who can see my vision, or are they someone who pretends just to get a job? Are they seeking cash just to stay alive, or are they seeking a quality of life, and cash is only the means to quite the bill collectors?
Judging Others
To be placed in the position of judging another is so very hard for me. It's been quite shocking to me to be frank. I thought all people were just like me. Hard working, never giving up, give way more then you get paid for, never be late, outshine everyone with a smile, and go way overboard to care for your customer. Hmmm, it seems like, no one is like me. This makes me sad.
As kind as I am, I have been used. Yep, I let these people who say they want to work for me, basically con me and take my money. The very little cash I had left to make my startup go. I gave it to them in hopes they would give me what they promised. Yet they had seen that cash as only a means to end their agony, not as a means to build a gift for humanity.
It's Not My Fault They Are....
Yet I don't blame them solely, I blame myself. Because I have no skills in hiring people. I think every person is great and has potential. Then when I have to see the truth about them, it hurts me. The truth was, they only want money and to satisfy themselves. They are not concerned with helping me build a company, they are not concerned with helping others. Yes, they truly are all consumed with themselves. It's really sad.
It's A Catch 22
Yeah, we all have bills to pay. But when you agree to do something for another person you should always give them more worth then what they pay you. That's my philosophy. It doesn't hurt me at all to give the countless jobs I have had every bit of my soul. I show up early, I always show up happy and with a smile. I always give every patient (customer) my everything. I am being paid to be there and to do a job. Not a so so job, not a lousy job, but a more than they pay for, job. This is how I live my life. Giving way more than I'm paid for, because to see another worker slack and make excuses for not being kind to another, for not doing the job they are paid for, to see the lazy worker who hates their job, and would hate any job, well, to see that kind of person is to see a self concerned person. That's not what I want to be.
Step Out Of Yourself And Help Others
You can do that every time you show up to the job you don't like. By being the best at that job, then anyone. By being the kindest at that job than anyone. You can help others in every job you have, by being the most extraordinary worker. It's up to you to SHINE. You can shine shoes, shine mirrors, shine floors, it doesn't matter. You can SHINE in any job you have, even if you hate it. When you find that the struggle to pay the bills is not what you should focus on, when you find, that your focus is on helping others and not yourself. Well, you'll find, life is pretty awesome!
Give it a try! : - )
The Idea Fantasy Is Just That
A fantasy without all the intricate details of how to mass produce the product, get it to the customers, yeah, sign on the dotted line to be a startup, when you wake up out of the fantasy.
The day came, when I needed to hire help. Yet I was still in the unstable ground of my startup, not having a cash flow, not making money, yet needing help. How do I hire someone and tell them "I can't pay you anything" uh-huh or "I can pay you a little here and a little there" that one works just about as good as the other one. Okay people here is the job posting: New Startup looking for someone who will work countless hours for no pay. Someone who likes to create, devople and discover. Someone who loves tech, the internet, mobile, apps, design, and having no social life. Oh yeah, it's a really great job by the way! So please apply. : - )
I Started Seeking Hiring Help
I knew it would take a special kind of person, who had the special kind of circumstances to be able to work for me. That kind of person is super hard to find. People need to get paid to live. You have rent, automobile gas, insurance, internet connection, cell phone charges, heat and electric, and some people have families to support. Virtually no one can work for no pay, except the founders. The founders always seem to find a way.
I have managed to bump into a few potential hires. Now, I have a problem, because, I've never been a boss, I've never had to hire someone or fire someone. How do I judge them? How do I decipher their code? Are they someone who who can see my vision, or are they someone who pretends just to get a job? Are they seeking cash just to stay alive, or are they seeking a quality of life, and cash is only the means to quite the bill collectors?
Judging Others
To be placed in the position of judging another is so very hard for me. It's been quite shocking to me to be frank. I thought all people were just like me. Hard working, never giving up, give way more then you get paid for, never be late, outshine everyone with a smile, and go way overboard to care for your customer. Hmmm, it seems like, no one is like me. This makes me sad.
As kind as I am, I have been used. Yep, I let these people who say they want to work for me, basically con me and take my money. The very little cash I had left to make my startup go. I gave it to them in hopes they would give me what they promised. Yet they had seen that cash as only a means to end their agony, not as a means to build a gift for humanity.
It's Not My Fault They Are....
Yet I don't blame them solely, I blame myself. Because I have no skills in hiring people. I think every person is great and has potential. Then when I have to see the truth about them, it hurts me. The truth was, they only want money and to satisfy themselves. They are not concerned with helping me build a company, they are not concerned with helping others. Yes, they truly are all consumed with themselves. It's really sad.
It's A Catch 22
Yeah, we all have bills to pay. But when you agree to do something for another person you should always give them more worth then what they pay you. That's my philosophy. It doesn't hurt me at all to give the countless jobs I have had every bit of my soul. I show up early, I always show up happy and with a smile. I always give every patient (customer) my everything. I am being paid to be there and to do a job. Not a so so job, not a lousy job, but a more than they pay for, job. This is how I live my life. Giving way more than I'm paid for, because to see another worker slack and make excuses for not being kind to another, for not doing the job they are paid for, to see the lazy worker who hates their job, and would hate any job, well, to see that kind of person is to see a self concerned person. That's not what I want to be.
Step Out Of Yourself And Help Others
You can do that every time you show up to the job you don't like. By being the best at that job, then anyone. By being the kindest at that job than anyone. You can help others in every job you have, by being the most extraordinary worker. It's up to you to SHINE. You can shine shoes, shine mirrors, shine floors, it doesn't matter. You can SHINE in any job you have, even if you hate it. When you find that the struggle to pay the bills is not what you should focus on, when you find, that your focus is on helping others and not yourself. Well, you'll find, life is pretty awesome!
Give it a try! : - )
Friday, May 2, 2014
Meet Shaeed Bailey: Building A Startup To Help Startups
I met a wonderful young entrepreneur today on LinkedIN. Shaeed Bailey. I'd like for you to meet him too.
Shaeed, is building a startup named Investoshare. It is an equity based crowd funding platform that connects entrepreneurs with Angel Investors. As a startup builder myself, I do know how us struggling entrepreneurs need capital. We need it bad! I like what Shaeed is doing. His heart is genuine. He wants to help others. He wants to help people like you, and I.
Most entrepreneurs put all the cash they have into their startups, because they so believe in their ideas. I did. When your startup rolls along on the cash you have, that cash gets burned up. Then there you are standing, holding your dreams, all the work, everything you have built up until this point, and you wonder. Is this the end of the road? Does it all end when the money runs out? Is the dream over? Is your idea toast? This has happened to me.
I am facing a terrible fear. It's all over. No developing products to help people, everything I've been working on is OVER. As if it got burned down in a fire. I can't let my startup die because their is no money, can I. No, I won't.
According to Grant Cardone There is plenty of money out there. With all these crowd funding sites there are also plenty of people seeking. And there are plenty of people who have money to invest in you.
I have read all about how finding capital for your startup is a full time job all by itself. You almost can't work on your startup, cause you have to spend all your time to save it's life. I am hoping that Shaeed will get to see his idea to build his startup Investoshare. I'm also hoping that it won't be a full time job for me just to seek and obtain funding, as I'd really like to build my gifts for humanity.
Check out Shaeed's story here on Tumblur, follow him on Twitter @shabai22, and if you are feeling generous, donate to his fund raiser on GoFundMe
My New Mantra when you are seeking funding: NEVER BACK DOWN! I learned a hard lesson from a mystery investor I met on WhisperApp. To you Mr. "at Guy" I thank you. I won't forget that lesson ; - ) ever.
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