I believe power comes to us in a cyclical way.
No, I'm not talking about planets and stars and old Sputniks lining up in some special way. What I am saying, is there are numerous times during our lives that certain situations present themselves. It is during these times, these places, these circumstances, that, if we could recognize them and know what to do with them, we could work them far to our advantage.And therein lies the problem. Failure to recognize the telltale signs that are shouting out to us to grab hold, take charge and make ourselves better for having done so.
And that is exactly what this blog is about. It is to teach you, as was taught to me, what to watch for and how to handle it.
For starters, I'd like to refer you to my latest book called "House Hunting the Smart Way". It is an eBook and yes there is a charge if you want to download the whole thing, but the introduction and the first chapter are free. From that alone, you can get an idea of what the heck I'm talking about. But let me warn you. If you have no room for humor in your life, then this book is probably not for you (or maybe it actually is what you need). Anyway, check it out. Just go to smartwayservices.com.
In the days and weeks ahead, I 'll be posting more ideas and suggestions to this blog. Some will be from House Hunting the Smart Way, some will be from my present project, a book tentatively titled "Never Burn Your Bridges". "Bridges" is about the interpersonal relationships amongst blue collar, middle echelon workers. The focus is how to deal with the sometimes moronic and silly obstacles that are handed down from upper management and again, how to turn these situations to your advantage. On the surface, this sounds rather boring, but in reality, it is turning out to be one of the funnest, and funniest works I have ever done.
Another reason this book is so much fun is because it is the culmination of my fifty plus years of learning different trades, working for over twenty different companies and creating my own little world in each of these. I've been everything from a professional photographer to an accountant (handling over a million dollars a week), to a technical writer for an international IT company to a forklift driver for a trucking firm. I've been a newspaper feature reporter, a lab technician, a field representative for a federal government program, as well as a go-between with the country's largest railroad and GSA in Washington D.C. And the thing I'm most proud of is that, although going into these and other jobs, for the most part without a clue, I learned how to work the job (OJT) and grab the opportunities that came my way. And (although threatened a couple of times), never once got fired from any of them. And guess what? I'm not that smart!
So this is where we're going. But a word of warning...I am getting old, (I may be dead, but I don't have the time to check it out), I still have two businesses, I work full time for a major home improvement chain and a bunch of other stuff. So please forgive me if I'm not adding to this or replying to you as quick as you would like.
