Posts filed under 'me, me, me'
Shackles
I have finally shed my shackles and am free!
No more busting my balls to make someone else’s company grow, no having to be at someone else’s beck and call and no more having to justify any ideas I have. The biggest advantage is that I now have probably near 16 hours a day I didn’t have before to work on my own projects. All of which have been pretty much on hold for the past 18 months.
Obviously its safe to assume there will be a hell of a lot going on now!
Am sure to most people it will seem ridiculous that I, someone claiming to be some sort of entrepreneur would have spent 18 months devoting all my hard work to someone else. They’d be right, in hindsight I would not have done it, and I would not recommend any one else to sell out as quickly as I did (I didn’t actually get rid of any of my previous ventures but I did prevent myself from working on them)! I had my reasons which sadly don’t seem to have been worthwhile. However, I did for the most of it enjoy myself, I learned a little, and met a number of good people. So I am sure some good will come of it.
I’ve just come back from my week off, fully revitalized and ready to throw myself 100% in to all my business ideas.
So now its onwards and upwards. I have a few things on the go which I hope will all be ready soon, and will certainly be keeping me very busy for the next few months…. exciting stuff!!
Stress Management
Over the weekend I learned an important lesson! How to manage my own stress levels.
I have really suffered from stress only a couple of times, most significantly when I was managing 2 companies, both of which struggling, while juggling my massive personals debt.
Recently with the combination of moving house, work, long hours and again a few financial factors I’ve been a little more pressured than I have been for a long time. Though not stressed in the same way as I had been before, I can easily boil over in an instant and feel like murdering someone. Being an easy going and level headed sort of chap I am aware of the punishments facing such actions. I therefore try to avoid getting so angry I kill - it is inexcusable and “anger” will not help me in any court of law. Oh, I also don’t kill on moral grounds.
…anyway…. Saturday morning I went in to town to do a few routine things: Visit the bank to change my address, pop to post office, buy some lunch.
Instead of my planned routine I found myself in the bank, getting extremely pissed off and demanding to see the bank manager. I closed my account and stormed out. Town visit over.
For the rest of the afternoon I was very angry, very stressed, not pleasant to be around and definitely not productive.
Sunday morning the sun was shining and I saw a perfect opportunity to get out and mow the garden. Putting stripes up and down the lawn while Abi and Phoebe tended to the pots and plants was most satisfying indeed. Focusing on them, having lunch together and spending all afternoon in the garden was the first time in a long long long time I COMPLETELY forgot about work. Ridiculous how it took something so simple to put things back in to perspective for me. Then again everyone who knows me will vouch for what a complete fucking dick I can be!
Come Monday morning I was revitalised and looking on the bright side of life once more.
Realistically I can’t take much time off. I have massive work loads and responsibilities I must meet. But its nice to know that by stepping back for just a few hours I can unwind and appreciate what its all really about.
Click on images to see what makes me happy (zoomed in)
The Godfather
Being the godly sort of man that I am you won’t be surprised to hear that I became a Godfather over the weekend to the young Archie McGregor. Being the a big fan of JC I don’t think I will have problems in being a spiritual role model for the chap.
I predict big things for him in the future - providing he follows in my footsteps!
Here are 3 pictures from the day:
You may call me “The Godfather” now, I don’t mind.
Been Busy
Apologies for another long silence - completely unintentional, but I have been a busy boy!
This is what I have been doing in no particular order, other than the one it is written in:
Event: Met with a friend/mentor
Outcome: Advised to invest in the only thing you can be sure of - yourself. Very true, my experience in shares has been mixed. I will be keeping my current holdings and see how they pan out, but not trading or investing further funds for some time. Instead I shall waste it in my own businesses.
Event: Adtech Hamburg
Outcome: Went looking for strategic partnerships for World Dating Partners to help with further expansion across Europe. Have a few good possibilities.
Event: Moved House
Outcome: I now live somewhere else. Little bit tired and still have a lot to organise in way of address changes, number changes, office set up, BBQ parties to arrange etc etc.
Event: Edgley/Hannaford Wedding:
Outcome: Good day, lots of alcohol consumed by old friends, hangover and surprisingly no embarrassing stories that I know of.
Spreading my wings and taking a dump
Time to fly high and release all my waste.
I have spoken several times about numerous developments and one in particular I have been working on - after more than 2 years with little movement its time to leave it in the past.
Fortunately for me the incompetence of the last set of developers is sufficient to have good grounds to warrant a refund. I am chasing this in full. I do not expect to see a penny back, but I will be able to vent a lot of anger shouting down the phone.
Looking at my track history it might be sensible for me to take this as an opportunity, quit everything and focus on the one thing which always brings in money. Most of my income is after all from one main industry and any ventures into others have ultimately ended as failures.
Sadly if you think that’s going to happen then you are seriously misguided; sensible has no part of my plan!
Also, we should look more deeply at the facts before jumping to such irrational conclusions: As many as 1 in 2 businesses fail in their first 2 years - some of mine are perfect examples of this. The problem is clearly just a statisitcal one, I need to not focus more, merely start more business ventures! I am a big fan having completely independendent revenue sources.
I might as well divulge that I am currently looking at ALL of the following
1) online casinos
2) debt / finance management
3) web cam sites
None of these conflict with any of my other financial interests, and can be marketed completley independently of each other. PERFIK.
makingamillion.net sold for $4M
That’s right, some twat phoned me up this morning and made a ridiculous offer. I told him it was not for sale, and he upped his offer….
I said “mate, you’re a fucking idiot, this site has no traffic, no members and makes no money, the domain itself is also pretty lame”.
If you have not guessed already this post is bullshit. Just a cheap stunt to gain some publicity by writing a punchy title. Much like this site has done -
Offer To Buy WickedFire for $16M!!!.
The strange thing is for this particular site a post like this got a lot of interest, it did its job, and the site itself IS very popular. It seems that self publicising arse gravy like this does actually work.
My opinion is that a good blog (or forum) requires not only good content, regular updates, but also its fair share brown and sticky. Though I do not want to smear my good name with poo, it may well be in my interest to self publicise a little more. I therefore refer you to my last post: I am Tim, I am Great
It also seems like a sensible thing for me to exaggerate the truth and be very selective with it to make myself look better than I am. For example when I say “Last night I made love for 4 hours” what I may in fact mean is “last night I was too drunk to maintain an erection for more than 5 minutes. After trying for 4 hours I finally passed out” … this is just an example, clearly I do not suffer from erectile dysfunction and actually I like to make love for 6 hours - minumum…. non stop…. with my big willy.
I am Tim, I am Great
Yup, thats right - read it and weep. Sounds big headed I know, but I am in possession of all the facts and it is the only logical conclusion.
I try not to broadcast it too much but since this is the first post in the new (very cleverly titled) category me, me, me it seemed perfectly appropriate. I’ll also be posting few more personal thoughts and family notes here too. I am hoping that I may find a little more to write this way.
…. back to the subject matter - I am Tim, I am Great! The fact I am able to write this with my head firmly stuffed where the sun don’t shine is evidence enough. But alas, I am also a short arse. According to an article I have just read it might be my vertically challenged stature that has led to me being who I am. It also says I have a big cock, so it is clearly very accurate and well researched.
I expect there is a very small percentage of the people reading this who might not think I am great. They are the same people who will say I am not succesfull, I have a swollen and misshaped head and that the article didn’t even say I have a large sexual organ. They are fools. Perhaps you are one of them? Perhaps not, but I bet you’re a fool regardless.
If you’re one of these fools please air your views and leave a comment.
