As a natural Engineer and Project Manager, I tend to contemplate a sort of casual postmortem. Instead of simple list of things that I wish I would have done better, I tend to perform a more detailed analysis with several areas of incremental improvement. Ironically, seldom do I write it down this internalization. However, this year has been especially tumultuous and I find it helpful, if not necessary to post it here.
The year began halfway through our first year's lease at our current residence at Missions Springs Apartments in Tempe, AZ. Working at University of Phoenix as a Technical Support Analyst for 2 1/2 years, I was growing cynical and tired of the dead end corporate world. I had come to realize that no matter what feat of intellectual prowess or participation, I was left abandoned at the bottom of IT pit. The depth of despair plummeted as the middle of the year approached and I reached a certain logic that the corporate world was no longer the adventure that I had once hoped.
In June, my frustrations with destructive micro management had reached a peak. With a prospective freelance contract on the horizon, I jumped ship and cashed in on my savings. This extreme disgust propelled me to leave the corporate life behind permanently. In preparation for this realized independence, I enrolled in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Masters of Arts Degree at Full Sail University in September. The program is extremely accelerated. Each to be completed in only four weeks. This week, I started my fourth course, Market Research for Entrepreneurs. A more lengthy review of the program will be sure to follow. However, for now, suffice it to say that quality education is determined by the student, not the faculty.
I ended up taking leave from the program for the month of December in order to focus on some contractual responsibilities, family and come up for air before plunging head long again into the chilly rugged rapids of the great river of Business. Feeling prophetic in the coming of the New Year, I find myself wading in the calm pools between each challenging rapid. I am reminded of a great movie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Those of us in the Molly Brown Fan Club love the rapids, we grunt and scream and cry, we persevere and hunker down and ride out the rough patches, to arrive on top, a hootin' and holler'n.
Ok, ok, enough of that... I think my cowgirl genes are peeking out... :)
Back to the subject at hand.... My plans, you ask?
My ambitions, you are seeking? Yes, well....
Besides all the selfish usual wishes and hopes to improve health, find time to play and move into a house (finally!!), in the spirit of Entrepreneurship, I would rather focus on mission and vision.
Without revealing too much of the boring detail, we are getting BIZ-aYY over here!!! A comprehensive plan is about to launch, my friends. This is a year of big changes. Business ideas and plans are coming to fruition. Our innovation engine is going to be taking a few thousand laps. We are building revenue streams, creating new channels. Video channels, that is. And networking, lots and lots of networking. All of you that have paid attention, that have stuck with us and proven your worth. We are soon to call upon your talents! Lets build something significant, something to be proud of, something.... well, that just doesn't suck!
The year began halfway through our first year's lease at our current residence at Missions Springs Apartments in Tempe, AZ. Working at University of Phoenix as a Technical Support Analyst for 2 1/2 years, I was growing cynical and tired of the dead end corporate world. I had come to realize that no matter what feat of intellectual prowess or participation, I was left abandoned at the bottom of IT pit. The depth of despair plummeted as the middle of the year approached and I reached a certain logic that the corporate world was no longer the adventure that I had once hoped.
In June, my frustrations with destructive micro management had reached a peak. With a prospective freelance contract on the horizon, I jumped ship and cashed in on my savings. This extreme disgust propelled me to leave the corporate life behind permanently. In preparation for this realized independence, I enrolled in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Masters of Arts Degree at Full Sail University in September. The program is extremely accelerated. Each to be completed in only four weeks. This week, I started my fourth course, Market Research for Entrepreneurs. A more lengthy review of the program will be sure to follow. However, for now, suffice it to say that quality education is determined by the student, not the faculty.
I ended up taking leave from the program for the month of December in order to focus on some contractual responsibilities, family and come up for air before plunging head long again into the chilly rugged rapids of the great river of Business. Feeling prophetic in the coming of the New Year, I find myself wading in the calm pools between each challenging rapid. I am reminded of a great movie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Those of us in the Molly Brown Fan Club love the rapids, we grunt and scream and cry, we persevere and hunker down and ride out the rough patches, to arrive on top, a hootin' and holler'n.
Back to the subject at hand.... My plans, you ask?
My ambitions, you are seeking? Yes, well....
Besides all the selfish usual wishes and hopes to improve health, find time to play and move into a house (finally!!), in the spirit of Entrepreneurship, I would rather focus on mission and vision.
Without revealing too much of the boring detail, we are getting BIZ-aYY over here!!! A comprehensive plan is about to launch, my friends. This is a year of big changes. Business ideas and plans are coming to fruition. Our innovation engine is going to be taking a few thousand laps. We are building revenue streams, creating new channels. Video channels, that is. And networking, lots and lots of networking. All of you that have paid attention, that have stuck with us and proven your worth. We are soon to call upon your talents! Lets build something significant, something to be proud of, something.... well, that just doesn't suck!
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