Some Notes About the Biz

Starting up a business is more challenging than I expected. It’s a big test of one’s capabilities. And I am not just pertaining to what one’s ‘talent’ and ‘skill’ can contribute in his field of expertise. Attitude and leadership qualities are what usually matter most.

In the span of three months, it’s just occurred to me that handling a business is pretty much the same as my job description in heading a theater organization way back in college. Back then, I got so engrossed because I was doing what I loved most. I didn’t care if I had to work overtime. The organization became my top priority. I loved managing the people – and I loved the people I worked with. I held on to the company’s vision and goals – be it long term or short term. Everyday was a challenge. And each performance gave me a very high satisfaction rate because I believe in what we did and we were all passionate with what we were fighting for.

Being a leader entails having to take the initiative. Being a leader requires a huge amount of self-discipline.

Starting now, I would have a different and better outlook on how I’d go about our business. I have realized that this is it – this is what I love to do and this is what I am doing for the rest of my life. My dream to succeed is really up to me. There is no such thing as luck. Successful people made it because of their hard work. And I should bear that in mind. From now on, I’d put double value on time and money. No more lying around, no more snoozing of alarm and asking for 10 more minutes when it’s really time to wake up. (Except when I work straight til 6 or 7AM and I am really doing injustice to myself by waking up at 9am).

So, there! Right now I’m in the mood to bring it on and give out my best in this endeavor!

Moving Out of the Home-Office Set-up

Today we went to see the office. There are a lot of advantages in getting it and it seems that I am already 70% convinced to go for it. My number one drawback is that it’s far from home, far from my room, and I won’t be able to be with my G5 when I leave the office. I want to use the G5 for both home and office. Next are the hassles of traveling from home to office and back home late at night. It’ll be like a regular office set-up once again. But I guess that’s how it really should be. I shouldn’t waste my time lingering and lying around whenever I feel like it. Time should be spent wisely and I should make sure that every minute is not wasted and I can become very productive.

Though I am being bothered by my drawbacks, I feel like we should take the risk and sacrifice a little for our business. We ventured into business to earn money. So a little sacrifice won’t hurt because later on it would really pay off.

When I was in college I thought I’d never become a millionaire before I reach 30 years. And I never thought I’d be in business at the age of 23. Now I believe my goals are really within reach – if only I continue striving to work and not lose my motivation.

I just feel like I don’t have enough time for all the things that I want to accomplish… I have a lot of pending web projects and I can’t manage to fit my schedule and finish all of them one by one. It’s as if I am overwhelmed by the quantity of workload and how I’d use my freedom to apply all the designs I have in mind that’s why I can’t seem to get started.

My resolution is to make productive use of my time during Holy Week! I should get the websites done, one by one!