How lying on your back changes your view.

OK so I have been sick. I mean really sick for just over 2 weeks now, hence why there was no post last week.

In my entire working career I have never haad more than three consecutive days off, not even for holidays (don’t laugh). So to not be able to function for this length of time was a major frustration for me, luckily I wasn’t able to focus on anything other than breathing and just staying alive.

There was times of high fever when my mind went just a little ‘crazy’, but for the most part I was staring at the ceiling and running stuff through my head.

And sure enough, just like Homer Simpson when he is in the smokehut in Alaska in the Simpsons movie, I had an epiphany.

Well, I think it was anyway… I guess we will find out soon enough.

I started to remember the old days, when I first started in this industry and how much I had enjoyed it, how each new enquiry was like a shining star leading me on a path to web glory, and every job we launched was exciting. Where had that gone? We still have that sometimes, and a project we are currently working on has been one of the most rewarding of my career, however a lot of times people are just plain unreasonable in what they expect and how much they expect to pay for it.

We have been reworking the structure and nature of our business for the last 18 months and we are nearly at the point where it is exactly how i want it so we can go and tell the word.

The epiphany was this… The business that I have been busily shaping and creating over the last 18 months after 10 years in business, is almost exactly like the one we had back in the beginning, just with a few added extras.

Therefore the moral to my story… your first idea is usually your best, back yourself and follow your path, even if the business books and coaches tell you it is the wrong one.

Now… let’s get back to work.