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New Opportunities

Inspiration is contagious. When we hear about a fantastic new creation made through hard work and perseverance, it lights the fire of inspiration and makes us want to do the same.

However, successful inventors are a minority. For every one useful new invention, there are hundreds more that failed. The fear of failure is powerful, leading many people with fresh ideas to not even bother trying and sticking to routine.

Going Big

As one refugee from 1980s Hollywood noted, when life exceeds your dreams, that’s when you lose control. What this means is that one has to be prepared for bigger things in life so they can be properly managed.

If you work in product fulfillment, you have experience with “bigger things:” big orders, big client numbers, and especially big products being sold. And if a business fails to transition to handling bigger work, it’s not uncommon for that business to go under.

Uncertainty Principles

In the end, we can know only so much. That’s why when we try something new, we often don’t know what the end result will be. While we can certainly expect a certain result, we’ll never know for sure what will happen until it does.

There’s nothing wrong with this, especially if you work in product fulfillment. In fact, it’s likely a good thing that you understand that not everything you do for your business will be successful. There will be failures, and you will have to do a lot of learning from your mistakes.

There You Go

There’s the kids’ sports practice, then home for dinner—but only after you finish that online course component—and, time permitting, you have to stop and get ice cream and watch that football game you recorded.

And that’s just a typical day. Can you predict it? Probably not completely, especially if you’re a professional in your field with a family to care for.

Cutting Quarters in Two

Penny pincher, hustler, moneygrubber, cheapskate, hoardasaurus—the insults go on and on. There’s no getting around the negative terms used for people that seem to like money more than anything; such names are even applied to folks that simply take savings seriously. Sometimes the bad terminology is warranted, as such folks may buy discount Halloween cards for Christmas gifts or stock up on diapers long before they ever get married.

Like the Old Pros

If you’ve been following the news lately, you know there’s been a bit of negative press, as the word on cities like Detroit has not been good. The media has noted how these former hubs of industrial fanfare have fallen by the wayside and are now seeking federal assistance to keep from going broke.

Whatever your personal philosophies and political thoughts are on these issues, most can agree that it’s all a shame.