Following up on my conversation post earlier... I just got off the phone with another connection by the same person. The 'magic' happened again. This time I consciously took my learning from the previous post into the call and it took the conversation even further. I guess it's not really magic after all. My gratitude for the relationships I have just continues to grow. Thanks!
I was just helping a client do a last-minute media launch for something we expected to get a lot of traffic. Naturally I asked one of my long-time communications collaborators to help out. He agreed and we agreed on costs etc... quick/fair/reasonable. Well... as sometimes happens it didn't come off as we expected and the results were disappointing. I just got a note about this from my colleague with the additional comment:On another note, given the poor results of this campaign, unless thingschange considerably I don’t plan on charging for any of my time; only thehard costs...Of ...
Yesterday, I had a great conversation with someone that a friend/colleague/client thought might be a worthwhile introduction. And he was right. The conversation was enjoyable and very helpful. Similar to the conversation a couple of weeks ago that had me step back from the full-blown financial model and pitch deck to trying to apply the venturing process I am suggesting to the creation of what I'm building... this one prompted another launch path that fit with both my entrepreneurial drive to 'push' something forward, and also with the process I'm suggesting. What's interesting is that it wasn't ...
So here I start... in that period where an idea shifts, changes, grows, implodes... and hopefully emerges better. I took some time this summer vowing not to make any commitments to any project until the fall... and to not launch anything new on my own. In September I emerged refreshed from some time with family and some time with myself... alone. The product of that time was my best attempt to describe what it is that I do and where I want to focus:"co-creating entities and initiatives in service of restoring balance among people and the planet".A little ...
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