{"id":366,"date":"2022-10-11T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T17:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wfredk.com\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2022-10-22T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T14:52:02","slug":"deja-vu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfredk.com\/blog\/2022101113\/deja-vu","title":{"rendered":"Deja vu"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been through this cycle more times than I want to count, starting when I left college after the first semester of my sophomore year:\u00a0 I run out of money, so I go get a job, building other people’s dreams while mine whither on the vine for lack of attention.\u00a0 Working for some time, I get to where I’m frustrated or the project gets to a milestone and the job goes away.\u00a0 With some resources set aside, I start working feverishly on one of my projects, trying to get an income that supports me.\u00a0 Instead things break, everything takes longer than it does, so I run out of money, go get another job, and repeat the cycle.<\/p>\n

Being hypercreative, I’m inventing things, coming up with new projects faster than I could possibly finish them – sometimes two, three, or even more in a single day.\u00a0 I’m sure there are drugs that could curtail that “problem” – but would I want to be the person they turned me into?\u00a0 I strongly suspect not.\u00a0 Consequently, going to get a job to “solve” my money problems is<\/strong> <\/em>going to lead to my being frustrated, even if the work is something that enjoy.\u00a0 This is simply because I spend all of my productivity working on someone else’s dreams while mine get left behind when I think up another one in the mean time.\u00a0 Throw in daily 45 minute to two hour “stand up” meetings that require everyone in the company’s attendance, or work that is mind-numbingly different from what I originally thought I was being hired for, and many jobs, especially “FTE” (full time employee) ones, end up causing me to have attendance issues.\u00a0 Any job I take is going to end up being a “temporary” one because either the contract will run out, or my interest in participating will.<\/p>\n

One of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing, over and again, expecting different results.\u00a0 From my perspective, going to get another J.O.B. (just over broke) simply because I’ve used up my immediate resources fits the definition of insanity:\u00a0 I’d be starting the same cycle again, expecting it to lead to having the time and resources to work on my<\/strong> <\/em>projects long enough to get (one of) them done.\u00a0 After all these years, after all these repeats of the same cycle, I know it just ain’t gonna happen!<\/em><\/p>\n

Clearly what I need to do is find a way to be able to work on at least one<\/em> of my own projects long enough to get it to where it’s supporting me.\u00a0 My Current Projects<\/a> page describes many of things I’d like to be working on.\u00a0 Any one of them could lead me to where I’ve got people working for me, to get more and more of them done, ultimately leading to building space colonies, solving the pending oil shortage crisis and opening doors that can only be found on a frontier, and saving humanity.<\/p>\n

I’m looking for one or more investors who not only can see the value in what I’m trying to achieve, but also expect to make money on the deal, too:\u00a0 Talk is cheap, and those who give me valid advice can expect the same in return.\u00a0 When someone puts up cash to make things work, though, I expect to give them a handsome reward in return for their investment.\u00a0 Terms are negotiable, depending on the project, the size of the investment, and other factors as appropriate.<\/p>\n

I also recognize the need to pay commissions when someone brings me a lead that results in a sale.\u00a0 For example, if someone introduces me to an investing customer who wants to reserve a condo<\/a> in the colonies<\/a> that we<\/a> will be building at L5<\/a>, and that customer puts down a $10,000 deposit toward the property, I will pay the referrer a 10% commission – $1,000 – for the introduction.<\/p>\n

Money is a tool, just as a hammer is, or a screwdriver.\u00a0 Like any other tool, money can be used to do good or to do evil:\u00a0 That choice is made by the person using the tool, not the tool itself.\u00a0 Don’t condemn money as evil, any more than you would another tool.<\/p>\n

I want to make money, enough to support myself and let me build the dreams I have of a better future.\u00a0 In order to do that, I expect the people working with and for me will likewise make enough to support themselves, and build their dreams.<\/p>\n

Let’s work on this together – let’s all make money – lots of it!<\/p>\n

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