Author: k

If You Don’t Know…

A writer asked me publicly
if there was a market
for a certain type of story
in my specific niche.

They looked to me
as an expert.

I didn’t know
if there was a market
so I said…
Exactly that.
“I don’t know.”

Some commenters mocked me.
Some questioned my expertise.

They’re dumba$$es.
I ignored them.

Because no one,
including experts,
knows everything about their field.

No one
has all the answers.

Making sh*t up
to appease the dumba$$es
makes us look like idiots
to knowledgeable people
and erodes our stances
as experts in our own fields.

Say “I don’t know”
if you don’t know.

Watch What Leaders Do

The WHO quietly upgraded
all their ventilation systems
in 2020
while proclaiming to the world
COVID wasn’t airborne.

They KNEW it was airborne.

(Now, they’re claiming
they couldn’t say that
because the entire world
couldn’t upgrade their ventilation systems
and having only wealthy countries
do that
wouldn’t be ‘fair.’)

Leaders lie.
They lie constantly.

Their words,
their advice
often has very little meaning.

There’s a meme
floating around the internet
that when leaders say
not to panic,
that is when we should panic.

That meme isn’t a joke.
It is reality.

Watch what leaders DO.
Are they quietly taking action?
Take that same action.

‘Cause we know
they’ll save their own lives,
guard their own cash,
protect their own businesses
first.

Watch what leaders do.

An Early Last Frost Date

The last frost date
in my part of the world
was, at least,
2 full weeks earlier
than expected.

The seed company
I ordered from
sent their spring bulbs and roots
two weeks late.

When the bulbs and roots arrived,
the ground was already warm and dry
which means those bulbs and roots,
the seed company’s products,
are at high risk of dying
or failing.

Product failures result
in either
customers wanting a refund
or
being VERY unhappy with the company.

The situation for
commercial food production
is worse.

Some farmers didn’t have their seed
to plant.

If they DID have their seed
to plant,
they likely didn’t have the workers
to plant those seeds
on site.

If they DID have the seed
and the workers,
the farmers likely won’t have
the processing system,
the delivery system
and the selling system
available to them
when the crops are harvested
two weeks early.

Farmers, farm workers,
processing plants/hub, truckers, grocery stores
and eventually consumers
will be impacted.

It is a mess.
And all that was caused
by the last frost date being moved up
by two weeks.

Is your system flexible enough
to deal with a shift
of two weeks or more
in timelines?

The Red Car Phenomenon

The Red Car Phenomenon
or Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
roughly states
that once you start to look for something,
you tend to see it everywhere.

You might not notice red cars,
for example,
before you started looking
for them
but now that you ARE looking
for red cars,
you see them everywhere.

You might think
there are more red cars
than there actually are.

The red car phenomenon
greatly benefits business builders.

Once we start looking
for opportunities,
we see them everywhere.

Look for opportunities.

The Big Sales Push

Bad times are approaching.

COVID is still here.
Candida auris is spreading so quickly
and is so deadly
reports about it are being suppressed.
Bird flu is about to go supernova.

And those are merely
the pandemic-like threats.

What does this mean
for business builders?

We prepare.

And we sell as much as possible
as quickly as possible.

Strive for December-like sales
in May and June.

Market like wild.
Sell like you’ve never sold
in the past.
Bank those sales
and those profits.

Lean times are coming.
Fill that bank account.

Hiding The Problem

Governments are, right now,
hiding the true impact
of Bird Flu.

I suspect they are hoping
it will go away
and they won’t have
to make tough leadership decisions.

What it is truly doing
is making the Bird Flu situation
much, MUCH worse.

They aren’t giving scientists
the data
for them to manage it,
stop it,
cure it.

Right now,
I suspect you have a problem
you’re tempted to hide.

I certainly have a problem
like that.

Hiding the problem
will likely make it worse.

Share your problem
with people or entities
that can help you
address it.

That’s the best way
to make it go away.

Try It Before You Need It To Work

I started gardening
because I know food shortages
are coming
and anything I can do to help
will…help.

I started gardening NOW
because I also know
it often takes multiple tries
to get something to work.

I don’t want to be
learning
how to garden
and making those dumba$$ mistakes
when I desperately need
the garden to produce food.

You might not need
the income from a small business
now
but start now.

Because you WILL make
dumba$$ mistakes
and it WILL likely take
multiple tries
to get your product/service right.

Give yourself that time
before you desperately need
the income from the business.

If A Project Manager Has To Be Reminded Of Deadlines

Recently, I had to remind
a project manager
that a key deadline
was approaching.

If we miss that deadline,
it’ll cost us
a LOT of money.

I shouldn’t have to do that.

A key part of the project manager role
is tracking and ensuring
the project meets
deadlines.

There’s really no point
of having a project manager
if they don’t do that.

If you’re a project manager,
and ALL business builders
are project managers,
track deadlines.

What To Expect Now With Business Travel

I fly quite a bit.

And I’ve noticed
two things that have happened
on 90% of the flights
I’ve taken.

There’s a medical emergency
during the flight.

What this means
for other flyers is
there WILL be
a delay getting off the plane
as medical personnel
transport
the afflicted person.

Factor that
into your schedule.

There will also be
turbulence.

What this means
for other flyers is
there will likely be
interrupted or cancelled
drink and/or meal service.

Take your own water
and your own snacks.

I refill a water bottle
after I go through security.

Business travel is often necessary.
Take steps to ensure
it is as comfortable as possible.