Author: mroptimumblog

You’re not rich yet, and it’s your own damn fault

Are you a dreamer or a doer?
I’m a bit of both.

Problem is, I don’t do either one particularly well.

If you’re a dreamer, then dream BIG
If you’re a doer, then take a lot of ACTION.

 

Don’t just “play” at it.

Either Dream or Do, but “really” do it right.

 

It costs no more time, money, or energy to think BIG or do BIG THINGS.

So what happened?  Have you lost focus, is it too hard, or are you waiting for a tap on the shoulder to set you straight, just like mom used to do.

Whatever it is, STOP doing it and get back to businesses.

Right now: Dream Bigger and Take More Action.

MrOptimum

My Muses

Have you ever had that moment of clarity, where something you’ve been working on or thinking about suddenly seems easy or a solution appears?

Well, I have those all the time.

It’s my Muse, or Muses (I’m convinced I have several)

My Shower Muse inspires me several times a week when I’m soaking my head under a strong hot shower.

My Car Muse, who used to pop her head out after I hit 75 mph. I don’t see much of her anymore, since I stopped driving in LA. (The Uber Muse hasn’t found me yet!)

My “LNM”,  Late Night Muse usually stays up with me waaaay past midnight. “Inspiration” and “flow” come easy to me late at night. It’s been that way most of my life.

My late night Muse also has an evil side, because she makes me hungry at 2am and I start searching for a snack.

And my favorite Muse of all: My Chocolate Muse.
I’ve lost count of the number of great “upper limit” ideas she gives me while I’m munching on a bar of dark chocolate, or m&m’s.

 

I’d love to hear about your Muses.  Drop me a line, and lets compare notes.

If you need a new Muse, let me know, and you’re welcome to borrow one of mine.

 

All except my chocolate one.

 

If she stops working for me, I might as well stop working…

 

MrOptimum

I got stuff to do…

I don’t have time for this.

…I got stuff to do.

Why is this taking so much of my time?

…I got stuff to do.

Whose idea was this, anyway?

…I got stuff to do.

Wait, this IS part of the stuff I got to do.
Yeah, but I’m not getting paid to do this.
So what. You’re not any good at it anyway.

 

Ok, if you feel that way, I’ll just publish the password and you can go in and erase every word.

Don’t tempt me – I got other stuff to do…

It’s like the canary in the mine shaft

Sometimes I’m the canary, and sometimes I’m the shaft.

 

Today is one of those days that the canary died AND I got the shaft.

One of my largest customers with more than 100 stores filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, leaving me with a sizable unpaid balance.

 

I’ll be fine, and so will my company. But the array of things, good & bad, that happen on a daily basis never ceasees to amaze me.

 

Some days everything is “SO SMOOTH”. Almost effortless.

 

And some days, not so much.  This was one of those “not so much days.”

 

I feed that damn canary every single day, play with it, sing to it, and clean up after it.

 

And what happens, it goes and dies, keels over to be found lifeless on the bottom of the cage.

 

I’m pretty sick of this metaphor now, so suffice it to say:
“NO MORE PETS”

 

MrOptimum