I feel I’m not ready to blog (and I’m sure I’m not alone) … but as I heard somewhere … the best way to done is through begin.
I am 55 years old and I am a very fortunate guy. I have few friends, but the ones I have are excellent :-). I am involved with some successful businesses where I am able to utilize my skills in hotel construction, hotel operations, Information Technology, business process, living, working, and doing business all over the world, etc.
I will say that the longer I work, the less I feel that I know, but I truly and honestly believe that the learning process should never stop. 🙂 And what I want to do is to be able to help people who could use my expertise or experience. And I want to set up an online business to be able to do exactly that.
However, I realized some time ago that I am not very happy, and I’m not very free, not to mention that five to six years ago, my health was atrocious.
I got my health turned around … it took awhile … but I’m probably in the best health of my life right now and still getting better. That is what allowed me to get to the point where I realized I wasn’t that happy. I would like to be free – and going through a perfect day exercise was quite an experience for me. So I am making progress on where I WANT to be … Now … how to get there? 🙂
My current challenges to being free.
Current Commitments. Well when you have responsibilities you have to carry through on them. ‘A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.’ No way to indicate John Wayne’s inimitable drawl in blog :-). So all I can do is ensure they are taken care of before moving on.
Fear of being public. Frankly, I’m terrified of being out on the Internet. I didn’t realize how much until I started this challenge. Why? It is a combination of being in the military in my distant past, and being somewhat of an introvert. It instilled a sense of … paranoia would be too strong a word … privacy or anonymity. The thought of revealing oneself on a medium like the Internet is terrifying to me. But,I want to meet people of like mind and outlook, and help them. There isn’t a better way to do this that I am aware of. So this post is my first step to try to just get over it. I just have to be careful, because, sometimes, in all seriousness, if one is a foreigner on the ground in Asia doing business, there is reason to be cautious.
Fear of being old. I feel like I have started too late. That’s ridiculous really, but I’m having a hard time talking myself out of it. I hope if I get out of my shell and talk to good people of a similar mindset that it will help.
Worried that my skills aren’t needed. Building hotels and running businesses overseas I just feel is a niche market. Information Technology is not but still I have no idea who would be interested. Well … I guess the best way to find out is to put myself out there and see what happens. 🙂
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