As I listened to David Friedberg’s address “Most
Entrepreneurs are Not Rock Stars” and he mentioned using the resources of
another company to get your idea produced, this idea struck me. I had not considered that possibility. And when I heard it, an explosion of possibilities
came to mind. Granted, I’m not sure how
to use the explosion of possibilities and they will have to be explored, then
determined viable, and then acted upon – but it was nice to have a new avenue
open up to me that I had not before seen.
It will be interesting to see if this avenue is viable. And I know whether it’s viable or not, I will
have learned some things of importance that will help me on this journey of
entrepreneurship.
I’m actually considering marrying my idea of a product with
my soon to be acquired skills in social media marketing. As I learn more about social media marketing,
I believe I will be able to determine if I can launch my product on my own or
if it will be better to launch with someone else.
A couple of weeks ago, I posed the question about “What do
you do when you’ve reached your goal?”
As I’ve been reading Mastery
by George Leonard, I think I may have found my answer though I’m not sure. Is completing a goal a beginning of a
plateau? That is the new question. I will explore this question as I work
towards my goals and accomplish them.
This week I decided to take my mastery and use it. I’m an accomplished seamstress, but I don’t
use my mastery often – it has definitely plateaued. I often get bogged down in the details or
day-to-day life. This week I decided I was
going to DO something rather than just dream or write about it. Recently, I have been perusing some design
books on T-shirt reconstructions. I
decided I was going to reconstruct a T-shirt.
I found an old T-shirt, looked at the design, found the other necessary
supplies – scissors, thread, needle and got to work. I cut the T-shirt but modified the book design
to make it modest. Then I added my own
twist to the handsewing. I’m old
school. You don’t leave hems and seams
unfinished. I’m finding ways to keep the
“new” idea and marry it to the “old school” of finish. Once finished, I think I’ll be happy with it.
The T-shirt isn’t quite complete or I’d
post a picture. So far though, I’m
almost happy with the results. One portion
didn’t turn out to my satisfaction and this reconstruction there isn’t anything
I can do about it in keeping with the repurposing of a T-shirt. In the future, I know that if I want this
particular design detail to be more pronounced, the gathering, then I need to
use a larger T-shirt and will have to do some fitting.
Mastery needs not only to be accomplished but used is what I
took from my learning and experience this week.
