How to Do What You Love....
 

Hi Gordon,

That was a good post.... I've been thinking along the same lines lately!

Remember when we talked about "do what you love?" I believe that's incredibly important....

After all, what is life unless you are enjoying it? Those minutes and hours just tick away much too fast.... Better to enjoy it (and of course have a successful business at the same time).

I think it is easier to have an enjoyable life you LOVE if you are running a business. That's because the possible things you can do in a business are seemingly unlimited! When you look at the types of businesses around, they are incredibly varied.... As we saw (recently), even producing art is in reality a business! (You could think of it as a type of product development....)

And that "fire in the gut" -- it's easier to have that "fire" if you love what you're doing.... I believe your chance of success is much higher if you have a PASSION for what you're doing. And it's easier to have that passion if it comes naturally, rather than trying to force it.

I'm focusing more on what I love to do nowadays, rather than working at things I don't enjoy.... That's the key for me!

I do some buying and selling. I've done a little and plan to be doing more product development (though I haven't mentioned it much here so far). A longer term goal is to go back into producing audio products (I have a background in public radio, back in my earlier days as a university student, so I know the basics of audio production -- I just need access to a studio!). And who knows what else could come up? The sheer number of possible opportunities are breathtaking!

> PS. This is where I came in. I'll grab my
> jacket and popcorn and mosey on out to the
> camper now. Have a great life. I have, I am,
> and I'll continue to. See you around.

Gordon, I hope you stay in touch....

- Dien

Dien: Just curious...
 

>>A longer term goal is to go back into producing audio products.

What kind of audio? Money-making stuff or some other interest?

Just curious and thanks,

Tm

Re: Dien: Just curious...
 

Hi Tim,

> What kind of audio? Money-making stuff or
> some other interest?

> Just curious and thanks,

Well, this is a longer-term goal for me, but it probably wouldn't be money-making stuff. I honestly think that the "how to make money" market is quite saturated.... I think there are a lot of easier markets out there.

My background is that when I was an undergrad student, I was heavily involved in the university student-run radio station, and I also did a fortnightly show on a local public radio station. The university radio station also had a pre-production studio, and a couple friends and myself would sometimes use this to make our own productions. What we did were mostly parodies of popular advertisements of the time, along with a couple of song parodies too. Then I'd play them on my show. :) Anyhow, from those days I have some basic studio skills (such as basic mixing).

I can see a lot of possibilities, but it's not really clear precisely what I'd do yet.... It would be a matter of seeing what it is people would want to buy first (by looking at what's selling at various places, like on Amazon.com or on ebay). Probably it would partly be interviews (very easy to do, but I would still personally want some basic editing facilities), and maybe some other kinds of products too....

Audio products have a great mark-up though.... That's quite attractive from a product-developer's perspective. :)

- Dien Rice

Re: Dien: Just curious...
 

Thanks Dien. I was fortunate enough to have had a full working radio station at my high-school; did a lot of the same stuff you mentioned. Real fun stuff!

Good luck if and when you get going.

Tim