Life is changing in myriad and subtle, but exciting ways. The news, the economy, less work...I'd let things get me down and was feeling like I'd lost all direction.
I met with some friends to discuss how to make this whole self-employment work for us as people - to keep the joy and follow the right path to a good life. One of these people gave be a bracelet which says: Positive thoughts lead to positive actions.
Then and there - I simply decided to stop feeling bad. The end.
It worked. I jumped into my usual activities, but with renewed energy and resolve. I read a business book which, along with other small signs I hadn't been reading, made it clear that I need a team to accomplish what I'd like.
Three days later I attended the MSU intern fair, hoping to find someone who would be willing to take on an unpaid internship working with a self-employed person with no real plan. I wasn't looking for anyone to do anything in particular. I WAS looking for the right PERSON - the one who looked me in the eye in just the right way.
Nearing the end of the day, three women stepped up to my table and set their resumés before me. The sun seemed to rise from behind them and the air felt clean and exciting. I said that there was no way I could choose among them, that I would want to work with them all and they said, "ok". Then a fourth woman came, who knew them and promptly joined the group.
My team. Four charming and bright women, with all that bright connotes. Graduate students in marketing, advertising and retail. We have now met a few times. They've survived my dog peeing at their arrival. They've already offered some great ideas. I'm thrilled to see where this might lead and to have the freshness of outlook they provide.
With the upcoming
PR CADDi blitz, we can follow up and follow through with any coverage we might get.
The team name, Empty Vessel, comes from the Tao te Ching...the universe is an empty vessel from which all things come.
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