Comments on: 2009, part 2: ideas for making this next chapter a promising one

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:40:26 +0000

Hi Mark,

Changing course isn’t such a bad thing. But I’m glad to hear you’re still making time for yourself.

The things we come up with in a few days of a reflection around the beginning of the year are often not best for us, and our actions always speak louder about who we are than those few statements we make about ourselves for who we’re going to be in the following year.

I’m glad that you succeeded with Train for Humanity and helped a lot of small business owners. It’s a challenge when we take on those sorts of projects, but our lives still need to go on–projects need to end…even the big ones.

Have a great time in Latin America…I hope we can cross paths one of these days!

Cheers.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:58:32 +0000

Hey Jared – have an amazing time in Barcelona!

I must say, you have made tremendous progress and I can’t wait to see what you come up with for Away Find.

Unfortunately, I have not done as well. The year started with a bang (as always!) and I was posting regularly and really trying to help other small biz owners out there who are struggling….But, I was not sure that the information I was providing was necessarily needed so I have backed off.

Also, Train for Humanity is in its final iteration and after this round of athletes we will close the project.

On a positive note, I am off to El Salvador and Guatemala next week to surf for a week.

You take care and I hope the rest of your year is even more productive/successful than the beginning. :-)

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:41:11 +0000

Victoria, Those are awesome lessons. It’s wonderful that you’re taking so many steps forward…though I wish I knew you were at Artomatic so I could’ve looked for you there before I skipped town. Thanks for the warm thoughts and ideas!

Bobby, thanks for commenting, and I’m glad this has helped. I can’t wait to see you new site and new project come to fruition in the next few months : ).

By: Bobby Thompson

Bobby Thompson — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:02:51 +0000

Jared – I want you to know that this post was very helpful for me. Lately I have had a similar feeling myself, that the second half of this year was going to be a new chapter for me, but I hadn’t really put it into those words. Now that I have done so, however, it has allowed me to see the path to come with a bit more clarity which has, in turn, given me a great deal more motivation. Thanks a million, and I wish you the best with your own 2009 Chapter 2 :)

By: Victoria Pickering

Victoria Pickering — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:28:19 +0000

Jared -
Once again you bring a lot of clarity to what it takes to work on fulfilling dreams. Thanks so much!
It was great to see a reminder of what I’d said I was going to focus on this year, and to actually feel that I’m beginning to change the ratio of time I spend on being dutiful vs. being creative.

Here are some of my lessons for myself mid-stream:

1.Don’t wait to get good at something before you do it. Like this year I exhibited at Artomatic even though I’m not yet the really good artist/photographer I want to be.

2.Find passionate and inspirational people to be around (fairly easy) and spend less time with those around me who are more complacent (quite hard).

3.Find a practical auxiliary to your dreams. For me, it is the technical side – which lets me continually learn, feel competent, and have a revenue stream – all of which, when I get the balance right, help me create the climate to keep on dreaming.

Best wishes in the next chapter of your trajectory!