The story of how I was wrong!

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The story of how I was Wrong

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I always thought starting your own business was impossible... would economic circumstances force me to prove I was wrong about that?

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The story of how I was

Wrong

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And how we all have it in us to go it alone!

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Not all that long ago I went to a business school

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I knew that after college what I really wanted was…

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Piles of cash

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Fancy stuff

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And…

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Fame

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To be fair I had probably just watched too much of:

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This…

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& This

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In any case… I was going to be a “hot shot”

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But…

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When I actually went to the classes, I ended up disliking most of them

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When I actually went to the classes, I ended up disliking most of them

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In fact it was dawning on me that my desire for the

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Piles of cash

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Fancy stuff

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And…

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The

Fame Fame

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Was a little misguided…

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I started to realise I actually had NO IDEA what I wanted to do after college

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The one thing I really did enjoy

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Was making presentations

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And… I was good at them

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And… I was good at them

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I ate, slept and drank all things presentation

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Books by the like of

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Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte

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Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte

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Inspired me

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And books on data viz by

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Stephen Kossyln and Edward Tufte

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Stephen Kossyln and Edward Tufte

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Changed the way I looked at presenting information

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But…

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I knew that I couldn’t make a living out of presentations alone

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I wasn’t made for self-employment

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That was for crazy “Entrepreneurs”

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A rare breed of person we were often told of…

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People like: Jobs

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People like: Branson

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People like: Zuckerberg

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These “Entrepreneurs” did things like

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Climb mountains

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Take over the world

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Retain infinite levels of confidence

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And miscellaneous other things I knew I couldn’t do!

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So… I continued on, a little puzzled…

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So… I continued on, a little puzzled…

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Graduation day came And went

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Graduation day came And went

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And I was no closer to finding out what I wanted to do

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Things looked bleak

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So, one weekend it dawned on me

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With nothing to lose I may as well give it a shot

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I had a think about how I could use my skills to make my own Job

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I sketched out a few ideas, and started

making plans

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And I spent that weekend working like mad to

Make. It. Happen!

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By the end of the weekend it was done, the site was up and the business cards were on the way

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I set up twitter and started to talk to the world

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I will admit, things started out slow

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But now, I am happy to say they are up and running and going nicely

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What's more

I love it

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What's more

I LOVE it

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I have worked with a great variety of clients

Ms. Clear

Mr. Unsure Mr. Big Biz

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On projects I have loved

Ms. Clear

Mr. Unsure Mr. Big Biz

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But in the end it is my job to make sure they are

Ms. Clear

Mr. Unsure Mr. Big Biz

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But in the end it is my job to make sure they are

Ms. Happy Mr. Happy Mr. Happy

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By working with them to design amazing presentations

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Now…

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When I look back at the aspirations the old me had, I cringe a little…

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I have replaced them with better things now…

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An appreciation for control over how I spend

my time

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A desire for Balance

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And instead of fancy stuff, I’m happy with the simple stuff

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A better set of goals some might say

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And…

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The one thing I have learnt is that

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I was Wrong

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Starting a business is not impossible… and…

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If I can do it

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So can You

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You CAN do it

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So… go do it

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Now!

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