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Weekend Shorts: Loose Ends

4/7/2013

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Getting organized and tying together loose ends doesn't have to be rocket science! Just take it one step at a time and don't make it a bigger project than it has to be.
by Skip Cohen

Okay gang, we're down the wire and the first quarter is officially over! The slow season, whether it really was or not doesn't matter.  We're in the month of April and the positive side of seasonality for most photographic specialties has started.

No matter who you are or how good or bad your business has been, we all share a common theme -  the potential for it to get better is alive and well.  It's literally standing right in front of you!

Loose ends are all those projects you've procrastinated about and they range from mending fences with your adversaries to cleaning up the back room of your studio.  Relax, I'm not suggesting you need to clean it all up today, but what a kick to put all your loose ends down in a list and then start checking them off one at a time.

Remember, half the battle is beating procrastination and we all do it.  We put things off waiting for the shoemaker's elves to come in the middle of the night and clean up the mess.  Sadly the only elves who show up are the Keebler Cookie guys and they only add to your belt line!

I found a great quote from Orison Swett Marden (spiritual leader from the 1800's)

"A lobster, when left high and dry among the rocks, does not have sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to him. If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable him to reach the waves, which are perhaps within a yard of him. The world is full of human lobsters; people stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat."


Okay, get out the pad of paper and make that list...I did mine a few minutes before writing this post and while I've made no progress, it's at least a start! 

I am however craving a bag of Keebler Cookies and a lobster...go figure.

Photo Credit: © Nomad_Soul - Fotolia.com
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Vaughn Barry Photography link
4/7/2013 02:45:23 am

Great lobster analogy & timely kick in the ass... thank you!

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Susan Wiberg link
4/7/2013 04:14:02 am

That is a great life lesson. Thank you so much for sharing. Gotta go... Gotta get busy!

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