Mary had found the ad during her internet search, "I want to start a home business" so I took the tablet and considered the guys first few sections. I was reading his story which was a lot like mine, exhausted by looking for work he started his own small business and created his own job. Helped partly by pictures and text his business idea was full of possibilities http://www.signwavingmachines.com and clearly had his own business plans and patterns for his future.
Looking
for a job while being over 50 years old is a pathetic thing to watch. It was last spring and the memorable event of
just another job interview wasn't much of a story to tell. As a matter of course I wore my stiffly
starched dress shirt and a nice tie but my coat was just a little glossy in the
sun as it was about worn out so I left it in the car.
I remember driving by our church so I said a little prayer as I
passed by because a church going man might expect a little help from above finding
a new job. It's sad to report but my
idleness had been going on for almost two years and I was brushing with
bankruptcy, the loss of our home so my faith kept me going but my pray had
little enthusiasm.
The job interview was in a stuffy little office, painted
hospital green about ten years ago and the metal chair squeaked like a mouse
when I sat down. You could hear all the
sounds of the distribution center through the walls and it's a noise I miss
because it meant people were working and moving merchandise to stores. I had to fidget a little during the interview
because the guy that interviewed me "Henry" was in a big hurry for
some reason. Like the last interview I
kept talking and my new friend Henry kept writing.
By sheer force I found all the fascinating gears of my old truck
and made it home just in time for dinner.
Henry passionately told me they would call me and he really appreciated
my time and he enjoyed meeting me. Henry
didn't look up but two times during the job interview, once to say hello and
then to say good bye. He jumped up like he was spring loaded and dashed off
toward the warehouse floor through the double doors after he handed me off to
security at the front door.
I found things a lot better at home and my wife's twinkle in her
eye and smile made me feel better, at least for a while. Over the last several months it seems we've
been living through a lot of necessary friction, most of it about money.
We agreed that friction was just a waste of good energy so we've
been getting on a lot better and that particular night we got along pretty well. She worked at the hospital part-time and she
could tell some strange stories about her working life in a busy hospital. Every once in a while we both smiled and
laughed as it was like being on recess with your best friend. There was no doubt that she was the heart of
our home for me and our two children, it was me that let everybody down.
My wife ran the house and paid all the bills and most of the
time our home ran like a Swiss watch but a new mainspring was needed in the
form of income. Looking for a job while
being over 50 years old is a pathetic thing to watch. All my life my hardworking career had
produced a great and above average income so my talents, skills and energies were
efficient, well-organized and professional.
As a manager I found little attraction to lesser jobs but my efficient
wife told me to "get over it!".
A couple of more quieter moments ticked by before Mary handed me
her computer tablet and simply pointed at the screen. By some ingenuity a man in Pennsylvania had
started a small business which quickly became profitable and well known.
Mary had found the ad during her internet search, "I want
to start a home business" so I took the tablet and considered the guys first few sections. I was reading his story which was a lot like
mine, exhausted by looking for work he started his own small business and
created his own job. Helped partly by
pictures and text his business idea was full of possibilities http://www.signwavingmachines.com and clearly
had his own business plans and patterns for his future.
The founder really sounded interesting and had enough imaginable
experience to do anything he wanted. He
was talking about hitching my wagon up to his wagon with his business plan as a
connecting rod. The more I read about
his products I kind of felt like I knew him.
He was a good author and his experience capped off the whole idea so he
was blowing the whistle looking for people that wanted to own their own home
based money making business.
With natural pride he spoke about all his North American dealers
and invited his readers to visit his various online pages and keep
learning. He was a Fortune 500
specialist that decided to open up his own consulting business for people that
wanted a small business. He described
the income throttle being in my hands, not his.
Each man or women decided if he wanted to go ten miles an hour or a
hundred miles per hour concerning income levels. He was tooting his own whistle but the guy
made a lot of money and now he was helping other people.
He promised, adult to adult, not to disappoint anybody and made
his offer free of charge, meaning free forever.
With enthusiasm and long hours during his career he had made good and
offered to help any hard working man or woman start their own business. He told me that the snow was not going to melt
anytime soon describing the national economy but fortunes are being made at the
same time. He had something new and one
morning he decided to quit his fortune 500 job and start his consulting
business. He never returned to one of
the largest organizations in the world and his large salary and benefit package
and it didn't take long for the breeze of self-employment profits kept him
excited and busy at the same time.
He was busy, a little bit too busy, perhaps, so he reached out
to other good people that could help him grow his business and just like a corn
field for a country boy it grew faster and faster.
Cheerfully he was making money and started to expand briskly
through the crowds of other companies in the market. Over the years he had become a great
vocational teacher and as a matter of fact he was simply a great business
manager. He had his independent career
and even a larger income now so everything looked very different. It wasn't about money any more in this tough
economy he wanted to help his friends, family and business associates.
His business was well thought out so he had no doubts or fears
so my plan is to start looking at http://www.signwavingmachines.com as the
money could be fantastic and with a steady eye I kept reading.
I know one thing, I'm not going to work tomorrow so I registered
my zip code and I noticed outside that the sunshine was breaking through the
clouds. Maybe there was something to
praying this morning? Mary asked me if I
wanted to go for a walk down the street as she liked to walk down to the flower
shop and look at the beautiful flowers on the sidewalk and their display
windows.
We talked about the possibility of planning, starting and
sustaining our own small business and all the practical questions that came
along with the idea. Food and shelter
was on top of the list because she was in charge of counting the money. I had four dollars in my pocket but without
hesitation she gave me a kiss, agreed to try it and decided to clean up the
small bedroom and make an office.
We had reasonable expenses and didn't waste money so the
increase in income was the answer for my family. I had almost every day available for the
business adventure and we decided the flower shop would be our first paying customer. The guys name was Greg and I looked him up on
the internet when we got back from our walk.
I was learning something new, just what I needed.
Take the time, learn more.
