Passion

Randy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:37:58 +0000

Are the words â€˜self employmentâ€™ powerful? Not in and of themselves. There is a ton of material out there that can be accessed in a variety of ways, with all kinds of explanations about what self employment is or isnâ€™t. For Stephen King, his self employment began when he sold his first story to his mom for $.25 when he was five years old. He was excited that he could make up a story in his mind, put it on paper, and others would give him money to gain the privilege of reading his stories. His stories turned into novels, his novels became best sellers. Then he wrote a book about his journey to becoming a wildly successful author long after he became wildly successful. He didnâ€™t set out to be a wildly successful author. He set out to tell stories. Each story of success is personal and cannot be duplicated. Some basic fundamentals are always the same, however. The first seems fairly obvious. What do you love to do/ that can be reproduced/ and sold to others?

I had no idea that I would love to hang wall paper. It just seemed that I stumbled into it. After I had been doing it for a couple of years the story about my â€˜stampingâ€™ episode surfaced. My mom had wall paper installed in the living room of my parents first home. So the story goes, I got hold of a really large roll of postal stamps, and was licking and meticulously pasting said stamps in a very careful line just above and in line with the back of the living room couch. On top of the newly hung wall paper of course. I donâ€™t remember, but I think I probably watched the wall paper being hung and was trying to emulate what I had seen. My mother said she really loved the paper, and I might have thought that my stamp routine would get the same favorable response. Of course the reaction couldnâ€™t possibly have been what I had hoped.

Back to the question â€˜what do you love to doâ€™? I didnâ€™t set out to affect other peoplesâ€™ lives with my craft, I just liked the checks. Early on, in the first couple months of striking out on my own, I hung a really large bedroom in a Victorian style house for an older couple that had lived in their house for a very long time. When I announced I was done with the room, they came to look at the finished product. Standing in the doorway, they said they loved the new paper. He looked at her and said now they needed new carpet, and she said now they needed to paint the trim and ceiling, and he said now they needed new drapes, and she saidâ€¦â€ Brand new, clean, fresh wall paper installed reveals the wear and tear of everything else in the room. I couldnâ€™t just hang wall paper, I needed to become a consultant.

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