Friday, September 12, 2008

Weebles Wobble But They Don't Fall Down

[Alison] Remember that toy, the Weeble, a big rubber ball with a handle on top, you could bounce, roll, go upside down and right side up. Sometimes I'm convinced I'm a Weeble myself.

When everything is going wrong, less freelance work so less money, trouble with tenants, cashflow but not enough, lots of deals, too little money to act, too few buyers to move sales, nothing quite working the way I want or expect, then I just feel like getting into bed, pulling the covers over my head and coming out when it's different.

Our women entrepreneurs group is especially for those moments when my resourcefulness has just vanished in the face of too many seemingly insurmountable challenges. Seven incredible women can see differently than I do and offer new ideas because these are my problems, not theirs, who believe in me, and expect great things from me, and I can be that for them too. Thank you. There, just writing these words, I have Weebled right side up again.