Comments on: Knowing When To Try Something Different http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2008/01/10/knowing-when-to-try-something-different/ Frequently wrong, never in doubt Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:13:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: wwds http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2008/01/10/knowing-when-to-try-something-different/comment-page-1/#comment-114032 wwds Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:02:23 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2008/01/10/knowing-when-to-try-something-different/#comment-114032 Thanks Raza..yeah, sounds like you have seen this firsthand as well. This was actually hard to articulate because almost every startup, when viewed from the outside, looks like the founder is smoking something (illegal). I feel like I can apply some problem solving abilities in certain industries...but not others. It would be like me deciding to write a special programming code or wanting to create a new heart valve. It is tempting as you describe. Tell me about this real estate investing scheme..... Thanks Raza..yeah, sounds like you have seen this firsthand as well. This was actually hard to articulate because almost every startup, when viewed from the outside, looks like the founder is smoking something (illegal). I feel like I can apply some problem solving abilities in certain industries…but not others. It would be like me deciding to write a special programming code or wanting to create a new heart valve. It is tempting as you describe. Tell me about this real estate investing scheme…..

]]> By: Raza Imam http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2008/01/10/knowing-when-to-try-something-different/comment-page-1/#comment-114031 Raza Imam Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:54:15 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2008/01/10/knowing-when-to-try-something-different/#comment-114031 Spot on comment. I've tried all sorts of money making schemes because I thought I'm so smart and they looked so easy. I tried MLM because it was in a ground-floor industry... that flopped. I tried creative real estate investing because people said they were making money on the internet... that flopped. Then I thought about doing internet marketing... that's when I realized how ridiculous my schemes were. All the while I had a little software development company on the side that I'd started with a partner in college that I had written off. I was making money from it, but not very much. After my forays into the above-mentioned fields, I finally decided to get serious and focus on my business... and I haven't looked back since. Sometimes the best opportunities are right under your nose. You just have to condition yourself to see them. Raza Imam http://BoycottSoftwareSweatshops.com Spot on comment. I’ve tried all sorts of money making schemes because I thought I’m so smart and they looked so easy. I tried MLM because it was in a ground-floor industry… that flopped. I tried creative real estate investing because people said they were making money on the internet… that flopped. Then I thought about doing internet marketing… that’s when I realized how ridiculous my schemes were.

All the while I had a little software development company on the side that I’d started with a partner in college that I had written off. I was making money from it, but not very much. After my forays into the above-mentioned fields, I finally decided to get serious and focus on my business… and I haven’t looked back since.

Sometimes the best opportunities are right under your nose. You just have to condition yourself to see them.

Raza Imam
http://BoycottSoftwareSweatshops.com

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