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Jim Dalling
Nov 28, 2024
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It is so much fun to think up names for things.

I’ve wasted years dreaming up band names and tour concepts.

And businesses ideas?

Oh boy, I’ve loved scheming up business ideas

Scheming?

I’m a rat that knows how to lick the peanut butter off poison without getting sick.

Oh boy do I love scheming.

I had an idea shared with a barn mom a while ago - be ‘the business idea guy’ have all of the ideas even and especially the crazy ones.

And ya know what?

A couple years later some other dude ends up doing this.

Of course!

Dude gets it. He stayed committed to not being committed to any specific idea.

Starting is the easy part.

Seeing things forward and driving change is difficult.

I’d love to tell y’all about this new thing I’m starting.

But I’m afraid if I do, it will end up living life like all of the rest of my ideas - an arc of initial excitement followed by me being distracted by ‘the next thing’.

Aw hell, I’ll tell y’all anyway.

As you may have read, I think the next business is to do handyman work.

I…

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