Will Bridges

Oh yes. It’s that time of year again. The sound of birds and the smell of freshly blooming flowers. Also, the time where we clean all the crap up we’ve been huddled inside with all winter. I’m finally going to move in to a new house that I’ve been waiting for my land lord to get done with. Further, I just hired on Derek, our new Chief of Technical Operations. Boy, do we have a lot of projects to finish over the next 6 weeks and I still have to fit in time for sleep, eating, and … oh yeah, breathing. But, once we come clear of all these projects that need to be finished yesterday we should be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. That light is the reputation in these projects and the clients we can attract based off that reputation. By myself (before the incorporation) I was in business for 8 years. I earned a great reputation helping people make lots of money and come up with incredible ideas and I also earned a reputation as being late on delivering almost every time.But, I feel with a person to help manage that shortcoming we will be a very successful corporation.

I have to pay some people off for work they have done in the past this month as well so I can go in to spring with a ‘clean house’. But, I have a nice amount of money coming in near the end of the month that should pay those people off and sustain Derek and I as well with some profit left over. So, everyone will get paid. I cleaned up my books and visited an accountant to make sure everything I wanted to do tax-wise was a good idea. She said I knew a lot about it and decided I didn’t need much in the way of her services at this time because I kept so good care of my books.

Let’s see, anything else I need to clean out for spring? Oh yes, now that I have time to focus on the business end of my company I have come up with an incredible plan to quadruple our income by the end of the year. So far the plan has been working pretty well.

Then there is my health. I got back to the gym, finally. This time, my girlfriend comes with me just about every other day. Golds Gym has a daycare in it so we just drop off our son and get to working out together. Now, if only our neighbor would stop bringing over cake and bullshit like that.

Finally, I know this is kiddish but I’m getting a Playstation 2. Yeah, I know I’m a bit late but I play computer games when I get a chance to play any games. So, I never really saw a need. But, it is fun to have around and sometimes you just want to sit in front of the TV and play. I have a 52 inch high def widescreen tv so it’s a waste to not have a game system. I figured it’s only like $100. Then, in about 5 months or so if I use it a lot I will get a Playstation 3. I’ve heard the games are mostly backwards compatible. I just like the fact there are a lot of the games I like already out on PS2 and I don’t feel like spending the $600, yet.

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I finally brought on a person full time to help me with work today. I hired a friend and former co-worker as my Chief Technical Officer (CTO). At this point in my business it was absolutely mandatory that I do this. I have far too much on my plate and haven’t been able to dedicate myself to the things I do best, such as bringing on new clients, managing client relationships, and business planning. We have enough work to sustain someone right now but from the point of view of that person it would still take some faith because we can’t promise much and don’t look incredible on paper. This person had the right amount of faith to come on board. But now I can go balls to the wall with client development which brings me out of my ‘catch twenty-two’ of needing someone to help me program so I can get more work on board.

I was lucky enough to catch this person on the way out of a terrible job to bring them in to the fold. Now, it’s in my hands to lay out the work and adjust. I’m not at all worried about hiring my first official employee besides myself. I have been using contractors thus far and have had certain limitations because of that. Plus, I had to manage those contractors, which is a job within itself sometimes. But, now with someone else in the fold who has a permanent interest in the company I think we will move much faster to our ultimate goals.

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I don’t want to sound overly religious or self-helpish in this article. But, I must write an article on this very important subject. Many people have a difficult time creating a life they want for themselves and most of the time it is their own fault. Usually people create themselves as victims of circumstance or environment. This is a faulty belief because we all create the circumstances and environment that we live in.

I was told many times when I was younger that I would never amount to anything unless I got a high school diploma. This was very false and I never believed it. I could have listened to these people and never sat on my hands and felt sorry for myself. I was told there was some ceiling on what I could earn or who I could be if I didn’t do certain things. I know this is false. The universe is infinite and there are hundreds of paths to success. At the time I was about 18 I read ‘Conversations With God’ by Neale Donald Walsch. In this book the author has a conversation with god and writes a question, then the answer from god. I know it sounds crazy but it’s a great book. I got to meet Neale a few years back and I believe he was divinely inspired to write the book. It’s hard to get people to read these days though. Especially my generation. Lets fast forward 7 years to now.

My mother has had to listen to me over the years attempting to explain the principals I learned in Conversations With God to her. She saw an Oprah episode about something called The Secret. I was at first a bit skeptical. But, nonetheless I watched the Oprah episode with my girlfriend and the subsequent follow-up. I noticed that it was a condensed version of what I already knew from Conversations With God but put in a different way and in to video format. It tends to be very easy for people to absorb the video format these days. My mother decided to order the video and we have all watched it a couple times. The secret is a a secret to controlling life and the universe that has been held tightly by the most powerful of us for thousands of years. It’s more of a universal truth and this being the information age it was bound to get out and become widespread. It is much like magic when you learn it but you use it you will see magnificent results. I would guarantee it. So, I highly recommend buying it and checking it out. It’s one of the most important decisions you will make in your life.

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I spent the past couple months working for a volunteer project called unburdenus.org. This effort was ill spent on my part because the head of the project decided I didn’t have enough volunteer time for the project. Really, I don’t have much time to volunteer because I’m so busy with work but it’s the way he did it that was really kind of awkward and ignorant. He didn’t really let me know he was going to do it.

So, this has made me very apprehensive about volunteering my time for anything because I spent so much time thinking and working about that idea and then he disregarded my effort. All the while he was telling me how impressed with my work and creativity he was. I’m not sure but I think he just didn’t want to share the spot light or had some personal issues that overflowed in to his professional life. But, you know, sometimes people can’t separate a personal and professional relationship.

All I have to say is it’s his loss because I’m really a great programmer and a visionary when it comes to creativity as all my current clients would attest to. The software industry is very difficult and since he doesn’t have a software background I would warn him to tread carefully because this is a very different animal than what he is used to.

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