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To Defy The Laws Of Tradition Part 2: Rock and Roll Rebel

“If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!” – Kurt Cobain

I have been rebellious lately with my writing. Meaning, I haven’t posted for a while because I just haven’t had the spark. I feel like I have been in limbo with the open ended series, “The End”, about the closure of Go-Go Babyz. I haven’t officially sold the business so I f=don’t have a final installment to write for the series. It’s quite frustrating. I have slid a post in here and there but nothing consistent and everything has felt a bit off so I just sat back and hid in the shadows of my mind, creating and contemplating as I often do. But now I must rebel against my reclusive mind and write. So here is part two of the series I started a couple months ago.  

They say rock and roll is for the rebellious; the outcasts, misfits, degenerates, fill in the blank with any degrading adjective. They also say you can’t kill rock and roll. I don’t know who “they” are, but I agree, you can’t kill rock and roll. It’s true, “rock and roll can never die” Neil Young said it himself.

Rock and Roll is a pretty broad term covering so many different genres and styles ranging from R&B, funk, punk, hard rock, soft rock, shock rock, classic rock, and even heavy metal. Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, often referred to as the godfather of heavy metal, would introduce Motorhead at their shows by saying “we’re Motorhead and we play rock and roll.”  That is some hard ass rock and roll music, and I love it.

I grew up with music all around me; Neil Diamond, John Denver and all sorts of weird stuff that just didn’t do it for me. It was just background noise. What did do it for me were the sounds of Led Zeppelin, The Police, Pink Floyd, Judas Priest, Deep Purple and other bands from the late sixties and seventies. These were the sounds played on the “rock” stations of my childhood. It helped having older sisters that listened to rock and roll too. Then I heard the sounds of Rush and my love for music exploded, especially anything with a harder sound to it; Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Dio, Van Halen, Scorpions, Motley Crue and others I am sure I forgot about.

At this point you could say I was a heavy metal rock and roll fan. Although, I did have some experience with a few punk bands like the Dead Kennedys thanks to Benji, I started collecting my own records of all my favorite bands that I mentioned above. Then it happened in what seemed like a wrinkle in time. One of my friends bought a compilation called “Metal Massacre I” and when the needle reached the last song on the album my life changed forever. It was a song called “Hit The Lights” by a band called Metallica. We had never heard anything as raw, gritty, and powerful. These guys seemed to defy the laws of everything traditional. My life would never be the same.

That was the moment that sent me deep into creating the soundtrack of my life. Ranging from thrash, speed, black, death, British, new, prog and everything in between. I had a draw to the fast, heavy, and raw sounds of metal and punk and the melodic foundation of good old rock and roll and blues. These bands did their own thing. They didn’t follow the rules of the status quo. They didn’t even seem to follow the rules of musical composition. They did what they wanted to do, and it somehow worked. And, I liked that.

The question is, “did rock n roll, and music in general, turn me into a rebel or simply awaken the rebel within?” I don’t know for sure, but music has always been my greatest love and for forty years now I have followed the beat of what I love most. Perhaps it is the creative composition of the music, the attitude, the energy, the emotion, and the power of the scene. Or, maybe it is just part my makeup and the music just enhances and brings to life what is already there.

What I can say for certain is that whatever the cause the result has been a life long journey of doing what I do and defying the laws of tradition as I do it. I just never did well following rules and being forced to color within the lines. From creating my own music to creating my own recipes, I choose to do it my own way and join the crusade of the brave.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 17: I Guess I’ll Be An Artist

“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” ― Richard Branson

To be more specific about the title, I will just become a drawer of some sort. Why? Simply because is it back to the drawing board for Go-Go Babyz. After six months or more of negotiations with the buyer they have decided to back out. It’s a bit frustrating and deflating but that is how it goes sometimes with a negotiation of this nature.

I have made the decision to just accept it. I do not have the time, energy, or desire to be angry or resentful. The only part that really bothers me is the time spent on this negotiation. Time is the most valuable, non-renewable resource. They said yes to purchase the business pretty early in the process and the majority of the time was spent negotiating the terms. I really had no reason to think that they would back out. If that was naive, so be it. The best I can do is learn from the experience and move on.

The truth is that I can’t blame them for their reason. They said that they have other big projects and plans that they are currently working on and this would really just be a distraction. I can respect that. There have been several times in the history of Go-Go Babyz that we squirreled off the path with projects that diverted us from our core business. Many of these detours seemed like good ideas at the time, presenting future potential but the result was a lot of hard work for very little reward or contribution to the bottom line, if any at all. At the end of the day, the bottom line is really what matters because that is what determines whether or not you are actually in business. Unless, of course, you are one of those businesses that seem to have an endless reserve of cash to burn. I can assure you that we are not one of those.

Perhaps the greatest lesson that has come from running business over the last two decades has been the ability to find the lessons in mistakes. There will always be wasted time, mistakes made, money lost, etc, but if I can look back at each experience and find the pearls to carry forward, is any of it really a waste? I can assure you that there have been many times that I spent much too much time, money, and effort on things that became flops. I can also assure you that the duration of these mistakes have become shorter over the years. I have become better at knowing when to say when. Maybe they can be expensive lessons but if they make me better at what I do that is a good thing right?

An example is that I now go into these situations or projects with a better structured strategy. The most important part of the strategy is the exit plan. It doesn’t have to be a very detailed or sophisticated plan. I simply have to say we are going to do “x” with the expectation of “y” as the result. If “y” doesn’t happen by “a” time or after “b” money is invested, we are out.  That’s it. That thinking provides some parameters and the details of the strategy provide the framework for the plan of action and the rules to operation.  The stop point is clearly spelled out so there is no excuse if the hemorrhaging begins and a decision isn’t made to stop it.

That said, another very important lesson is to be flexible. Flexibility must be woven into your strategy and decision making process. For example, If you do not reach the goal of “y” within the parameters of “a” or “b” but there is something that indicates “y” is just around the corner then push out the parameters a bit. Not too much, but a little bit to ride the tide to see which way it goes.  One must remember that we cannot predict the future so the stop points in our strategy can be off. They are really just markers to keep us on track. Therefore, we need that flexibility.

In retrospect, take those so called mistakes and turn them into assets to make you better and stronger moving forward.  Remember, hindsight is 20/20. If Sir Richard says it is alright to fall over, then fall over now and again if it makes you better.  The past is the past and it doesn’t have to repeat itself if we learn from it.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some drawing to do.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

To Defy The Laws Of Tradition Part 1: What does it all mean?

“To defy the laws of tradition. It’s a crusade only of the brave.” – Les Claypool, Primus

What does it mean to be brave? What are traditions? What are the laws of tradition?  What is a crusade? How does one defy the laws of tradition? These are the questions running through my head when I read the opening quote. I guess to answer those questions literally I have to break each word down and define them. Not on my own, of course, there are dictionaries for that. Let me take them in the order they appear in the quote from this fine Primus song…

Defy – verb

1: to confront with assured power of resistance
2: to resist attempts at
3: to challenge to do something considered impossible

Law – noun

1: a binding custom or practice of a community: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority

Tradition – noun

1a: an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior

1b: a belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical though not verifiable

Crusade – noun

1: a remedial enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm

Brave – noun

1: one with mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty: one who is brave

Brave – adjective

1: having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty: having or showing courage

Great. Now that I know what all these words mean let me attempt to answer the questions being spun by the squirrels in my head.

What does it mean to be brave?

The dictionary defines it pretty well but I like simplicity so I will say it means to be courageous.

What are traditions?

Again, the definition above is pretty clear I will just add for the context of this article, a standard way or method of doing things.

What are the laws of tradition?

I will interpret this as the rules or guidelines that govern an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior as commonly accepted by a group or body of people.

What is a crusade?

For simplicity, let’s just call it a passionate mission.

Now, what does this have to do with anything and why am I thinking about it? Besides that fact that I am gearing up to see Primus tomorrow for the first time in years, I have been thinking a lot about the what, how, and why I cook, bake, and create as of late. The business is in transition right now. We are getting ready to expand into a production kitchen and we have been experimenting with a variety of desserts to create a menu for the new kitchen.

During this process it came to me that I like to take traditional desserts or dishes and put my own twist on them. Not always just minor twists. Some are reconstructing the entire recipe, essentially making a new and different recipe all together.

I don’t do this to be unique or different, necessarily. Oftentimes I simply do this out of laziness. I don’t want to have to keep looking at a recipe. That involves getting the recipe and continuing to reference it while I am cooking. That just breaks up my flow and continuity. I would much rather commit it to memory or create my own version that I memorize. He latter is the result of the rebellious side of me that wants to do things my way and defy the laws of tradition.

This has been a theme throughout my life and is just part of my nature and the way in which I am wired. Sometimes it works out and other times it completely backfires. At the end of the day it is much more exciting to me and nourishing for my soul to create. Whether it’s a recipe, a blog post, a logo, or anything in between I am much happier living in the creative space. It is often about the creative process rather than the finished product.

Stay tuned as I go through my start up and life escapades answering what it means to defy the laws of tradition. I bet you thought I forgot about that last question and was just rambling on and on talking “the balls off a rhinosaurus” didn’t you? Call me bizarre…see you next time.

Psst! I wrap up the End series in a few weeks. We are getting close to finalizing a deal.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 16: Dance With Me

“Either run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

Selling is a game. Selling is a dance. Or so I have been told by the wise ones that have come before me. The sales negotiation process is a dance between the buyer and the seller. The goal is to always be the lead and control the situation. That sometimes means letting the other party think they are in the lead and controlling the deal. That is where the opening quote come is; you either run the sales dance or the dance controls you. That means control the deal or the other party wins. Unless, of course, the deal is a win-win for all parties involved. I have also been told by some wise ones that there is no such thing as a win-win, but that is a discussion for another time.

Let me be frank; I don’t like this dance. I am not much of a dancer as it is. The most “dancing” I’ve done was in mosh pits at concerts. I don’t think the violent nature would be good in this application. I simply do not like the back and forth, the half truths, the waiting, the deflection of responsibility, and so on. No one wants to make a decision or assume responsibility for their side of the table. They always have to go back and talk to “someone” that cannot ever seem to leave their office and join the dance. My father in law calls this person the “wizard in the back.”

In our present dance, I think their wizard is their lawyer. This wizard has been sitting in the back without providing more information for too long. I’m tired of slow dancing, let’s pick up the pace. Maybe that’s the old mosher in me talking but it’s time “run the day!” They have had us sitting in uncomfortable silence for too long. So, we pushed back and took back the lead. We want to know if we are moving forward or moving on. Hopefully, we make some progress this week.

This process has brought up an important lesson that I have learned running businesses the past couple decades; hire people that make you and your business better. As the boss or owner I always wanted to be better or smarter than those that worked for me. That just results in a team of less-thans. That is not good for growth and progress. Not to mention furthering my skills and knowledge. It is best to bring on people that have skills and knowledge in areas I lack. For example, I do not like sales and I am not that great at negotiations, therefore, I want to add people to my team that are better than I in those areas. Following this strategy builds a strong team that is rich with diverse skills. 

The great ones throughout history know that they don’t know it all. They know they become better and stronger by the people they surround themselves with not by doing everything by themselves on a lonely throne. They create a dance team that can take over any dance floor.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 15: The Doors of Perception

“Communication breakdown, it’s always the same
Havin’ a nervous breakdown, a-drive me insane” – Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin

Business is about relationships. That is the bottom line. It really doesn’t matter if you sweep the floors or head the board, everything leads back to relationships. All relationships, whether personal or professional, require communication of some form or another. In my experience, good relationships are built on good communication.

Seems simple, right? My experience also teaches me that it is not always that easy. In fact, it can be one of the hardest parts of any relationship. Communication provides information for all sides of a relationship. We, as rational and sentient creatures, use the information that we have to make decisions, formulate opinions, and take actions. Information is not created equal but our minds will do with it what it will based on what have access to or have been provided at the time.

It’s a pretty simple equation; bad information = bad thoughts and opinions and bad thoughts/opinions = bad decisions and actions. Simple equation but hard to follow. Why? Because we do not always know that the information we have is incorrect or limited. How many times have you been given some information that was not the entire story? Did you form an opinion or even take an action based on the information that you later regretted? I think we have all done that. I bet most of us have even looked back in hindsight after receiving the “rest of the story” and realized that we would have taken a different course of action had we had all the information at the time.

The real questions is have we learned from these lapses in judgment? Have we learned to verify the information we have before making major a decision and saying or doing things we later regret? I have. Don’t get wrong, I am not saying I do this all the time but more often than not, I pause and take time to evaluate the information and situation before I react. This allows me to respond accordingly. I must admit I have only learned this by doing the wrong thing over and over.

In the last part I discussed how the prospective buyers had gone silent. That led us to think they lost interest. Further, that one of the main communicators in this deal on our side had pushed a bit too hard and closed the door. The reality was there was a miscommunication. We thought one thing and they thought another. They were waiting on something from us and we were for something from them. We were locked in a holding pattern on different pages. The good news is we cleared things up and got back on the same page and have moved closer to finalizing a deal.

Communication is the key. Without having good information, or providing good information, the human mind is left to fill in the empty spaces. In my experience, I have often filled those spaces with “worst case” type of information. That usually does not end well for any party involved. If you want to build something great in business or your personal life, focus on your relationships and strengthen them with good communication.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 14: The Sound of Silence

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” – Author Unknown

The riddle makes me wonder if a door shuts and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Strange thing to think about, right?

The potential buyer of Go-Go Babyz has gone quiet for about a week now. A little disconcerting because things were moving along well for a couple weeks. I hope a door has not been shut because the default reaction to the sounds of silence for my over active mind to fill the void with noise. I don’t do well in silence so I create thoughts, scenarios, outcomes, rhymes, reasons; you name it, to fill the empty space in my mind. Unfortunately, they are not usually good.

This could just be a negotiating tactic. Retreat to silence, go dark, ghost the other party; however you want to label it, the tactic is quite common and effective. It makes the other party, in this case me, a bit unsettled. It is working.

The key is to not let fear set its hook. When the hook is set the result is often poor decisions and bad behavior. It is easy to react when this happens but that will serve no one. Except maybe the other party if they end up with more leverage in the negotiating process. I do not want that so I need to practice patience and trust. This is not a small deal. These types of deals take time and happen in the background to life and normal business operations.

There is a grace period in these types of situations. Ten days is a good number. The lead person on their side could be on vacation, could be sick, or could be traveling for business overseas, just to name a few.

As I said above, I don’t do well in silence. I also don’t well sitting still or when other things are idle. Like projects or deals. I want movement and progress. I want to know that things are getting done and moving in the direction I want them to. Learning to deal with this has been a process over the last twenty years of running businesses. Early in my career I would fill the empty spaces with negativity, creating worst case scenarios. All this would do is rile me up and create a lot of fear, anxiety, and anger. That is a bad recipe for me. I make poor decisions, both personally and professionally under such conditions.

Over the years I have become better and creating comfortable silence. I do this by practicing acceptance and being patient. I do not try to fill the empty spaces as often, I let them be. They will be filled naturally as thing progress. I do this with three main practices that I have learned over the years. The first is mediation. This discipline helps me clear my mind and build my stamina for silence. It helps me to be more at peace and accepting of the natural timing of things. I think, feel, and act better when I regularly practice meditation. Even if only for five minutes a day.

The second is writing. That is exactly what I am doing now with this series. Not only do I hope my story and experience will help others, but it helps me get the mess out of my head. That does three main things. Number one it takes the power out of the crazy thoughts I create. Number two, it makes some sense out the mess. And three, it creates space for positive thoughts to enter. I know it sounds cheesy but it works.

The third is the mental exercise of trading places. I try to put myself in the other party’s place. That helps me to see things from their side. Quite often I will realize that they are doing exactly what I would in their position. Of course, I can never know exactly why, but it helps to see things from more than one position.

So, I will sit in comfortable silence and go about my normal business…

For a few more days that is, because the grace period is almost up!

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 13: Shake & Bake

“Busy people make to-do lists when what they need is to reflect and create stop-doing lists” – Francis Shenstone

We are not quite shaking hands yet, but we are getting very close. We are at the point in the negotiations where there are just a few more details to work out then we should have a deal.

It is hard to imagine that business number two of my career is almost wrapped up. It has been a part of my life for a long time. We are near the time to wrap it up with a bow and deliver it to the buyer that should be able to keep it alive and growing. I can’t think of a better way to close this door.

Now that the handshake is close, what is with the baking? There are more than just pies baking right now. Visions, daydreams, ideas, business models and business plans are all baking inside my head. Now that the end really is getting closer, the ideas are becoming clearer and clearer. Plans often come together in the eleventh hour and that time is drawing near.

As everything bakes away and starts to come together an important lesson comes to mind; it is just as important to know what you don’t want to do as it is to know what you want to do. Just as don’t-do lists are just as important as a to-do list. Sometimes they are more important. Over the years I have noticed many people focusing so much on what to do, including myself. I have been paralyzed trying to figure everything out, needing to have all the answers worked out and a solid plan in my head. The reality is that sometimes I just need to cut the fat and eliminate al the no-go ideas first to open the space and provide clarity.

It may sound simple and intuitive to most but my head is hardwired to focus on ideas to move on. I love so many ideas I don’t want to get rid of any. It’s the entrepreneurial syndrome. It takes a conscious effort and extra energy to go against my natural tendency to weed through the ideas. In a perfect world I would want to use all the ideas. The reality is, when I really get in the weeds and dig deep and look beyond the whats I really want to do and start looking at the whys in my life, the whats become clearer. That makes it easier to eliminate the whats that don’t support the whys. Get it? Got it? Good.

The bottom line is, crossing out the things I really do not want to do make it easier to focus of the potential whats that I want to do, ultimately making the decision process easier. If only I could move some wires around in my head.

So, now that I have really talked some circles in your head, I will wrap this part up and share what’s really baking next time.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 12: The End Is The Beginning

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” – T.S. Eliot

For those of you following the entire series and the sale of the business there really is not much of an update at this point. Right now there is just some back and forth every couple days as the buyer-side decision makers ask a few more questions to gather more data as they do their due diligence. I understand completely. They want to make sure they are making the best decision for their company. An answer to one question often leads to another question, which leads to another, and so on and so forth. The end of one conversations leads to the beginning of another. It is a dance of sorts one that wish would hurry up and end.

Are we actually starting at the end as the quote above suggests? I don’t know but I do know that business, and life, are full of cycles and everything appears to be circular. That brings up the age old question; is there a beginning or an end to a circular pattern?

I am neither a philosopher nor a rabbit, or a mathematician for that matter, so I don’t want to jump down that hole. What I can say is that over the course of starting and running businesses for a couple decades, I have learned that there is lot to be gained from understanding patters, cycles, and universal processes. There are many different types of sales with just as many negotiation styles but it all boils down to a sales process. The essence of any sales process is a transaction where one party exchanges something of value for something else of value from the other party. That is it and, yes, it really is that simple.

The difficult part of it all is the personalities involved. This is where the definitions, motivations, emotions, techniques, styles, etc make every transaction unique. If this weren’t the case, every person who went to a car dealership would be able to pay the exact same price for the exact same car. But we don’t.

If all the other stuff listed above were not part of the transaction, our potential buyer would have purchased or passed already. Instead I sit waiting and waiting for them to make up their minds. The waiting is the hardest part as I quoted the late Tom Petty in an earlier post. The waiting stage is when the many faces of fear rear their ugly heads, creep in and take over. That serves no one. I have learned in fear generating activities that I must just let things go and allow them to move and flow. Otherwise I constrict the natural flow of things and I often get bitten, or bite others by acting rashly.

So, here I wait and wait as I begin anew at the ending. A new vision. A new path. A new strategy. A new mission for the other business because as I navigate through life I learn more and more about what matters most to me and those around me. My desire is to bring all the ideas into alignment and execute. Success is more than dollar signs. If I can support my life and live in the moment of my life with a level of serenity all the while avoid stepping on the hopes and dreams of others, that is a success…

And only the beginning!

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 11: Come A Little Bit Closer…

“Come a little bit closer to this” – Glenn Danzig, The Misfits

Like when a “black dress moves is a blue movie” I am getting drawn in to the excitement of potential. Of course, Mr. Danzig was writing about the allure of Vampira but these business opportunities can be quite similar. I get drawn into them with visions of grandeur and I get bitten.

The current status of business with the businesses is this…

We are still in negotiations with the sale of Go-Go Babyz. The talks seem to be moving at a snail’s pace, but is probably just me perception because I am so ready to move one. On the other court, we have a couple opportunities knocking on the food business door. Exciting, exciting.

There are a lot of potentials floating around and as a daydreaming entrepreneur I need to be careful I do not get swept up in the moment and allure of the shiny objects. I need to stay grounded and focused on real data, not daydreams. This creates another potential opportunity; one to practice hard lessons learned from my past experiences. There have been times throughout my entrepreneurial career that I have been taken under the spell of opportunity. It is a spell that I actually cast on myself with my overactive, daydreaming mind. I can tend to drink my own kool-aid.

Don’t get me wrong, I make some good kool-aid but when I lose the ability to make logical, educated decisions, I have drunk too much. In the past, it has been easy for to let my ideas, daydreams, and visions sweep me away and make rash choices that turn out to be bad for business. I have been bitten too many times and I hope that I have learned my lesson. I do believe that each bad decision has made me stronger and better at what I do. Mistakes are how we learn best. So, with these shiny new objects floating around, I hope I can pull that acquired knowledge, and self restraint from the crevices of my mind and make good decisions for the sale of one business and the growth of another.

Let me end with that and urge you to know that it is good to fail. Just do it fast and early! Failure is one of the greatest teachers. The key is to make sure you look at each one and learn from them. That is how you keep getting up and getting better. Take a moment to analyze the failures of your past and see what you can carry forward to make you better today. It is very rare to hit it out the park on your first at bat so don’t beat yourself up.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live

The End Part 10: 5-4-3-2…GO!

“It’s meant to be, you can’t change fate.” – G.B.H.

I don’t really know what is meant to be but what I do know is that when I get out of the way, things just seem to work out better. Things tend to get messy when I get in there and start trying to control the things I have no business controlling.

One of the hardest lessons in business is realizing that time is the greatest asset and resource AND, that I have no control over it. I can do everything in my power to make things happen in my time but they are all just guesses. In the most basic and general sense I’ll call it timing the market. Can it really be done? It sure appears that it can when you look at the track record of some very successful entrepreneurs. I don’t want to go down that rabbit hole today. I will just boil it down to the fact that some people just have a great sense for timing, reading the market, and a little bit of luck on their side. Not to mention a great team working with them.

The reality is, most of the time we only hear or read about the “perfectly” timed events. We do not hear about the failures, losses, and missed opportunities. Although most entrepreneurs love to talk about the failures and how they made them better. That too is topic for another time.

What I do want to talk about is how I have learned that I want everything now. I want everything to happen in my time. Further, that quite often, my time is not aligned with everyone else’s. Right now discussions have opened up with an interested party to purchase the business. I want it to happen right now so I get on with it. Shut this door and close the chapter so I can start writing a new one. I know that if I keep that mindset I will grow more and more impatient and frustrated which is not good for any negotiation.

I have to remember that this transaction is not a time bomb and will not explode on expiration.  Yes, many transactions or offers have expiration dates on them but we are not there yet. I need to just do the work and provide the information they need to make an educated decision. If the roles were reversed I would be doing the same thing they are doing. Acquiring a business is major decision no matter the size and shouldn’t be taken lightly.

I need to practice patience and be open to the process, and the offer. For today, I will let time continue to tick while I move closer to closing this door.

Talk Soon,

Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator

You have to leap if you want to live