Make A Change

I’m Not Perfect Anymore

It’s said that nobody is perfect. Ok, I agree with that. It’s a comfort actually. I mean how would you feel day in and out that you were the only one ‘living about’ that had this inferior quality of not being perfect. Being shamed into a mental corner; Hoping for some rays of intelligent perfect sunshine to rain down on your imperfection.

Being in business for myself for 30 years and being the proverbial ‘one man band’ tends to guide you into your own little world of perfection. It’s my way or no way. Branding yourself like that just kind of sneaks up on you. It doesn’t have to be a business of one. It could be a husband, wife, parent or child. When you do it your way and shun suggestions of maybe doing it another way because you already know the best way, has only infested you negatively and you know it to be true. You do it to the point of it causing a ’stun gun’ effect on yourself. A self inflicted shot in the foot, if you will. Paralyzing you and refusing to admit your stubborn shortcomings, no matter what the subject.

So, let’s pretend for a moment that you are not perfect in your own little world of control. And for a fact you already know that nobody else is perfect either. Ah, what a comfort in knowing that out of all those you know, you are the most perfect. Ouch, there you go again categorizing yourself as above the norm.

Realize that if surroundings and all that are in them were perfect, there would be no growth, no challenges to improve and experiment with life’s choices. You might as well take hammer and nail and build a perfect coffin and lay yourself down to sleep in it.

You are never alone unless you choose to be. That’s your choice. Thankfully very few think that being a loner is the perfect answer to control and happiness. We are built to interact, tell stories, share heartaches, comfort others as they comfort you in time of stressful needs. But the most positive of life’s experiences is to share the positive moments and actions and successes. It makes you feel good to share them and it makes the other person or persons feel uplifted, inspired and happy to know you and your personality and the fact that they are not much different than you.

So we have admitted, even out loud, “I’m not perfect anymore!” I’ve always known it, but now at this time of my life it’s a sure bet. So what do I do? What am I actually admitting?

As an official Baby Boomer Generation groupie and a long time one man band, I’ve opened myself up more to business networking associations and am appreciating the business building efforts of a diversity of talents within my affiliations. Growing a business with a passion for others to grow in their desires to have a small home based business and then being the receiver of emotional and financial rewards for my efforts doesn’t seem fair.

It’s the principle of “Help others get what they desire and in return get more of what you desire. Am I being selfish? If helping others while helping yourself is selfish, then I’m guilty. Seeking my personal pleasures in this special time of life while helping others to seek and find their personal pleasures in wanting a home based business and then finding it because of what I do. That’s ironic, isn’t it? We were born with that desire but some of us have suppressed it for any number of reasons. If you suffer from the fear of not being perfect anymore by not being perfect anymore, get over it and get on with living. After all, the world isn’t perfect you know.

Recently I opened up an association that I closed off about 12 years ago. I never burned that bridge and Dec. 31st an individual walked across that bridge and just a few short weeks later my enthusiasm for a new product and business model in helping others while I’m helping myself has emerged. I am practicing what I preach. A simple message with a less than perfect solution yet a ground swelling foundation to build a more imperfect world that just may become a more perfect association for helping you while helping others. Huh? Not being perfect is bliss.

Brooke Folk

Brooke Folk is a 30 year home based business owner who has a passion for helping others find a small business of their own. His HomeBusinessDepot.com website has a small selection of endorsed business offerings with BusinessCard NoteCards, his personal creation and business offering being the chief cornerstone that started it all. Brooke also is the host of The Home Business Depot Radio program as well as Mangosteen Power Hour Radio on TalkShoe.chom Brooke also authored his first short story “The Blue Goose and The Mystery House” that has opened new associations for sharing.

Contact the author at: brookebiz@optonline.com

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