Your Creativity Gets Paid

Today I’m attending a seminar on Franchise Network Engineering Management.

Interesting? Very.

If I had to complain about something, I would just complain about the seats. But that would be being too picky.

Hey. Don’t assume I’m writing this in the middle of the seminar. No. It’s my well deserved lunch break. I have my laptop on one side and my sandwich on the other. Facing me, at the other end of the restaurant, a beautiful lady probably in her mid twenties.

Oops. That’s drifting away from the subject. I’ll spare you from all the details.

Franchising: a real cash machine.

Have you ever wanted to be rich? No sillier question. Of course you have. Sigh.

But. There are some important prerequisites.

Are you creative? Are you determined? Are you a consistency seeker? If yes, your dream might come true. If not, stop reading this and find another way to make money.

All you have to do is sit down, take a piece of paper and start writing. Write down your dream concept. Whether a restaurant, a fashion store or anything.

Write down your passion.

Did Ray Kroc (McDonald’s founder) and Howard Schultz (Starbucks founder) know that their concepts would one day end up being in almost every country in the world? I don’t think so.

But they had the idea, the vision, the passion and the determination.

Money? Not that important. Your idea and passion are worth a lot of it.

There are many ways to finance the launch of your concept. Some are illegal! But if I were you, I would stick to the legal ones.

Personal financing, loans, borrowing, selling shares … You chose.

Launch your first unit. Test it. Prove it. Franchise it.

But don’t stop there.

Control it. Your concept is your baby. Do you ever forget about your baby? If yes, please get yourself a shrink.

Well. I hope this was a bit useful for you entrepreneurs out there. I just thought it would be interesting to share with you some ideas on what I do.

There is still so much creativity to be done in this world.

Who has to do it? Us.

Let’s find out what’s on the other end of sunrise.

I’m gona eat my sandwich and think about a "creative" way to approach that lady.

BTW she’s eating a chocolate fudge cake. You know what I mean.

Wish me luck.

I’ll catch you later.

My Thank You Note

Dear Readers,

Less than one week in the making and “The Other End of Sunrise” has already attracted so many readers. (http://otherendofsunrise.blogspot.com/)

Honestly? That was unexpected. What can I say?

Thank you to all you guys from:

Asia:
Lebanon, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Iraq.

The United States of America:
Minnesota, California, Arkansas, Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Hawaii and Wisconsin.

Canada:
Toronto, Markham, Ottawa and Montreal.

Europe:
Netherlands, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Lithuania.

Oceania:
Adelaide.

Africa:
Ghana.

“The Other End of Sunrise” (http://otherendofsunrise.blogspot.com/) was created for you guys. Remember what I had said in my very first article “Well, it’s time to play catch up”? (http://otherendofsunrise.blogspot.com/2007/06/well-its-time-to-play-catch-up.html)

“This blog, http://otherendofsunrise.blogspot.com/, will be treated as my own diary. Shall you be interested in getting involved with some boring guy's everyday life? You are the most welcome to check my blog. Shall you not be, well, what can I say? You're just not. Still the blog won't be treated as a typical diary. I guess from the articles you'll be reading, you'll understand what's going on with me and with my life. In a way!”

Well. Guess some of you guys are quiet interested after all.

I promise you more and more musings and great products to come. Here’s another new rule: Always keeping it simple and friendly.

Since this blog was initially created for you Readers, and since you’ve contributed in its quick success, it will be my duty to explore with you the other end of sunrise.

And let’s see what’s really there.

That was my “day off” writing. Boring? You’re the judges. I’m just thanking the many readers I already have out there. On the other end.

Peace

Dany Bachir

A Silicon World - A Bit of Nonsense

Hi folks. It’s me. Dany.

Blogging again!

I hope this one doesn’t offend some of the readers. In particular the “she” readers. Well in case it does, please accept my sincere apologies. Your comments are welcomed. But watch out. Your negative ones will let me know a lot about you.

Guys. How lucky have we been for the last month or so? What do I mean?

ROOFTOPS!

A great gift from God has come down upon us. Well not exactly. We have to take the elevator and go up few floors.

Music, drinks, smokes and “silicon”. Covered with skin.

Don’t take me wrong. I like it. Not love it. Just like it. Many others love it though (mostly the cigar dudes). They sit there and sing the Eiffel 65 song “Silicon World”:

“Cause all that I want is a Silicon Girl
With Silicon lips
And Silicon hair
Sha-lala-lalala
You're my Silicon girl
So come into my silicon world

And BTW. Cigar dudes. You smell. Chicks don’t like stinky guys. My advice? Simple rule: drop the cigar and stick to the perfume.

The funny part? If a silicon girl stares at you? She stares at you. There’s no way out. You’re dead. Even when she’s with her man! Staring means confidence. And for some reason they have a lot of it. They don’t realize that silicon makes them ugly (there are exceptions though).

Now. Why rooftops? Because that’s where silicon is these days.

You know. It’s “in”.

The guy who reserves a table on a rooftop, smokes a cigar and has a silicon girl as a date: He’s “in”.

The silicon girl who goes on a date with a guy who has a table on a rooftop and who smokes a cigar: She’s “in”.

It’s sweet. They complete each other.

As for me, I don’t smoke cigars. So I’m not one of those guys. Thank you.

Girls. Keep up the good work. But please try not to fly.

A champagne cheers to all