Chris Cree

Alone and Unafraid Lessons From the First 90-ish Days

Lesson # 1 Find Good Advisors I have to Do it all Myself

Lesson # 1 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. Alone With Others

Lesson # 1 Find Good Advisors

Lesson # 1 Bounce Ideas Off Someone

Lesson # 2 Everything will take 10X longer than you think It Should be Pretty Straight Forward

Lesson # 2 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men. It will take longer Things will go wrong It’s not the End of the World Set Deadlines you can meet

It will take longer

Things will go wrong

It’s not the End of the World

Set Deadlines you can meet

Lesson # 3 Be Willing to Change Course “ Charlie Time ” (Gratuitous Coolness)

Lesson # 3 Be Willing to Change Course Gotta Stick With the Plan

Lesson # 3 Complete Change in Business Model “ Old ” Model “ New ” Model

Lesson # 3 Original Plan = Web Development Reasonably Priced Using WordPress Train Clients to Use Sites Effectively Give Control of Content to Clients

Reasonably Priced

Using WordPress

Train Clients to Use Sites Effectively

Give Control of Content to Clients

Lesson # 3 Revised Plan = Consulting Consulting – Create Appropriate Strategy Project Management – Oversee Development Training – Tools & Strategy Implementation

Consulting – Create Appropriate Strategy

Project Management – Oversee Development

Training – Tools & Strategy Implementation

Lesson # 4 Hold On To Your Dream Maybe I’m Not Cut Out For This

Lesson # 4 Hold On To Your Dream Discouragement is part of the deal Hang on It’s usually not as dark as you think And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? --Chuck Noland

Discouragement is part of the deal

Hang on

It’s usually not as dark as you think

Lesson # 5 It’s OK to Laugh (Even at Yourself) Turn the PAGE It will keep you SANE.

Lesson # 4

Lesson # 5 Don’t Forget to Laugh

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