I Think They Missed the Quote

We've probably heard once in a while that "there's no fool like an old fool."  Well I beg to differ.  I think what gets my goat more is a young fool. 

It really breaks my heart to see young women staying in self-defeating relationships.  I remember when I was in my twenties.  Yes at times love can hurt.  However, I would rather see pain on my face than that of my children.  I could not see my children want for anything in the name of love for a man.  A grown man has the power to do something a child can't do and that's take care of themselves.

Sometimes you have to let go of toxic relationships for the betterment of your future and your child's future.  If your baby doesn't have food, diapers, or any other necessities then you need to step up your game to make sure they do.

I don't know what changed with time but I remember the day when a man couldn't look me in my face and definitely could not breathe on me if they couldn't step up to the plate and be a man.  If I had to walk up the street to the store for necessities by the time my tired feet reached home oh heck yes there was going to be changes.

Now in all honesty I have to say I was blessed.  Nowadays I wish I could have put six or seven of the men interested in me on lay-a-way for the future.

I was always told "everything that feels good to you is not good for you." 

Two of the most empowering things you can say to bring about change to situations which weigh you down at times is "no" and "no more". 

You can always stay in love, and the thing is you don't have to stay in a toxic relationship to do so.  Absence makes the heart grow fonder - try it some time.  Men don't normally miss a good thing until it is gone. 

I realize it can go both ways and other ways nowadays as well.  Free your mind and your soul will follow.

It's Great When People Recognize Your Strengths

One of my strengths which I think helps to make me a better entrepreneur is the fact that I work and prefer to work under very limited supervision.  It seems to be one thing my loyal clients like best about me.

I'm the type of person you can give a one-liner and have a whole application.  I am very intuitive and my smarts really help when it comes to undertaking a project.

It's especially great when a client calls and lets you know it.  I have been setting up appointments for the week to try and generate some business.  I have two tentative appointments tomorrow.  It will be with people who know me for being able to give me a one paragraph task and I can add the graphics, look, and feel to give them a product they can get results from.

I feel successful when others can recognize the success it generates for them. 

In-Depth Reporting Should Have Received a Proper Burial

One thing I've noticed with some recent news articles I have read is that they leave me feeling very empty.  When I was in school I learned a completely different style of writing.  Unfortunately, over the years I have not had the opportunity to keep up with all the latest writing standards and techniques.  I guess I am really old school when it comes to writing.

After reading an article I would be more pleased to have an aha moment.  First and foremost think of the who, what, when, where, why, and how the article is about.  From that point on you should be able to draw up a great, captivating introduction with at least three main areas to address.  Next, expand on the last sentence of your introduction in the paragraphs to follow.  And finally end up with a conclusion which reinforces the last sentence of your introductory paragraph and offers solutions, techniques, brief outlooks, something for the future.
In layman's terms if you are writing for a major publication have someone else proofread your article and see if it answers more questions than it leaves unanswered.  Just this week alone I have read two articles in the newspaper which have left me very empty.  One was in regards to the marketing expenditures of a local city but it failed to mention anything in regards to the return on investment, a comparison between the past and present effectiveness of the marketing efforts.

Now today I read an article on 8 of 10 restaurants leaving the local mall because the lease is not being renewed with no reason stated as to why.  No interview with or mention of an attempt to interview with the company whose lease will not be renewed.

Whatever happened to interviewing outside subject matter experts?  Interviewing other locales in the same regional network undergoing issues is a too little watered down for my taste.  Why does the newspaper constantly stick with the sources as references especially when asking compliance questions?  Do you really think someone would voluntarily state they are knowingly operating in a non-compliant way?  Do they think their local area network would say anything which would go against the very nature of the consensus which is reached here locally on most issues?

Give me an introduction which states what the article is about.  For the illiterate such as myself please include at least three points.  Anything less would probably lead to something I wouldn't want to read anyway.  The introduction should capture my attention so I want to continue reading.  Give me the meat and potatoes of the story I'm not a vegetarian I want to fill fat and heavy.  Even though I'm already fat and heavy put some desert in front of my face so I can have something to look forward to indulging later.

I was going to write this blog post the other day when I read the article: "Portsmouth bypassed bids to hire outside marketer".  I was wondering why did they just not ask for a copy of the procurement policy for the city for starts? 

Consider your target market when writing an article.  I personally would be more interested in what the return and more specifically the return on investment during was during these tumultuous economic times more than anything else.  Apparently no matter how the services were procured they followed some type of protocol in which they have not been thrown under the rug for.  It mainly seemed to stem from the anger of the company who is no longer enjoying the fruits of the services being contracted with their firm.

After reading the article on today from clicking on a FACEBOOK post to it: "MacArthur Center to lose 8 food court eateries" I was left wondering why?  No mention of how much HMSHost business receipts, profits, losses, etc. have increased or declined since their tenure in the mall.  The sad part is the company seems to have a strong online presence.  Why not use their FACEBOOK wall and ask why the lease is not being renvewed?  I see most of their responses to other individual posters with inquiries is to "check out their website at http://www.hmshost.com/".  I may be wrong, but it seems to me someone from a newspaper in a metropolitan area could get an answer.

Maybe it is just the woman in me but I don't like when relationships end without closure.