Cruisers Who Fail...

[MarkJ]

Originally Posted by James S

Sounds to me like the secret is to focus and work hard to achieve your goal.

No James. The idea is to focus on your goal. The to acheive your goal you may have to work hard. Theres a difference


Mark

[Christian Van H]

Originally Posted by MarkJ

No James. The idea is to focus on your goal.

Here's my true "secret" story: A couple of years ago I started working on an invention. Thoughout the process I would often envision the day when I would unveil my invention (an electronic musical percussion instrument) before a manufacturer and it would be an instant hit. I finished the prototype, got a provisional patent and weaseled my way to get a meeting with the head of product development for a large electronic instrument manufacturer. The day came, he met me in the lobby and we grabbed a meeting room. I demonstrated my goods, he went gaga, and called in the chief designer. HE called in the vice president, who in turn called in the president. You cant imagine a better meeting in all your life. I blew them away. I left there on cloud nine, certain we would soon be striking a deal. One week later they simply said "no".

I'm not religious, I'm not superstitious, and I still cant tell you what the F happened. I can tell you that when I envisioned that day, I never really conjured anything up after that meeting. Nothing. The meeting was everything to me because I thought it was the most important part of the whole process. Would things have been different had I envisioned selling thousands of units and having the money to sail forever? What do you think?
There, I've never told anyone this before. Hope you're happy, Chris

[MarkJ]

Originally Posted by Christian Van H

Would things have been different had I envisioned selling thousands of units and having the money to sail forever? What do you think?

Yes.
Because you were focused on ONE meeting. If you were just focused on selling the product you would have realised you may need 100 meetings with 100 companies before you could find 2 that both wanted it and wanted it desperately!

I have done the same where I went to the biggest company to sell and idea. The other 5 I never saw as I was defeated by the first company.

Same as the goal to go sailing is totally differnt to making money. One you might sell your article at a price higher so you can buy a winch; the other you may sell at a lower price because its better for business - you'll have a customer for life. But who wants a customer for life?