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    Distractions…

    The Good, the Bad, the Ugly… Over the last two years, Kris and I have had to deal with some really ugly distractions while fighting to keep our business going. The distractions and uglyness seemed to never end. We both became afraid to even look at our email at times, but we worked our way through it, staying focused as best we could. Ugly distractions in all their sizes and shapes, from the loss of a close friend or family member to injury to bad job events basically just derail you and you have to take a deep breath and know there is another side and the writing and publishing…

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    Distractions Suck Time From The World…

    And Even If They Are Good Distractions… Today we had a guy come in to service our HVAC systems to get ready for the coming long, hot summer. A distraction, sure, but not a bad one. But sucked a few hours of my time. During the time of the service guy, we got some emails that were all great news. Basically more climbing out of the stupidity and ugliness of the last few years, plus a great offer for a possible license. A very, very, very thin slice of a magic pie. (If you have not read the Magic Bakery book, you won’t understand that, but to those who backed…