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Jeff James's avatar

As I age, I find myself questioning if I am the Flyer I used to be, maybe I should learn to allow myself to simply enjoy the performance of others, and enjoy their success in releasing the fly bar.

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Maureen Elyse Gilbert's avatar

Yes indeed a good question at mid life at least for me I know I still have another business adventure left in me!

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Cab's avatar

“Maybe this bar isn’t meant to be my purpose—but maybe it’s meant to give me time to find it. Maybe it’s not the thing I build, but the thing that buys me the space to build something later, when I have more freedom.”

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Love that conclusion.

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Elizabeth H. Cottrell's avatar

I’m so often guilty of wanting to rush to the “what’s next?” Instead of pausing to just be present in the in-between spaces. Thank you for this thought-provoking post.

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Maureen Elyse Gilbert's avatar

I’m glad it’s not just me 🫣 I don’t do liminal very well at all 🤕

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Sharyn's avatar

I get the existential angst, but am still intrigued by what you’re up to in evaluating businesses with the aim of buying and running one. How does one up skill to be successful at that?

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Maureen Elyse Gilbert's avatar

Great question - I guess it depends a bit on your starting point but what I like about buying an existing business is that you are buying an already existing system for making money so a lot of the guess work is already done!

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Jamie Morris's avatar

Ah, I love this thoughtful update on the inner and outer searches!

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Maureen Elyse Gilbert's avatar

Aww thanks Jamie - I learned from the best 🫶🏻

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