Kelly, sounds like you are off to an awesome start! I recently read the E-Myth, a book that's been around for some time, after a good friend absolutely insisted I read it.
To reinforce its tagline, "why most small businesses don't work," the book uses the allegory of a woman who really loved baking pies, opened a bake shop and became a slave to her own creation. It uses her story to demonstrate how to avoid the same fate, or how to climb back out it. It's a great read for anyone who might fall into a similar passion trap. Amy Hoy also wrote an incredible piece on this topic entitled Don't Follow Your Passion: http://unicornfree.com/2011/dont-follow-your-passion/ I'm not entirely sure why I'm dumping all this here now, but it probably has something to do with my jet lag and also my growing feeling that many of us coworking space owners must increasingly focus on how to do what we do in a really healthy and sustainable way. Speaking of sustainability, Alex just wrote this great piece on the topic: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/08/coworking-core-values-1-of-5-sustainability On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Kelly Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > Great points all Chris, and thanks. > > I'm at a point in my career where I'm feeling a little unsatisfied. I love > my work, and I'd like to continue in it, but it isn't fulfilling me 100%. In > the past few years I've started running several Meetup groups, and I'm > finding that I love getting people together and seeing new connections > blossom. It's a side of me I didn't realize I had. > > With that in mind, I fully intend to make this work, on some level at > least. Yes, I want to work there. But more, I want to be able to help push > my local community into a better place. I see a strong need for this and no > one else is stepping up. Two years ago I had a need for a tech meet up and > no one was doing it here. Now my Get Geeky group has been meeting every > month for two plus years and it's great. It fills a need for me and for > everyone that comes out to it. > > Thanks so much for the input! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/dZYwsf_px_4J. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
