At my old job, I would oftentimes meet with people who had very little to offer me, nothing to do with my employer and frankly could be seen as “wasting my time,” if you asked my boss or other onlookers.  I’d take phone calls to help people and learn more about their needs and goals, and it would draw the ire of some who wanted me to focus 100% on growing their nestegg. 

I understand folks who want to maximize every single resource, mainly time and money, but sometimes, if you make time for others and show an unselfish dimension and long-term outlook on things, you’d be surprised what you can get back, be it in intangible or tangible means.

When I launched this company, it was very easy for me to give the outside world the one finger salute and take a “what’s in it for me, now?” attitude.  In fact, I encounter people who have this mantra tattooed on their face and written on their business cards.  When you meet someone who shares an unselfish demeanor, you take note.  You want them to be a part of your team.

The Importance of Being Earnest 

The challenge in business boils down to timing.  Preparation and planning are required to be able to compete, but to win, you need your timing to be right on.  When it comes to timing, you have to be careful that you connect the dots at the right time: it’s akin to watching a sports game when a bounce goes the right way and you wonder if the sports gods are smiling down on you.

In the world of an entrepreneur, it’s always a balancing act.

When a self-funded startup grows, you have to be careful how you manage assets and resources, no doubt.  But you also can’t have a peasant mindset and think small.  No disrespect to peasants folks, but it’s a big world out there, even more so if you are a small company.  You have to meet as many people and think outside of your daily restrictions to be able to ramp up when need be.

We’re about to enter a period of hyper growth at WatchMojo.com, which implies a period of growth across the network of tech assets and media properties that are intertwined with it within Mojo Supreme.

Over the next weeks, we’ll be announcing a plethora of partnerships we have signed and are signing.  I am probably at liberty to mention them but in a considerable sign of maturity (have I learned how to become patient?) I’ll hold off until the official press releases hit the wires.

When we talk to potential partners - be it of an operational or financial variety - they are flabbergasted as to how much we have done with such modest resources.  The only thing they might be more flabbergasted by is our ambition and gameplan.

But what might be even more impressive is how a small company - in the ”world id big” content - can turn up the heat on the turn of a dime. 

And… to connect the dots in this post, if we are able to execute 25% of our goals (we’ll execute 125% of our goals, make no doubt about it), a lot of it will have to do with being unselfish with our time, our resources and having an open outlook on people and things so that when you need to time an expansion, you don’t have to scramble to make things happen and connect the dots.

Karma does exist.  Things do happen for a reason.  Good things happen to those who wait.  Patience is a virtue.

Insert cliche here… right, one more: To the victors go the spoils.

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