It’s Just Good Business

I’d like to say that all of my Allstate-inspired new business ideas have been good. Unfortunately, I’d be lying.

I think I’m just thinking too hard. It seems like many great things, businesses included, started from an AH-HA! moment. Just one of those profound thoughts that slips in there between “Yikes, I need to shave” and “Yes, I do want fries with that.” Da Vinci had tons of them. Bill Gates, definitely. Joseph Gayetty, oh yeah.

Sometimes I like to think about what ah-ha moments I had when I was younger. What did my little self think would be good business? Let’s see, at age six I wanted to be a jaguar. Like the animal. Don’t really know what kind of business I was going for, but it wasn’t long before I realized that this was not possible. That doesn’t mean I didn’t try to make it possible by crawling around on all fours and pouncing on random objects/humans, which perhaps explains my future obsession with the “Animorphs” series.

So then I wanted to be a jaguar doctor or large cat veterinarian. It was around this time that I got my first real pet (after a dozen and two failed attempts at owning a fish)– Phantom. Anyone who knew Phantom knows that he was one special kitty. As it turned out though, caring for a feline was not as fun as actually being one. Especially when he pees on your favorite beanbag.

By age 10 I was set on being a professional athlete. Come on, what little kid didn’t want to get paid to play sports? Come to think of it…what big kid doesn’t want to get paid to play sports?

AH-HA!

Excuse me, I have to go practice.

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