This is kind of neat.

It has been a real treat, working on this vision plan.

In that book, the eMyth, the writer discusses the three levels of entrepreneurship.  There’s the technician, the manager, and the entrepreneur.  The objective, of course, is to get out of the technician level, eventually leave the manager level, and focus on the entrepreneur level.  The technician level has been pretty much abandoned, thanks to Guru.com.  If I need some footwork done, I get someone to do it cheaper and faster than what I could do it.  By default, that makes me a manager when I employ a technician and that’s ok.  I’d rather manage the workforce than be the workforce.

At the entrepreneur level, you’re really building and leading your vision.

This requires some use of the imagination.  Something I love to do.  Being able to paint a final state, a future state of what your company is going to do is quite fun.

When I cruise the competition, which I do quite often, I’m amazed that they haven’t done more.  But maybe that is their ultimate state: reach a point and maintain.  Or maybe they are lacking fresh ideas.  Or they don’t have a real vision.

If anything I now understand more than ever the importance of having a vision plan.

My only problem: I have a hard time tearing myself away from my desk in order to go to my 9 to 5.  Which effectively kills my creative juices.

Oh well.  Things are only temporary.

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