1MMD2014 [334 of 365] In 48hrs I haven’t moved an inch

…in 48hrs you didn’t see me flinch!

I have very little patience and if you had told me it would take me 300+ days to get where I am today, I wouldn’t have believed you. Possibly even laughed it off. But here we are…

The year I spent in London (a year of many firsts), felt like I aged at least 3 to 4 years. Same with this Entrepreneurial Journey I’ve undertaken (even though I don’t consider myself an Entrepreneur). In mortal terms, it has been close to a year (a little longer even, but that’s a tale for another day) and I have gathered a veritable wellspring of knowledge.

I’m ready for my Degree (at the very least) now, thank you very much!

These 300+ days have taught me who my allies are (few), enemies are (many) and who I’m doing this for. More importantly though, with all the strict conditions imposed upon me, it has given me keener insight as to who I am.

Looking back on the life I’ve lived up until now, pride is not the first thing that springs to mind, but it is remarkable and somewhat shocking, that I have made it this far. The fact that I’m still alive tells me that there is room for improvement and possibly even time for me to do something on the scale of legacy.

The Age of Science and Technology leaves very little room for a Divine Creator and though I may not have lived the life He would have wished for me, I give Him thanks for the Grace he has granted me (Ma would have words with me on this point, but then again it’s not even about the female who birthed me).

Let’s begin shall we…

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An interesting observation…

having been getting by on 3-4 hours of sleep a day for the last couple of weeks. I noticed that I was dosing off behind my Notebook in the wee ours of the morning, I mean head-bobbing-eyelids-heavy-body-leaning as The Sandman tried to take me, my body trying to force a shutdown. Now this is the interesting part, instead of putting away my work, I held on and pushed through and after something like 30 seconds, sleep completely dissipated. Sheer Power of Will? Mind over Matter? Just putting it out there.

P.s. Few hours left in my Campaign to raise R250 000 and I have attached the Service Offering poster (which went out to 200 foreign delegates) I told my Dear Readers about in an earlier post this week. Who knows, one of them might call, time zones being what they are (and Grace being what it is!) to offer me the 250k I need to create a LegendaryEnterprise!
p.p.s. Are you Following me on Twitter? @davbai24 / #LoveTheDoers drop by and say Hi!

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2 days left…

and the saying goes “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Oddly enough, I am typing at my Notebook with my cup of Rooibos tea sitting behind me, just as the new day is breaking. With it comes new hopes and new possibilities for what this day may bring. Do I have the R250 000 Investment that would make my Enterprise hD[ceative] one of the most Powerful Companies on a local scale (LOCALLY, for now at least)? No. Could I get that amount reflected in my bank today? Quite possibly. Will my Heavenly Father, Jesus, Whom I have trusted up till now, carry me through this? Most definitely. Encountering a lot more opposition than I at first suspected; individuals in positions of power who can influence or affect the outcome I require, but for some reason, do not… let’s just leave it at that for now. Some good news? The 200 investment journals to foreign ambassadors, each containing my Service Offering poster has been despatched and we are now merely waiting for the calls to come in. Over and above that, I am just getting ready to attend to some critical meetings, which may affect the outcome of me moving my Team into/onto our premises tomorrow morning. Your prayers please (feel free to even drop me a message on Twitter: @davbai24). I’ll have to end off now, so let me just say that it is ONLY by His Grace that I am still drawing breath, endeavouring to accomplish the near impossible, but what’s impossible to my mortal understanding, is just another day of Blessed Assurances to Him Who Holds All. Have a brilliant day further! Be Blessed.

p.s. An ex-colleague and now a very Dear Friend of mine, Jeanette, sent me this a little while ago and I draw courage and inspiration from it, as I am encountering this EVERYDAY, without fail; mayhaps it shall encourage and inspire you too.

  

Slow day today…

I am willing to make a deal with the Devil…

to do God’s Work. Not long term of course, and with rather specific conditions. I’d rather not of course, but part of my DREAM I have protected for far too long to watch it fade into The Nothingness. Once I am freed from this Contractual Obligation, would I not be just another Shark in the water? What’s that saying about “Absolute Power Corrupting…” and who’s to say that my Ideals won’t fall by the wayside? I cannot truthfully say. In the end, a mere mortal such as I would be unable to predict the future, but if I have spent the last 26 Years of My Life protecting the little boy inside who laughs at cartoons, feels the need to impress 5 year olds (oh that happened in Church on Sunday, another story for another day) and rolls around in the sand on the beach after a swim; from Death, Heartbreak, Poverty, Starvation, Betrayal, Isolation and all the other fun punishments only mortals care to inflict upon one another… What is it then that a Devil or Devils can truly take from one who has the weight of Experiential Time, carries the Will of all who’ve tried and failed and gave up, who has the support of FEW who truly Believe and an Endless Supply of Grace from his Creator? 

7 days left…

It’s 2h25 in the AM (of course, duh, silly me) and I’m on my 3rd cuppa coffee. Mission update: Rushed to Printers, haven’t really slept, collected samples and dropped with a distributor who is going to put hD[creative] in the hands of 200 Executives (I’d love to show you what I put together, but secrecy is quite imperative at this critical stage! Maybe next week okay. Half Promise. You’ll LOVE it!), with minutes to spare (Grace.) from the deadline. Popped in with another potential Key Partner and stopped by an organisation, that because of witnessing my singing/guitar playing talents (Grace.), asked me to compose their Anthem/Themesong, sounds exciting right (between you and me, my guitar skills suck, last song I recorded was a little over a year ago, if even that and I haven’t written any new tracks in weeks!), burned them a disc to check an original song I never sent to air and just have to wait for feedback on that… hmm, you’re STILL reading??? This is a little longer than my usual entries, oh wait, before I forget, met some REALLY great people who’s helping me push my campaign on twitter, remember the whole #HowToRaise250kIn28Days thing… ok let’s do this, thanks Jacqui, Carl and Brian! Love ya’ll ferrealz yo! Ahem, now back to our usual programming…

p.s. FNB Business Account balance = R0 (http://tinyurl.com/hdcreates / @davbai24 / @hdcreates ) As always your support is what stays my heart from bursting out of my frail chest. Domo arigatou gozaimasu! #Aliens

8 days left…

So CCS “Allnighter” (Content Creation Session) went well and yielded some unexpectedly pertinent results. Sitting on the N2, dad’s my chauffeur this morning (love that guy!), while I’m sucking on my Pin Pop (helps me concentrate), Notebook on my lap, typing to you this morning. Got by on about 3 hours, headed into Town to collect outputs (which I didn’t pay for by the way. Remember that Grace I spoke about previously…) from Printers that has the VERY TANGIBLE potential to net me International Clients. From dropping these outputs I have a meeting with an organisation that wants to put my Songwriting/Performance abilities to the test… which reminds me, listening to these tracks now that were recorded in my Band days… So yeah, the number in the Subject line above has very special significance to me… All the Connections I’ve made pales in comparison to the R250 000 I STILL need in my FNB Business Account and now that I’m expecting a call next week from a CEO sitting in Japan, well, Jesus just gets things DONE doesn’t He 😉

9 Days left…

So I officially have 9 days left to raise that R250 000 (Bank Balance R0 so far) and move my team into premises (that does not exist as yet)… why is it that I feel so at ease? Grace. Not a female, the Divine kind. Had a really messed up day yesterday, family, nuff said and this on the back of setting 2 deals in motion that will yield a PARADIGM SHIFT in the new week… my hairs are standing on end (not because of Halloween either). I have MUCH more to say, but let me stop with the track linked here, that my sister and I recorded with our Good Friend Rob in 2010. Haha, the Interwebs has a longer memory span than a spiteful woman :p Anyway, enjoy and ANY feedback would be appreciated. p.s a little more time playing on a local radio station here in Cape Town, not REALLY the kind of music I’m into, but hey I piloted it to be catchy and I think it went okay.

11 days left…

…in my SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CAMPAIGN to raise R250 000 (Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hdcreates / Twitter: @hdcreates / @davbai24 #HowToRaise250kIn28Days).

Am I going to make it? Well that is a matter of Faith in a Higher Power, yes yes, of course I’m concerned, 4 hours of sleep a day, check, losing weight, check, the lines between reality and dreams being blurred, check and stomach cramps, MOST DEFINITELY check!

These and a myriad other concerns plague me, but I choose to leave it in my Father’s Hands, the filthy mortal habit of being concerned is a trifle compared to His Divine Will and Grace! The Americans love saying “In God We Trust!”, well, let;s make this real: “Jesus, I KNOW you got my back and it’s a little too late for me to turn back now. Manifest your Presence in the success of My Enterprise. Amen.”