Passion

i just watched for the nth time "serendipity", God knows how i love this movie but not as much as "pretty womam". and i think it is just appropriate to use one of the tagline from that movie for my blog this month which i am lucky enough to have created one. dean said "you know greeks didn't write obituaries. they only ask one question after a man died. did he have passion?" well i don't want to sound morbid but setting up a business do requires lot's of passion.

if i will chronicle in detail my adventure it it will take two days to write everything so i wil cut it short and focus on the lessons i've learned. did i have passion? i already got sick but i made sure that i will be reporting everyday just to make sure all documents will be processed. i've already release so much cash just for registering the business and we are still on the process of getting accredited by SSS, i've already spent so many hours on the process of designing, registering and coordinating with the possible site owner and had to work extra days in the office just to make sure i don't missed anything on my regular work. i was not able to sleep well, since coordinating with the supplier and site owners requires some timing, several times i had to wait for hours for an audience with the owner, dust and heat made me terribly sick. i also had to be patience for the ever changing requirements and rules of the site owner. how is that for having a passion.

i never thought setting up a business will be this difficult but i am loving every step of the way. i have never been so excited in my life (except for several occassions like my wedding day and birth of my two boys), this adventure unlike the hike in pinatubo, the arayat climb, the palawan hopping is not physically taxing but more of mind exhausting experience. you really have to time everything, preparing the documents even the moods of the site owner. i am learning so many things along the way. just this early whatever happens to this adventure everything is worth going through.

lessons, make sure you have everything prepared before registering anything or you will end up going back and forth. DTI was the easiest one to do, just make sure you have prepared a list of names and take advantages of the online registration offered by DTI. SSS is the hardest one they will require you to submit the SSS details and payment information of your soon to be employee even if you have not started yet, this is our bottleneck right now. next is the mayor's permit then on to BIR and barangay clearance. we have been working on this for about 2 weeks now, it is really time consuming.

Everything you don’t know yet is difficult simply because you don’t know it, but when you take steps towards knowing, it becomes less difficult and therefore easier