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Never Sacrifice Your Passion

September 15, 2009

I’ve been struggling to come to terms with my negative feelings towards running my own business and ultimately not succeeding. (Notice: I didn’t call it a failure.) I’ve got few regrets, some hard feelings and I’m financially damaged because of the experience, but what tainted it the most has nothing to do with any of that. No, I think the root of my issues lie in the fact that I lost sight of what I wanted to get out of it, and lost site of what made me happy. In essence I set aside my passions for, what I thought at the time, was in the best interest of keeping the business going.

The Power of Choosing

April 02, 2009

Ok, this one is a bit cheesy. It’s about positive thinking and it starts with a dream about flying.

Happy Masochist is a straight forward and light-hearted look at owning, running and living with a small design business.

About Me (D. Keith Robinson)

I’ve owned my small business, Seattle-based design agency Blue Flavor, since the Fall of 2005. In that time I've learned quite a bit about running a business and made more than my share of mistakes. I talk about all of that and more here at Happy Masochist. Grab the RSS feed.

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