This is the final post of the 3 in the initial series. Here we’re going to look at someone else in class. Often it is easier to see opportunities for other than for ourselves. It may even be easier to see some else’s passion than our own.
For this person, let’s start with some information about their experience and hobbies. From there, we’ll examine some ideas for income. I will refer to this person using female pronouns to distinguish them from me. He or she may or may not actually be female.
Their experience:
This person works in IT as a project manager in health care. She is also responsible for survivability of services in event of emergency events. For example, even though the power may be down or the IT systems offline, patient care must continue at the same high standard as with support services up. When asked what is a big issue she has at work, she responded that she has issues getting data backed up and available as quickly as she would like in an emergency situation. She also enjoys gardening and the challenges of growing plants in her shady yard and has spent years researching this.
When asked what she really enjoys, she said the survivability work and gardening.
I’m sure you can easily see opportunities there. If she wanted to be entrepreneurial, she could consult for other companies on survivability; she could write a manual on how to be survivable and sell it; she could develop a system with metrics and teach / consult it; she could write a book on gardening in the shade; she could teach gardening; etc. For employment situations, she could work at a gardening center or she could look into transitioning more of her current job over to survivability efforts, which is what she actually chose to do.
Again, none of these are difficult to see for someone else. Did you catch the opportunity for you there? When asked, she said she had an issue with data storage and availability. If you enjoyed those sorts of things and could develop a solution, then an opportunity may be found there. Certainly, much more questions and thought would have to go into it, but solving a problem is the best way to begin a business.
Find a friend and see what you could do something similar for yourself. At the very least, you may clarify your current work situation. No one really accomplishes anything worthwhile by themselves. Once again, if you’re looking for direction in this area, I would like to shamelessly direct you to the link to AskDrCallahan mentioned earlier. I’m sure you can also find other programs similar in nature out there. I encourage you to look.
