I dare to dream!

I went to Huddle House today. I tend to go every morning now that I'm driving the kids to school. It gives me a chance to just breathe for a few minutes before having to get to work. Now, whenever I do go, if I get a meal I always ask them to give me half size portions. One breakfast at Huddle House is enough to feed two to three people.

Today, the manager was there and he didn't understand what it was that I wanted. Not fully anyway. And it really got me to thinking how the obesity problems in this country could resolve themselves if restaurants started offering half portions. Of course, no restaurant in existence today is going to do that. Keeping the troughs full keeps everyone coming back. That is what gives them their profit.

Then I started to daydream about having my own little diner. A place where the portion sizes were correct and the meals were properly balanced. All vegetables would be farmer's market fresh and the breads would be home made, or at least, made in the diner.

Of course, I quickly dismissed the idea at first. My first thought was along the lines of "what do you know about running a business?" Then, I realized that I have been running my own business for seven years now. This past year and a half has brought me more success than I had dreamed of. My company is not only thriving, it's growing.

I have faced down more threats and challenges than anyone would believe and I came out the other end of it with my head held high and a modest profit for the company. So why couldn't I do the same with a diner?

I wouldn't shut KP down. Instead, I'd find someone else to run it for a profit split. The more success they bring KP, the higher the profits so the higher their pay would be. Then, if I did that, I could pursue the idea of a diner and possibly even publishing a novel.

I dare to dream... Why shouldn't I dare to dream? Why shouldn't you dare to dream? I never thought KP had a real chance of making it. I never thought that I had a real chance of making it. It's just that I had so many people telling me that I couldn't, I had so many people fighting against me to keep it from happening, that I was distracted enough to actually make it happen. I was too distracted by all of the negativity to have time to self destruct!

I think that's the key. That's why most people fail when starting businesses, no matter what kind of business it is. They wind up self destructing it themselves, even if they don't realize it. They make poor money decisions or they make bad hiring choices. Maybe they just decide to be lazy one day longer than they should be. Maybe they slept in when they should have gotten up, or they pushed themselves too hard and forgot to take a break. Maybe they just kept giving up right before reaching their goals. I don't know.

I'm rambling and quite a bit. Of course, three days from now I'll likely drop the idea of my own diner. I'll probably decide I want to be a farmer and hatch chickens. Or maybe I'll decide that I want to b a pilot. If there is anything that the past year and a half has taught me, it's that absolutely anything is possible. Don't you dare let anyone else tell you different!

So, what's your dream? What would you be doing right this minute if you could?