I have been asked --"How did you come up with this name and business plan?" I usually have a schpeel, but this time here is the long version for your entertainment.
Like some of you, I am a career woman. I was driven to ascend to professional excellence. To the point that I delayed my personal life until I felt that I had "made it" and was independent. A good thing because the man I met eight years ago is my soul mate. I don't think we would have met in the early years and gotten married. He is scrumptious, funny and very supportive of what I do -- but that story is for another day. For those of you who believe in true love and happy endings this is one of them.
Anyways I was given the opportunity to run a multi-million facility with NO operating budget. So I spent two years spinning my wheels, struggling to make things happen. I had my share of critics in the media and community. I would come home frustrated and irritated by my challenges. Mind you, I have a two year old boy. So I was at the lowest point in my life where the career turned into a slave job. I was calling myself a "government mule" or "bourik". Then the soulmate had an "Aha moment" he opened his mouth and said "quit".
I thought it was a joke. Was he punking me? But he said it again "QUIT". He said you've accomplished so much but always for other people/institutions. Why don't you try something for yourself. We can live on tuna for a while and if it doesn't work out you can always go work at McDonald's.
And that is how it all started.
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