Sometimes it may be just as which turn to take, when we are driving without a map.. or making decision which direction to take in product roadmap to do in next 2 years.. there are many times, i wonder about my previous decisions.. did i trust my instincts.. or did i just went on with what others said…
Trusting our instinct is not about whether we are making a right decision or not.. I realized it is about how much confident i am…
I remember when I finished my first consulting project 2 months ahead of given time, in 2000. and it was a dot.com crash time.. and it took my employer 3 months to find a next project.. well.. to keep up with technology and anyway i was getting paid to be at home, moreover it was winter in Boston.. so i registered a website.. www.livingpartners.com… and the concept was to manage the accounting of houshold shared by those living Singles… being myself.. taking notes in a paper and excel sheets.. who spent what and tallying every now and then… who owes whom and how much… and so i did it.. i had a website.. a group can create an account.. and create members of the group..each can post what they spent.. i had regular categories/expense types.. or add your own types..and select who shares how much.. all click and save.. and anytime you can request to show a report of how much you spent.. and tallys with others spent on you.. and gives simple sheet of who owes how much to whom…. my roommates used to make fun of me…. as the website name livingpartners meant for pets etc… or take your wild imagination…
Later when i got busy with other projects/clients.. and i discontinued the livingpartners.com… Now may be this is not a great science I invented, but I came to know last year.. there is a http://www.ioweyou.co.uk/ .. . by any means.. i don’t mean to say they copied my idea … i am glad someone else also thought of the same idea.. and built a business around it…
I always thought this is a neat idea.. and i always wanted to make it such a way.. to design this application to make this data available for more than just for sharing expenses.. and wanted to make it available for general websites like roommates.. kinda idea of what is social networking today…
Even in our every day, at work , at home… we are very creative and inventing as little as solving a simple problem.. when we do.. we don’t know how little it is or how big it is.. until we take the courage to trust our instincts…
