You Never Know When Lighting Will Strike

Hi Lou --- ahh, what a coulda woulda shoulda moment for that Kansas City landlord.   Opportunity shows up in some interesting places.   

Lou, that WAS a bad decision, but at the time it probably seemed like a good decision.  

It is hard to be prepared for lighting to strike, especially when it comes in the form of a risk to take or not to take.  I have heard many similar stories, such as the owner of Netflix offering to sell his company to Blockbuster for $50 Million, but they didn't accept.  I think Blockbuster is now out of business or at least heading in that direction and Netflix is worth almost $20 Billion, haha.

Lou, This is my favorite post of yours. Very interesting. The woods are full of "wrong decisions." Unfortunately, as they say everybody has 20/20 hindsight.

Bill Roberts

Not only be ready, but be able to recognize the opportunity that has dropped in your lap.

Lou - wow.  Some mistakes are more expensive than others.  That was a big one.

I think a true entrepreneur has it's best ideas and makes the most happen when disaster is right around the corner.

Lou, Great quote from Walt Disney and look what they did. You never know what something big will jump out at you but you have to be ready to follow through. 

I never heard this background story before about Walt Disney.  The stock for rent decision could have just as easily gone the other way and been the wise way to go. The building owner made his decision as best he could. You just never know. Most decisions are a gamble, some we win and some we lose!

My best friend has a saying, "You never know!" Stefan Winter nailed it..."a true entrepreneur has it's best ideas and makes the most happen when disaster is right around the corner."

He will regret his decision the rest of his life.  What a fortune he lost!

Hi Lou,  We all have to make decisions in our lives.  Some may be bad decisions.  Walt had a vision and he decided to go for it and it paid off.  The landlord didn't have any vision and didn't go for it and regretted the choice.

All I could think of when I read "lightning"--was my husbands small plane was recently struck by lightning while sitting on its parking space.  Very true, you never know when lightning will strike!

Now I know this is a bit off topic, but your title got me. Last night we had a big storm. I was on the patio watching it and lightning struck so close. I haven't moved that fast in a long time. We had two strikes near the house. It was pretty exciting. I'm thankful there was a ton of rain to go with all of the lightning. 

Lou Ludwig you reminded me of Paul Harvey - Rest of the Story!

And what a story! We all have to go through difficult times! And yes, if lightning had to strike on that owner of the building....

Always keep a thought notebook or activity on the board and maybe balance energy around you to a fitting level.

I apologize for the way the sentence came off I just wrote came off