NEW RESOLUTION FOR '09. RESULTS!!!!

In the time that the Lord has given me to make my mark on this floating pebble in this sweat stain of the US other wise known as Phoenix, I sadly have come to the realization that many people that speak very eloquently and promise so much will find them selves lacking in the follow thru. I have been working on a deal that has been going on since last year in May. Here's my problem. I feel like I'm in the military! All parties involved want me to produce people, and things immediately like I'm a magician with a dove up my sleeve. They ask for results in a matter of hours NOT DAYS, HOURS and they think that it must work like this always cause Ben makes a call and it magically appears! Well silly rabbit, trix are for kids and I am feeling a bit childish right now. My rant is mostly because I have had this deal stewing for over six months with every month going by hearing the powers that be telling me that they can close or should close by the end of each month. Well the end of November has passed...no disbursement. Happy Holidays, Christmas and New Years passed with the only thing dropping is a ball and a tortilla chip in Tempe. Well we are now at the middle of January and now I am starting to see the proverbial writing on the wall...don't hold your breath Big Ben. It probably won't happen again this month.

Now the guy I am working with, I consider family. I have known him for many years and I brought him before many of my business acquaintences bouching for his credibility and with the understanding that things could get done. Well since nothing he has said has come to fruition, who's the brunt of the joke...me. Who's the one that get's the sly comments texted to him all over the country because they feel that this person has dropped the ball...yup you got it. me. It's very lonely out here on this limb.

So now I am stuck at a cross road. Do I tell him that he is full of what everyone tells me he is and ruin a business contact and obvious friendship. Or do I handle him like my crazy uncle ----, (I am not going to mention his name cause he really exists. hehe) Do I just smile and pat him on the head like I do with every time I see those parts of my family that think they know big name people but can't produce. I feel like I'm wrestling with a pig. If I do tell him how I feel regarding this one deal, do I become counter productive because all it did was tear him down. I could blast him out of the water and let him know exactly how I feel...but who really won in that scenario...yup the pig. Here I am now up to my elbows and knees in mud and fecal matter wrestling to push something that I am starting to think this guy couldn't handle if I gave him oven mits and tongs! So here I am sitting on my hands and holding my tongue praying that Mr. Magoo keeps the car on the road and gets us to that destination. Yup, I guess in this one case I'm gonna shut up and put on a happy face understanding that I can't get mad at him. I am the decider of all decisions I make and I decided to put this person as point in this one scenario. This deal is going to fund! If I have to personally go hold the check writer's hand as he makes good on all the documents and covenants made this deal will fund! What does that mean for future deals? Well it means that RESULTS is my new "mantra"...if I really beleived in them....for this year! I always hold myself to a higher standard where I mean what I say and say what I mean. I have always lived by the quote from Scarface. Tony Montana looked at the guy from Columbia right after he killed the snitch and without blinking tells him, "hey there are two things in this world that I won't break for anybody. MY WORD AND MY BALLS! If I tell you it is done, I would hope you could take that check to the bank. I think I'm gonna have to start expecting the same! For now, I'll shut up in the back seat of this roller coaster and hold on...your thoughts???