{"id":2975,"date":"2020-07-03T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warlinepainting.ca\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2020-07-03T16:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:40:40","slug":"to-all-the-small-businesses-out-there-a-bit-of-advice-from-dr-seuss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.warlinepainting.ca\/?p=2975","title":{"rendered":"To All the Small Businesses Out There &#8211; A Bit of Advice from Dr.Seuss"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2975\" class=\"elementor elementor-2975\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f841331 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f841331\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2902b93\" data-id=\"2902b93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4dbeae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4dbeae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I had it all planned out. This week is Small Business Week, sponsored by Business Development Canada (BDC). I wrote a tribute to all the small businesses that we work with and the ongoing contributions they make to our economy and more importantly, our communities. I was going to discuss the challenges and the struggles of taking on the task of building a business and investing EVERYTHING into making it a success and how important it is to support our local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>But tonight I was reminded by a very smart friend (thank you, Chris) of one of my very favourite authors &#8211; Dr. Seuss, who said it way better than I ever could. So in honour of Small Business Week and all our friends, customers, colleagues and associates who own small businesses, this is for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"heading-sub\">Oh! The Places You\u2019ll Go! \u2028by the incomparable Dr. Seuss<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Congratulations! Today is your day. You\u2019re off to Great Places! You\u2019re off and away!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You\u2019re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who\u2019ll decide where to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You\u2019ll look up and down streets. Look\u2019em over with care. About some you will say, &#8220;I don\u2019t choose to go there.&#8221; With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you\u2019re too smart to go down a not-so-good street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">And you may not find any you\u2019ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you\u2019ll head straight out of town. It\u2019s opener there in the wide open air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">And when things start to happen, don\u2019t worry. Don\u2019t stew. Just go right along. You\u2019ll start happening too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Oh! The Places You\u2019ll Go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You\u2019ll be on your way up!\u2028 You\u2019ll be seeing great sights! \u2028You\u2019ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You won\u2019t lag behind, because you\u2019ll have the speed. You\u2019ll pass the whole gang and you\u2019ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you\u2019ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Except when you don\u2019t. \u2028Because, sometimes, you won\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">I\u2019m sorry to say so but, sadly, it\u2019s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on. You\u2019ll be left in a Lurch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You\u2019ll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you\u2019ll be in a Slump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">And when you\u2019re in a Slump, you\u2019re not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they\u2019re darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">And if you go in, should you turn left or right\u2026or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it\u2019s not, I\u2019m afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You can get so confused that you\u2019ll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">The Waiting Place\u2026for people just waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">No! That\u2019s not for you!\u2028 Somehow you\u2019ll escape all that waiting and staying. You\u2019ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you\u2019ll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you\u2019re that kind of a guy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Oh, the places you\u2019ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You\u2019ll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">Except when they don\u2019t. Because, sometimes, they won\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">I\u2019m afraid that some times you\u2019ll play lonely games too. Games you can\u2019t win \u2018cause you\u2019ll play against you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">All Alone! Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you\u2019ll be quite a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">And when you\u2019re alone, there\u2019s a very good chance you\u2019ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won\u2019t want to go on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. On and on you will hike. And I know you\u2019ll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">You\u2019ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You\u2019ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life\u2019s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"MainBody\">And will you succeed?\u2028 Yes! You will, indeed! \u2028(98 and \u00be percent guaranteed.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"MainBody\">Kid, you\u2019ll move mountains! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"MainBody\">\u2028So\u2026be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O\u2019Shea, you\u2019re off to Great Places!\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"MainBody\">Today is your day!\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"MainBody\">Your mountain is waiting.\u2028 So\u2026get on your way!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had it all planned out. This week is Small Business Week, sponsored by Business Development Canada (BDC). I wrote a tribute to all the small businesses that we work with and the ongoing contributions they make to our economy and more importantly, our communities. 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