Come on in. Make yourself at home.
Welcome fellow internet adventurer!
This is my new home on the internet. Come on in and make yourself at home.
I know it’s not much to look at just yet – I’ll be giving it a lick of paint soon – but for now now it’ll be plenty fine enough for a pot of tea and a chin wag.
A nice hot cup of tea. Lovely.
Teacake? (My favorite!)
I’m JJ Jalopy: raconteur, entrepreneur, Louis Pasteur.
Okay. You caught me in a fib. I’m no microbiologist and I wouldn’t know where to start when it comes to creating a vaccine.
What I do know about, however, is your business.
That’s right. Your business.
Not your J.O.B.
Your business.
The one you started a few years ago that’s starting to really blossom?
I can help you to oil the gears of that beloved machine to free up more of your time for the creative stuff that’s really going to make the difference.
How about the home business that’s struggling? It was so exciting to take the plunge and work from your own home, wasn’t it?! You’d have no boss, more freedom, more time with your family, more fun, more money. You’d be sexier, funnier, bigger, stronger, faster, more productive!
Right?!
Well maybe it hasn’t worked out just yet. Just maybe you have a list of outstanding jobs as long as the Champs-Élysées, you’ve barely spoken to friends and family in months and the crashing tidal wave of income that was sure to come your way has turned out to be more of a trickle?
Not quite a tidal wave.
That’s okay. Don’t worry. Stay with me. In the weeks and months and years to come I’ll help you to gain clarity.
Maybe we can turn it around. Maybe we’ll have to let it go and try again. It’ll be okay either way. You will succeed in the end if you want to. This much I know.
How about the home business you’re just starting? The life coaching practice that lives inside your head as a dream? The one that’s going to bring you so much wealth and fulfillment just as soon as you get the time? The consulting practice which will skyrocket your income just as soon as you get enough money to quit your job?
Well I love those businesses. I love a blank slate as much as I love to help turn around an existing business. If you stick around here you’ll learn tried and tested approaches to starting and marketing your business which just work. This stuff has been done before many times. I’ll show you how to get from A to B, with time to spare for a cup of tea and a hob nob.
I started my career in business in 2001. I was a Management Consultant for a big, important-sounding consultancy in London. I wore a suit to work. I had business cards. I gave most of them to my Mum. She was so proud!
I worked for many of the major players in the UK investment and retail banking market. I saw a lot. I learned a lot. I talked a lot. Most of the time I even knew what I was talking about. I drank a lot of tea.
I enjoyed my job but I didn’t love it.
And if you’re like me, you’ll find it difficult to do something that you don’t love. My bed is the comfiest bed in the world. It takes something spectacular to get me out of that thing in the morning.
I love my bed!
So I found something that I do love.
(And thankfully it’s relevant to our little story.)
Mrs. Jalopy (Kalpna) is a super-successful life coach. She’s probably the best in the world and would kick Tony Robbins’s giant white ass in a coach-off any day. No question.
And what she wants to do is coach.
That’s what all good coaches want to do. That’s what she’s awesome at.
Good business people want to doing the creative work that is their speciality. That’s where they contribute the most.
Kalpna didn’t want to be writing business plans or setting up marketing campaigns. She didn’t want to be documenting business processes, working out supply chains, or setting up email auto-responders. In fact, she didn’t know what half of that stuff was, or whether or not it was important. (Most of it isn’t really.) So she worried about not doing it.
What I love doing is helping people to set up and design their home businesses in such a way that they can stop worrying and concentrate on the good creative work they love doing.
He loves what he is doing,
Whatever your situation – if you have or are interested in setting up a home business, coaching or consultancy practice – please stick around and talk to me. I think you’ll find a lot of value here. And I hope to have a lot of fun with you.
This is going to be pretty informal. I like it that way. One day I might write a detailed step-by-step guide. The next day I might post a bad joke about a drunk otter. We’ll see how it goes. What I ask is that you contribute to this blog if you are getting value from it. Like all good attention-seekers I feed off the energy of those around me and I’d love to hear your encouragement and suggestions.
Now if you don’t mind, I’m exhausted and it’s past my bedtime. You can let yourself out if you don’t mind.
Until next time.
JJ Jalopy.
Comment by Bob Kaufer
1 April 2009
JJ,
I think I am gonna like reading your stuff. Welcome to Kevin’s IM class. It is a lot of work but well worth it
Bob Kaufer
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Comment by Jenny Roe
1 April 2009
I love your style JJ.
Great to have your voice here in the blogging world. You make me smile.
Jenny
Comment by Rosemarie Jones
1 April 2009
Hello my funny-named friend!
This is wild. I can’t wait to read more.
Rosemarie x
Comment by Coach Kalpna
1 April 2009
JJ, I have tea!
I then sat and read your post – and it’s so YOU! I love it.
Having experienced your services first hand I can vouch that you do what you say – all in your own fresh unique style!
More please… (is the next one going to have the drunk otter joke?!).
Coach Kalpna
http://www.coachKalpna.com
Comment by JJ Jalopy
1 April 2009
Wow. Thanks for the lovely comments everyone.
I’m feeling the pressure to come up with a joke about a drunk otter now!
The concept is funny enough by itself, right?!
Okay okay. I’ll try harder!
JJ Jalopy.
http://www.jjjalopy.com
Comment by Lynn Lane
1 April 2009
JJ,
Good stuff. I look forward to more.
Dare to be Great!
Lynn Lane
http://www.Warriorofsuccess.com
Comment by Rob Northrup
1 April 2009
I love it, I look forward to learning more from you Jalopy man!
Seize the Day,
Rob
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Comment by Philip Graves
1 April 2009
It’s going to be fun stopping by!
Philip
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Comment by April Braswell
2 April 2009
ok, I want to hear the one about the drunk otter….
All the best,
April Braswell
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Comment by Yann Vernier
2 April 2009
I really like your writing style – very engaging.
Looking forward to reading more!
All the best,
Yann
http://www.ProfitsTactics.com
Comment by John Ho
3 April 2009
Hey JJ,
I made a comment at this psot about 22 hours ago. Buti can’t find it here any more!
So this is 2nd time lucky!
John Ho
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