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If Only B-Day Wishes Came True!
If birthday wishes could come true, I might be a little more excited about my b-day this weekend! Otherwise, if wishes could come true, then the list would include obvious items such as, unlimited riches, universal intelligence & knowledge, eternal life, etc.! However, while riches would be obvious, what I would do w/ the riches would probably not be as obvious & some might even think it would be crazy or not smart at all! But they are ideas, hope, dreams & wishes that I've always wanted to do since before I even started my biz & others are concepts that I've added during my years in biz. I'll list them below & you can tell me by commenting below.
1) Now taking into consideration the fact that we're talking about an enormous amount of money, my 1st act would obviously get myself & my family out of debt which would include parents, brothers & sisters! Nothing extravagant like 2nd homes, 5 - 10 vehicles, retirement for life, etc.! I'm a firm believer in everything you have is due to the hard work, dedication, sacrifice, determination & more that you put into it! If that means giving them a job w/ my company, then it will be a job that's important & valuable to the company & to my clients! A janitorial job would not pay them $100,000/year or something crazy like that! Anyone in biz & even your clients know that the money we have to charge per hour is a combination of the expenses plus a profit! I would never make up some unnecessary position in the company that my clients would have to be responsible to pay! That's totally ridiculous & completely irresponsible!
2) The 2nd thing I would do is re-invest the money back into Stokes Dock Co., Inc. & buy the necessary equipment, property, facilities & employees that it so desperately needs! Its always been our plan to purchase acreage & large waterfront property that would allow us to build the necessary facilities & equipment that would make better profits in less time which would then allow us to accept more business rather than turn it away! This would also allow us to reduce our costs which would provide clients w/ more affordable boat dock systems w/out cutting into our profits! For over 10 years now, I have tried to explain this simple system to banks &/or financial institutes only to have the door constantly shut in my face! It's astonishing to me that these places actually make money considering the type of biz-ignorant people that work at these institutions! I would consider investors, but I've not found 1 yet that doesn't give me the feeling that they're going to destroy what I have worked so hard to build! We have a great system, great reputation, great products & the best personnel to make incredible profits! We simply have to work twice as hard as every other company b/c of this lack of financial support by these "financial geniuses"!
3) Considering the fact that we finally had the funds necessary to purchase the waterfront property, the 3rd thing I would do is build several more facilities that would allow us to create several new products that would improve the marine industry as a whole! These are new product ideas that we've had for years now, but unfortunately lack the resources needed to research, develop & test! The sad thing is I know they will help improve all of my clients waterfront needs, but we can't develop them due to the "financial geniuses" & their lack of support! I've worked very hard all my life in order to build this company, but I wanted more than to simply conduct business, make money & retire! These products are simply 1 facet of the big picture & the difference that we can truly make for waterfront living lifestyles & enthusiasts all over the world! Several of them revolve around Green Technology, Alternative Energy & Advanced Processes, which anyone who's familiar w/ the marine industry knows that the marine industry as a whole is decades behind in these fields & these would hopefully help open the doors to make these products & processes vitally important to our industry! Another unfortunate fact is that these have been in my comp for the past 4 years & will have to remain there until our b-day wish comes true or the funds finally become available to us!
5) Develop as many products & services within as many companies as needed in order to create hundreds of jobs & opportunities for all types of employees! The companies would also try to incorporate a self-sustainable system that would include housing, gardening, green technology products & processes along w/ many more ideals! This is a system that once we develop, could easily be sold or given to other states in order to incorporate the same systems that work properly, efficiently & effectively! These job opportunities would include & be open to parolees, under-privileged, uneducated, homeless, recovering addicts & anyone else who wants to become part of a system that will provide, train & educate people in order to better themselves! Now you have a human-being that knows & can be an important, valuable & reliable part of our society rather than an expense, worthless & unreliable part of life! No matter what negative opinion you may have for any of these type of people, I believe everyone has a value & most of the time all we need is help in order to find that value! 1 of my fav quotes is from Jim Garrison, DA of New Orleans that became famous in JFK assassination, who said, "I always wondered why it is in court if a woman's a prostitute she has to have bad eyesight!" Basically he's asking that as a witness, how does she have bad eyesight just b/c she's a prostitute? Her eyesight has nothing to do w/ the fact that she's a prostitute, but back in those days, people were ignorant & would judge their sense, sight, smell, etc., using their character! I wish I could tell you that this kind of thing doesn't happen today, but it's just as bad if not worse now, that many people judge you by your character & those that have character flaws such as parolees, drug addicts, homeless & more, are considered worthless! Why should a person be considered bad by the mistakes that he/she has made & what about those mistakes take away the true value, talent, importance, resourcefulness & more, that they may in fact have! What's says that a parolee convicted of murder couldn't participate, perform &/or provide a valuable service & resource to our industry &/or our society! I believe everyone deserves a chance to prove who they are, what they are worth &/or how much they are worth & I never use those mistakes against them either! What's truly incredible to me was the most judgmental self-absorbed & ugliest people I've ever met were actually "religious people" & even though they were taught to forgive, they instead decide to judge, gossip &/or ridicule those type of people! However, that's another subject all in itself & should be reserved for some other time!
While there are many other valuable ideas & such that I would like to introduce, my #1 focus is keeping my employees busy, providing their families w/ a paycheck & doing what we can to simply survive these difficult times! What really hurts is to watch the millions, billions & now trillions of dollars our government & financial institutions waste on products, companies, countries & more, that simply blow all of the money & then skip-out on their responsibilities to pay it all back! They give money or "loans" to big companies &/or mega-size corporations that waste it on multi-million dollar "bonuses" only to declare bankruptcy the next month! Yet when I have a plan that is not only profitable, but would help create new jobs, new opportunities & new revenues that have never existed before, they simply sweep me under the rug that they end-up rolling out for them! I know I'm not going to be a multi-billion dollar corporation, but just once I would like for someone to believe in me & my ideas! They never take into consideration or care, that I built this company on a $600 paycheck w/out anyone's financial support which should tell that I will work hard to make it successful! Just once, I wish someone or something would believe in me & my ideas enough that they would financially support them! Actual ideas that would truly make a huge difference to many people's lives! Rather than waste time on wishes, I'll continue to work hard, rely on the thoughtful, caring & overall wonderful people, friends & clients who continue to refer us business & hopefully 1 day I can make all of wishes & differences become a reality! Any help or support you can provide would be truly appreciated! Best wishes to everyone for a prosperous, enjoyable & overall wonderful 2010! Thanks to everyone for your time, your loyal support, your dedicated business & sincere consideration on these matters!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
has a 10% OFF sale on all dock accessories, towables and boat fenders. Stop by and see us today! Stokes Dock Co., Inc wants everyone to know that anything that is purchased in our Ebay store will receive a 10% discount as well. When purchasing an item please hit the send invoice button and I will deduct 10% off your total purchase cost.
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