Well, at work on my lunch break and I figured I will break a few things I mentioned down for you to get a better understanding of me. There are many topics I want to break down for you but I have to only do a couple at a time.
First Lets talk about some of my basic goals here.
Health:
I have Type 2 Diabetes and take pills for it twice a day. My sugar still consistently runs high, due to my diet. I eat whats convenient, but not healthy. I have a history of Kidney Stones, in the hundreds and 2 surgeries, I have Sleep Apnea, I sleep with a CPAP machine at night, In general I don't do any type of exercise on a regular basis. I could argue I work and am running around constantly, but that's just an excuse many use. I have to make time to eat healthier. Losing weight would greatly improve my sleep apnea. A healthier diet would greatly improve my sugar levels, along with tons of other things. I have to stop drinking sweet tea, and sodas all together. 2 Staple drinks in my day. I do drink about a gallon of water daily already which is a plus. Nothing like Ice Cold Water to me...I need to plan my meals better and make sure they are healthy and cut junk out nearly completely. A sweet every now and then will keep me sane. financially this creates a challenge. I coupon for nearly every bit of food I have at home, which does not include many healthy meals. I am planning to be more diligent in the couponing and try harder to make healthy meals. I eat out to much as well. This hurts my health and wallet. At some point I am going to set a weekly budget for my food and coupons and will have to try and work in healthy meals as part of that. Smoking is another big part of bad health decisions. I want to quit and will need to work on that as well. Costs to much and its bad for me. I set a very poor example for my children with this. They give me crap all the time about it. So anyway there is a good idea of where I stand and want to be Health wise. I want to control my sugar, lose weight and tone up a bit, and get rid of the sleep apnea. I DO NOT WANT TO BE SKINNY. Just so ya know. I like being a big guy, just need more muscle to offset the fat.
Now about my Main Source of Income, My Job at Sportsman's Shop/T & T Sports:
I started out here as a retail person who learned our Public Safety Department and after several months managed the Retail Athletics, Public Safety and ran our Trophies Division. As of August 15th I am in outside Sales for the company. I have worked very hard to get ahead here. December 8th will be 2 years with the company. I have very much respect for the owners and most of the staff. There have been many challenges over the almost 2 years I have been here. In the beginning I was challenged to come up with creative ideas to improve operations here. Change is not widely accepted here and is not very well embraced. A couple of us here struggle daily to incorporate change to current day ideas and most here are stuck doing the same old thing the same old way. That's the way they want it and fight to keep it. When change does occur its like a battle to the death to get it done. This does not affect me as much in my current position, but for the company overall it has hurt things greatly. I have a hard time when people can not grab change by the horns and run with it and get it done. Instead of analyzing it for so long and giving it so much scrutiny that it just becomes obsolete or you just get worn out trying and give up. Don't take this wrong, the owners have been in this business over 60 years and must be doing something right. I just want to see things do better then just average and crush it within the industry. The potential is truly here,a long with the knowledge, its just getting it done that takes forever. I had planned to be making a lot more money and was told I would be by this time, but it has not happened yet. I want this job to support me financially and its not there. Its hard to cope with at times, but hopefully with my new position it will happen soon enough. Its no secret to the owner I am driven financially and if that doesn't improve I have to explore options. I need consistency from my boss, I need commitment and I need to know that if something is important to me they are listening. I have not always got that here. Evaluations ignored and skipped, promises broken and blown off on MANY occasions. Not so much these days, but surely impacted my feelings about the company I work for. Staff and employee's concerns should be heard loud and clear and addressed promptly. Change should be made swiftly for things that are not working. Now, as an outside salesperson I make those decisions in general for myself. My schedule for myself. and how I handle customers for myself. If you work with me and read this, understand I do love my job, the people I work with, and the potential for this company. I am speaking from the point of view of someone who has his own ideas and concepts of how things should be and nothing more. Things are how they decide they will be and I am OK with that 100%. So don't turn this into somethings its not. I have learned so much about the business its amazing. There is always someone here to answer a question I have and help me when I need it. I really hope to be in this business for an extended period of time. I just want it known I do not settle for just average till the day I die.
I have several other things I do to make money which I will discuss later today. I surely stay busy and part of me working to change things is to free up more time for me and more time with my kids. I will not settle for anything less....
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