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+> MISSION: **To inspire and empower others to participate actively in Creation.**
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+## SWOT
+
+# STRENGTHS
+> These are natural strengths - they are not the only things I can be good at, but they are what I am presently good at.
+
+- Designing linkages, fixtures, mechanisms, machines, etc.
+- Fabrication
+- Programming
+- Documentation
+- Troubleshooting and problem solving
+- Seeing connected ideas
+- Explaining concepts in useful ways to others
+- Using setbacks as opportunities to incorporate into a larger design
+- Focusing on a reasonably well-defined task, especially if it is physical in nature and I am around other people who are on my side
+- Thinking and analyzing through situations when the facts are well laid-out
+
+
+# WEAKNESSES
+> All of these are overcomeable, but they are still real.
+
+- Cold sales
+- Closing
+- Communicating clearly when I am not certain of myself
+- Fostering ongoing relationships
+- Physical strength
+- Studying
+- Tactfulness
+- Understanding of organisms / chemistry
+- Physical strength and endurance
+
+
+# OPPORTUNITIES
+> Brainstorming area
+
+- Lack of high quality real food (vegetable CSA)
+ - There are suboptimal spots around B/N ... Double D in Decatur has better positioning
+  - Can talk to them and see how much extra space there is in the market
+  - Hey, sit down and talk to some of the CSA-like spaces here in NH
+ - multi-farm CSA *with delivery*
+  - https://www.localharvestnh.com/ in Concord NH
+  - Can this be brought to IL? Network some of the existing farms out in the boonies and send product into pickup spots in IL?
+
+- Lack of mindfulness
+ - Prompting writer; pops up when you try to visit sites (or when you're scrolling on social media for too long) (insp: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tonykelbert_saturday-thought-a-journaling-app-for-mental-activity-7050573538008686592-8a3o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop)
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+- Lack 
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+> Specific ones... can be
+>  (L)ucrative  - Provides me with money/resources to pursue mission
+>  (G)rowth     - Helps me to grow into the best version of myself
+>  (M)eaningful - Would provide fulfillment in and of doing the thing
+>  (R)isky      - May or may not succeed
+>  (F)itting    - In alignment with my strengths and weaknesses
+> Only actual ideas here. Nothing that's not expoundable in some way.
+
+(lg  F) Engineering jobs at Precision Planting, CNH, or Brandt
+( g  F) Machining/Design job at White Oak Firearms
+(lg rF) Grow White Oak Firearms into something substantially bigger
+
+(LGMr ) Take over Progressive Prairie, diversify portfolio
+(lgMR ) Start a multi-farm delivery CSA in IL
+(lgmR ) Start a farm in NH
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+( gMrF) Build a for-profit makerspace in IL
+( gMRF) Build a non-profit Based makerspace in NH
+
+(LG RF) Start a design consultancy with a really good well defined niche/brand
+
+(    F) Take a job back with DEKA
+(l   F) Take a job back with DAPR
+( gm F) Job with Stephen
+
+( gm f) Become a monk
+( GMr ) Become a priest
+
+
+# THREATS
+
+- Makerspace coup and potential fallout
+- Personal depression/acedia
+- AI tools could flood intellectual space
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+
+### ACTIONS
+
+- Write out one business sketch per day. Doesn't have to be good. 25 minutes. Keep them coming. Share them with others. (25m / day)
+- Draw one icon every two days. (4h / day)
+- Revise your resume, linkedin, and website for maximum hirability / sanity. (2 hr)