Last week I attended the Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim. I have been going to this show for countless years – even before melslife began. New Hope Media does an excellent producing it, and this show is fun to attend – excellent sampling. It took me 6 hours to walk the entire show. As I was walking through the show, I was trying to understand what I was witnessing. I felt like I was in a human stew – lots of desperate images – a bombardment of sites, sounds, and smells. I could feel the hope in the air that business was on an upswing. I could hear so-called “experts” pontificating strategy or knowledge to partial friends and colleagues. I ran into many friends and tasted some wonderful things. I could see people’s dreams in their eyes. I truly enjoyed the show, but I felt bad when I left. Most of the people I met will fail. Almost all of the experts will be wrong. Many hearts will be broken. Because in real life the big boys with the cash and distribution dominance will prevail and the small business owner with the best of something will run out of cash, passion, and shear resources. The show was sort of a metaphor for life. Big is not always better, but being big is sometimes better than being passionate and sometimes passion wins.
Hope & Passion?
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