Laverne & Shirley – Perfect Entrepreneurial Attitude!
Ah… memories! I remember when Happy Days, followed by Laverne & Shirley were a much anticipated event at my house! I also remember how the 3 kids (I’m the middle) had staggered bed times – my brother had to go to bed after Happy Days (8:30), my sister got to go to bed after Laverne & Shirley (9:00) and me? I had to go to bed SMACK DAB in the middle of the show! (8:45) (Yes Mom & Dad, I still harbor some resentment about that!)
Well I got to thinking about the show a few weeks ago and realized the theme song is the perfect example of an entrepreneurial attitude. “Gonna Do it our way, yes our way, make all our dreams come true…”
So are you a Laverne or Shirley?
Laverne is the entrepreneur who gets an idea and dives right in. I imagine she’d be the person who takes risks, goes with her gut and is ok to learn from her mistakes.
Shirley on the other hand, would be the more cautious business person. She might get inspired but then she’d get analytical. Crunch numbers. Study the situation from every angle before proceeding.
Whether you are a Laverne or Shirley artist – the key is to knowing which you are and embrace it. When ever Shirley tried to act like Laverne, things did not go well!
The show “worked” because Laverne was the “yang” to Shirley’s “yin”.
It would be an equally good combination in business. So if you are Shirley to the nth degree, be sure to have a Laverne in your life to keep you moving and if you are a Laverne, find a Shirley to make sure you don’t go off in so many directions that you get nothing done.
Here’s to your creative and entrepreneurial success!
– Tara Reed
P.S. Here are the lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Sclemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated.
We’re gonna do it!
Give us any chance, we’ll take it.
Give us any rule, we’ll break it.
We’re gonna make our dreams come true.
Doin’ it our way.
Nothin’s gonna turn us back now,
Straight ahead and on the track now.
We’re gonna make our dreams come true,
Doin’ it our way.
There is nothing we won’t try,
Never heard the word impossible.
This time there’s no stopping us.
We’re gonna do it.
On your mark, get set, and go now,
Got a dream and we just know now,
We’re gonna make our dream come true.
And we’ll do it our way, yes our way.
Make all our dreams come true,
And do it our way, yes our way,
Make all our dreams come true
For me and you.
Put in "Twitter Time Out" for Excessive Tweeting! Really!
Oh yeah! This is a badge of honor if ever I created one myself. Let me explain…
I’m a bit chatty… I was never the girl to get in trouble for talking in class, oh no! I was a very well-behaved student. This is the first time that I can remember getting “in trouble” – we’ll call it “Twitter Trouble” for ‘talking’.
It was “The Big Call” with Alex Mandossian and the pre-kick-off party of sorts for the 2009-2010 Teleseminar Secrets season. Last year was the first time I took the class and it has changed my business. (go to TaraRecommendsAlex.com here for those details)
What was so cool was that not only did I learn all these amazing skills for my business, but I could interact and ‘meet’ other students on Twitter as long as I used the #tss hash tag. (That’s how I could find them.)
Well on December 3rd, I was having a great time talking to everyone! Such a great time apparently, that I was told I was shut down for “Excessive Tweeting” and to “check back in a few hours”. HUH? Sounds like social discrimination! Just because I’m a fast tweeter with a circle of friends I’m done!
At first, it was quite stressful. But I had an alternate account – as @MarianSparks said, “no one puts baby in a corner!” and Twitter can try and put me in time out but it wasn’t going to stick! 
Now I’m so enjoying sharing the story! I’m beaming with pride! This is fabulous! I think one other person got put in time out too – I’ll have to confirm that with @NewThoughts.
I decided to make a badge, start a club and revel in my ability to out-tweet Twitter. (the rule, it seems, is no more than 150 tweets an hour…)
Feel free to DM me on Twitter if you ever get put in “Twitter Time Out” – you can put the badge on your website or blog and if you ask nice, I’ll send you a button. I’ll also put you on the list of club members.
Here’s to connecting and turning lemons into lemonade! (The lemon being “Twitter Time Out” and lemonade being my “club”)
EXCESSIVE TWEET CLUB ROSTER
@ArtistTaraReed (founding member)
@NewThoughts
@KimBeasley
And here’s a video of my dad’s reaction to my mischief…
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