The Mona Lisa Million Project – Introducing… Me!

It’s Tuesday, and after spending the weekend recovering from the last few weeks of the school term and catching up on my sleep, I’ve also finally managed to catch up on my emails. I think, and correct me if I’m wrong, everyone who needs a reply from me, has had a reply?

If anyone is still waiting on me then give me a big shout and I’ll put it right.

Now that the pressure is sort of off with me not having to spend hours on the road every day doing school runs, I want to seize the moment and get this project fulfilling its potential.

I know I’ve been doing this for six months now and I know that progress has been slooooow, but every single day I believe will be the day when it takes off. Sometimes it’s a naive belief but I cling to it anyway!

Sometimes I laugh at the idea that I want this project to raise one million dollars… sometimes I feel embarrassed even thinking it, let alone writing it or saying it aloud… but despite the obvious lack of money rolling in, I still believe it’s possible… which is why I persist.

I persist, because more than ever I want this to work.

I want to remain a stay at home dad after the summer holidays – and if this project doesn’t take off – my stay at home dad days will be over and I’ll curse the day I let the opportunity slip through my fingers. I have another post nearly completed which covers my back-story and illustrates why this project is important on a personal level – hopefully I’ll get that out tomorrow, if not sooner!!

I also persist because it would be so fantastic to know that we are helping others through this project by donating 50% of the after tax profits to good causes.

I also love the fact that there are some fabulous people already associated with the Mona Lisa Million Project who help me every day with tweets, retweets, Stumbles and assistance behind the scenes through email.

I really want so much to see my early adopters do very well indeed. And so I feel compelled to make it work so that when there are thousands of eyes on this site, those eyes get to see you fabulous folks!

There’ll come a point in the project when there are just so many people involved, that beyond the bare minimum of what I commit to doing – which is a mention in a post – the opportunity to submit a promotional post – and some mentions on Twitter – I’ll struggle to provide more for new additions. But I will always find time to promote those of you who supported me so well in the early days.

So in an effort to make this the turning point – the day on which the project takes off – I’ve decided to try a spot of video blogging. It’s nothing more than an introduction, but I thought you might like to see that there’s a real person behind all of this… a frantically busy and often chaotic person, but a real person none-the-less.

Have a great day… and enjoy the video!!

Dave.

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