{"id":3422,"date":"2011-01-26T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T19:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2011-01-26T10:35:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T19:35:19","slug":"the-benefits-of-negative-thinking-by-anne-mckinnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/the-benefits-of-negative-thinking-by-anne-mckinnell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Negative Thinking, by Anne McKinnell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"The most difficult thing on the road to going pro is figuring out where you want your road to go.\u00a0 I started off on the road because I love photography and am ready for a change in my life.\u00a0 I want to do something creative and spend more time outside so I started thinking about how I could make a business out of it.<\/p>\n

My experience in project management came in handy as I worked through some business ideas.\u00a0 One of the ideas combined my boating experience, business experience and photography into one exciting marine photo tour adventure.\u00a0 My clients could be tourists or amateur photographers.\u00a0 I would need a bigger boat, which is a significant investment and sent me further down the planning path to make sure I wasn\u2019t making a mistake.<\/p>\n

One key ingredient in any good business plan is the risk assessment.\u00a0 I tried hard not to think negatively at first, but my business experience told me I should, at least just for a moment.\u00a0 Thinking hard about the risks to my personal satisfaction I came up with these:<\/p>\n