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I wanted to change the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. I was insisting we had to have only the best people... If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence... -( Jack Welch).  The first time I set my eyes on www.seundsbeads.com  online, I went... "Kai, I can do better." That-local-kind of ego! You know! Do the bead; snap it; upload it... Finish! Thousands of likers&followers appear; clientele explodes; overwhelming cash flow begins. Have I considered the nature& the ever changing rules of this particular engagement, the hassles;  the hurdles and personal negativities?  No! That's the mindset. That's the attitude. Today, I understand better. Nowadays, people goes, "yaay! your work is different; your illustrations are out of this world. Please tell me how to achieve this feat." Guess I should allow my back and my eyes to do the answering. First thing is that I don't go out at all. If I do, it definitely has to...

After blooming 🌹, pollinators 🐝 came. This was followed by fruiting. How tasty the berries 🍓 are could only be testified to by the hummingbirds🐦 The first #beadstyle 💎 I originally 👀 @marcoljewelrycafe🙌👌👍😘. I love😍 it especially the #colorcombo. Couldnt wait to replicate it. The idea for the second style came from a different idea 💡 which I later adapted as a follow up👆for the first style. RATIONALE: when we are in full bloom(successful), see how people(the good, the bad, and the ugly) would be attracted to us; swarming all over us; overwhelming us. This stage seems the sweetest. Everybody wants to identify with you. One may tend to become intoxicated, giddy, conceited and pompous(PRIDE). Loss of focus sets in. At this stage, One needs to be very careful you know! •Success, like politics makes/attracts strange bedfellows •Most importantly, pride leaves no room for Grace. It is a spiritual cancer; it eats up the very possibility of love, contentment or even common...