17.09.2004, 21:30
Der PW Insider hat jetzt das Vorwort veroeffentlicht von dem Buch.Wenn der PW Insider so weiter macht und jede Woche was veroeffentlicht,brauch ich mir das Buch garnichtmehr kaufen ;)
I began this journal for my personal record of what I thought would be a landmark year in my life from a financial standpoint. I wanted a daily record to be able to leave to my children.
While I had no idea at the time this journal began, that I would ever be back in the business of professional wrestling, the excerpts taken from this journal give a day-to- day story of the development of NWATNA. The wrestling venture began and has survived against great odds and unbelievable setbacks.
I find it hard to believe that God would care if we had a wrestling business or not, but the events of the past year leave me no other explanation. We began the project with $1,000,000.00 and a boatload of optimism. In spite of setback after setback, we marched on toward our launch date and everyday put us deeper in debt and more at risk than I ever imagined. The laws of probability were defied with this venture because we found a company to venture into the professional wrestling business and finance our dream. Because of circumstances unforeseen, we found ourselves with less than a month to find a second company to finance our project. After a lot of thought and advice, I decided to only publish the material that related to our wrestling venture. While events in the wrestling venture were impacted by all the other events that were my life in 2002, the construction business, my interaction with my wife, my family, and friends made the story convoluted and difficult to follow.
During the edit process, I was tempted to edit and rewrite many passages. This process has enlightened me to the fact that not only do we often regret speaking to others in haste or while emotions are high, in retrospect, we regret writing our thoughts to ourselves. Time has a way of smoothing out the hurt feelings and bruised ego. I have not edited or rewritten my thoughts at the time the journal was written. This journal reflects my emotions on the day events occurred.
While I have dedicated this book to my children, I would be remiss if I did not mention the unyielding support of my wife, Deborah. She was my rock during the darkest hours along this journey. I remember the lines in a short story titled 'Death of a Hired Hand', "Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. I should have called it something I haven't to deserve."
I began this journal for my personal record of what I thought would be a landmark year in my life from a financial standpoint. I wanted a daily record to be able to leave to my children.
While I had no idea at the time this journal began, that I would ever be back in the business of professional wrestling, the excerpts taken from this journal give a day-to- day story of the development of NWATNA. The wrestling venture began and has survived against great odds and unbelievable setbacks.
I find it hard to believe that God would care if we had a wrestling business or not, but the events of the past year leave me no other explanation. We began the project with $1,000,000.00 and a boatload of optimism. In spite of setback after setback, we marched on toward our launch date and everyday put us deeper in debt and more at risk than I ever imagined. The laws of probability were defied with this venture because we found a company to venture into the professional wrestling business and finance our dream. Because of circumstances unforeseen, we found ourselves with less than a month to find a second company to finance our project. After a lot of thought and advice, I decided to only publish the material that related to our wrestling venture. While events in the wrestling venture were impacted by all the other events that were my life in 2002, the construction business, my interaction with my wife, my family, and friends made the story convoluted and difficult to follow.
During the edit process, I was tempted to edit and rewrite many passages. This process has enlightened me to the fact that not only do we often regret speaking to others in haste or while emotions are high, in retrospect, we regret writing our thoughts to ourselves. Time has a way of smoothing out the hurt feelings and bruised ego. I have not edited or rewritten my thoughts at the time the journal was written. This journal reflects my emotions on the day events occurred.
While I have dedicated this book to my children, I would be remiss if I did not mention the unyielding support of my wife, Deborah. She was my rock during the darkest hours along this journey. I remember the lines in a short story titled 'Death of a Hired Hand', "Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. I should have called it something I haven't to deserve."