It’s Today

Today is here. Not all that profound in and of itself, but given that I’ve been counting down to Wednesday, September 16, 2009 for weeks now, it definitely has weight. Not your run of the mill Wednesday. Not your average blog post (hopefully). Not just another day.

Today, Wednesday, September 16, I officially launch my business. (Doves have now been released into the sky that you’d be able to see and enjoy if it weren’t for all the confetti.) Today I officially launch ME!

www.RonnaDetrick.com

The idea to have a business of my own, a source of revenue, a context through which I can articulate (and sell) my areas of passion and expertise, has been in the works (and in various forms) for a few months now. Today marks a change though; a shift from “it” to “ME.” More important than the business name, the website and its address, or anything else, is declaring what I know about myself, what I know how to do, and what I’m passionate about. Today is the day I announce, proclaim, and otherwise reveal my cards. Today is the day I launch ME!

I could tell you all the specifics of how and what I am doing, the kind of clients I work with, and the results I offer. I could sell, sell, sell my wares. I could put in multiple hyperlinks directing you to various places within my website so that you learn every last detail about my expertise, my skill, my “product. And…eventually…I will.

But today I want to do nothing more – and certainly nothing less – than to show you ME.

Here I am:

• Names – Ronna Detrick, Ronna Miller, Ronna Detrick Miller, and countless others spoken and not.
• Roles – mom, daughter, sister, lover, friend, colleague, acquaintance, blogger, leader, consultant, coach, speaker, writer
• Emotions – passionate, insecure, excited, afraid, giddy, nervous, anticipating, confident, empowered.
• Media – website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Biznik and more log-in/password combinations than I can count.
• Advocate – my daughters, my clients, my friends, my beliefs

But still, this doesn’t cover it; doesn’t totally let you know and experience me. And that’s a glorious thing. I’m far more complex, far more detailed, far more…

It has been the process of coming to believe this, that I am “far more,” that has compelled today’s launch. It’s unnerving and scary and incredibly risky to drive a stake in the ground and say THIS IS WHAT IS DO. I’ve been doing that work for months now – not by choice, but circumstance. Being laid off, though painful, has been the impetus that has brought me to this day. But still, that’s not what today is about. Today is about saying, no matter how unnerving, scary, and risky, THIS IS WHO I AM.

There’s no ribbon to cut or grand opening to attend. No marketing materials that will hit thousands of home in today’s mail. No sandwich-board promotions on the street corners. There’s just me. No wait, not “just.” There’s me. All of me. The “far more” me. The out-loud me. The truth-telling me. The talented me. The passionate me. ME!

I could go on and on, but then that would verge on narcissism. More than anything, my purpose today – at least in this blog post and this “launch” is to invite you to know me. Yes, of course, I want you to read through my website. YES, OF COURSE, I want you to hire me. Please do! And there’s still time. Still space. Still blog posts to write. Still tweets to send. Still many, many RENEGADEconversations to have. That’s me: living between the now and the yet to come, between the who I am and who I’m yet to be, between reality and desire, and always, always, always in passionate hope.

So today, yes, I “launch.” And tomorrow I will do the same – in far more specific ways. You’ll just have to come back to read more, learn more, hear more. I have guest bloggers in the queue, posts on the “product” I sell, ideas, plans, and pages and pages of writing (topped only by hours and hours of dialogue and discussion). Far more.

Even now, with “today” here, I feel a great deal of trepidation in publishing this post – like there should be even more “far more,” like I should be announcing or promoting or meeting expectations. But here’s the deal: I know me. I know what I love. I know what I do. I know what I hope on others’ behalf. And I know I don’t have to articulate that – at least in its entirety – today.

Absolutely – read the website. Absolutely – book an appointment. Absolutely – send me referrals. Absolutely – subscribe to my posts. Absolutely – follow me on Twitter. But more than anything, know how absolutely grateful I am that you’re here and that I’m being seen, being experienced, being known.

Welcome. Here I am. With “far more” to follow.

P.S. For those of you who just can’t believe I’m not pushing some new service in this post and must, must, must understand how I plan to make money, click here.

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