So what exactly is a Toilet Paper Entrepreneur? Well, simply put, it's a book and a culture. And the premise behind the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur is that every now and again in your life you come to the point where you feel as you have gotten as far as you can go and you're stressed out and have this big fettering knot of frustration in your stomach. So in that mode of contemplation and cramping you go to the potty with the realization is all you need to do is get the crap out. What did you expect? Those burgers, fries and pickled hot dogs from 3 days ago are still hanging out in your belly getting drunk off their own fermentation with no place to go. So they finally get kicked out for unruly behavior. After you finally release all that waste and get rid of the nonsense it feels wonderful and oh so refreshing. You are ready to start again hopeful and renewed..that is until you get ready to wipe your ass and notice the roll is down to the last 3 sheets.
Indeed, shit happens....but why now and what next? Do you ask yourself why me and just resort to the belief that your life is never going to amount to more than a pile of shit that causes an overflooded toilet time and time again or do you get fired up and creative? If you thought about it for a moment before you decided to quirk off and start cursing to yourself and banging like a madman on the sides of the stalls, maybe, just maybe you could reach out your foot, reel in that trash can and see what you can discover in there. Ewww, what do you mean ewww? Gotta better idea?
If I was in that position, literally and figuratively, ha, ha (and btw, I have been there..more than once :)) depending on the circumstances aka 'the where' and if it was a hard or soft poopie I would continuously flush the toilet and try to use it almost like bidet style. I would use the water pressure to try to get some of the soft poopies off and then jossle my butt in the water and use my hand to clean the rest. I mean if you are in a public bathroom, you can always wash your hands you know? Or depending on whether or not I was wearing any- I would use my underwear or maybe a pantyhose, a sock, whatever? What are you shriveling your face up and mumbling about? That's gross my ass. For crying out loud people, since when did we evolve to this puritanistic better than thou attitude? Are you the same people who laugh your ass off every single time Kenny gets killed on South Park? Give me a f'in break. Underwear and socks are disposable. They can be frickin' washed or even replaced for cheap, relatively speaking. Anyway, bottom line is when push comes to shove instead of beating the crap out of someone (pun inteneded) and getting put on house arrest (again) you gotta do what you gotta do and that is the culture of a Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. And if my answers grosses you out--- I can only say you would NEVER make it as a Toilet Paper Entrepreneur or an entrepreneur in general. And I mean NEVER...
As far as the book, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, it was written by Mike Michalowicz Founder of Obsidian Launch (a growth accelerator company for young entrepreneurs 18+). While the book is a straight-talk business book for the most part, it has a bit of twisted humor sprinkled throughout. I guess the word that I am looking for is the book for the most part is 'edgy'. It is geared for the first time entrepreneur, regardless of age, who wants to get out there and jump into things full speed ahead with no fear of failure or looking back for that matter. Reality is that is the best way of doing it. When I left my job of a dozen years in the midst of frustration and decided to go out on my own I had enough money to just get me through the month I was in and somehow 3 years have passed with me going strong as ever and continuing to get bigger, better and more extreme from one day to the next. Case in point, I gave up my wonderful very good paying wireless business that it took me nearly 5 years to build to pursue working with young people full time pro-bono. HELL-O, WTF? Anyway, the forces of the universe will work itself out. At least that is what I keep telling myself...just stop the global warming people and help make the process a little easier ;-)
Anyway, about that book....I personally love good writing when it's done in a witty context and of course reading about business, so I very much enjoyed the vibe and the tone of the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. Don't get me wrong though, while there are some pretty funny parts in the book, the book itself is substantial and covers some pretty heavy subject matter (namely going out there and starting a business on your own for the first time ever). It just presents the subject in a different light and with some humor to break the technicality and depth of it a little bit. Otherwise, it would probably be overwhelming AND boring.
Until Next Time-
Love and Laughter,
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