One Body
The opportunity cost of physically being in one place is the most expensive of them all. An article from BusinessWeek writes:
When you’re out talking to customers and giving speeches, you’re not in meetings talking about nasty little problems
This is the motivation that got me ping-pong-ed back-and-forth from Tandang Sora to Makati twice yesterday. As I mentioned yesterday, my friends and I are on the process of wrapping up on our SEC incorporation - which mainly involved autographs and notaries from the incorporators.
0800 [makati-philair]: Got Ryan to sign his part in the articles of incorporation
1000 [cubao-horseshoe]: Got Franz and his sister, Nikki, to sign their parts of the articles of incorporation
1030 [cubao-horseshoe]: Notarized the forms
1200 [cubao-horseshoe]: Had a diet-wrecking lunch
1330 [t. sora-commonwealth]: Arrived at my MetroBank branch to create corporation’s bank account
1345 [t. sora-commonwealth]: Found out that MetroBank had its prescribed treasurer’s affidavit. It required notarization and signatures from all the incorporators. They said that the generic affidavit generated by SEC’s online registration was incomaptible and therefore, cannot be used.
1350 [t. sora-commonwealth]: Left MetroBank without a bank account after asking why do other branches don’t need such prescribed treasurer’s affidavit and why this wasn’t SAID when I inquired about the requirements two weeks ago from the SAME branch
1400 [t. sora-evelina]: Brainstormed on possible schedule for the next 24 hours of my life.
The original plan was for Franz to have the new document autographed by the signatories living in Makati early next morning. However, that would prevent us from meeting with one of our clients. Therefore we improvised.
1430 [t. sora-evelina]: Coordinated with the schedules of the signatories based in Makati
1500 [t. sora-evelina]: Went to Makati
1600 [makati-pililia]: Picked up Leo
1630 [makati-philair]: Met Ryan
1700 [makati-philair]: Acquired autographs of all subjects from Makati
1800 [manila-binondo]: Wai-Ying. Unlimited dimsum and one rice meal each for four hungry people for a total bil of P765.
1930 [manila-binondo]: Business meeting and one Hot Chocolate Grande at iStarBaksss
2145 [makati-pililia]: Dropped off Leo
2235 [cubao-horseshoe]: Dropped off Franz
2345 [t. sora-evelina]: Dropped myself to bed
While I will do everything to get our company up and running, I will not allow it to get in the way of previous commitments. Doing so would be very detrimental to my reputation, professional code of conduct and of course, conscience.