A good day for business, bad day for me

Here are a couple of business/non-profit project ideas that I had in the past week,but that are already taken:
- a website for happiness : behappy.fr or something like that...
the idea would be like a blog, or a twitter, and everyday I would give a hint on how to be happy, how to engage in activities that foster the factors of happiness.
Mostly based on the How to be happy wiki, except the points that I dont agree with. it would link everyday to a different topic, like www.vie-de-reve.com, www.dreaminder.com, etc.

- a website for energy audit for companies: the aim is to provide an online tool for companies to be able to assess their energy consumption by themselves, to identify the main sources of energy consumption, and to provide some guidelines for reduction of carbon footprint.
Then on top of that, I was thinking of building a "freemium" model, i.e. Free + Premium, where one can sell consulting and expertise about energy audit, training for CSR/SD (corporate social responsaibility & sustainable development responsible in companies, etc. One name I had thought about was "Elec'onome".... and it's already taken! by the syndicate responsible for the local distribution of electricity in France.

well... more to follow, soon. I need to get ahead of the trend, now I 'm just having ideas that someone already had before!

Keep Walking in 2010

First : I wish all of you readers, and your relatives & friends, a very happy new year 2010.

Now. Digging up what I had or hadn't posted for last year's season greetings, I ended up cross-checking the objective(s) of tyhis blog, detailed in my very first post : The ambition of leadership.
Quoting myself (I know, very unpolite!): "Let's try to find out more about [...] what it means to be human. Here as in many other situations, the final destination - ultimate knowledge - is not as interesting as the path towards it."

What do I mean by "keep walking"? Mostly 3 things:
1. keep going towards what you like and enjoy most
2. keep paying attention to how you are maturing, what you are learning
3. adjust your direction accordingly (back to 1)

What is there in 2010 for me?
1. I keep looking towards the renewable energy sector, learning more facts, techniques, business stakes
2. I have my personal plan for the " coming years, with deadlines & checks regularly spread out
3. I still read a lot and enjoy it, which helps me to look at my choices critically as I go.


There are tons and tons of things I would like to do, but at the moment I am rather trying to simplify my life around priorities, therefore I am doing less things, and more of them.

As usual, I will try to post some of my initiatives or business ideas around these pages.

In the meantime, why don't you try the exercise for yourself:
What is there in 2010 for you?

Keep walking, I hope your footsteps bring you back here from time to time.

Once again: i wish you a VERY HAPPY 2010.