Archive for November, 2005

If you had a goal to make more money last year and didn’t get it done, here’s why.

Events that take place in our lives, and the lives of our families, are not always predictable much less controllable. Sometimes we work for weeks or months toward a goal only to have our efforts thwarted in the [...]

It’s shocking to me the number of people I talk to that "intend" on starting their own home based business, but never do.
What’s stopping them?
Well, there are about as many different reasons as there are people, but one universal barrier is that people don’t have a sufficient education. No, I’m NOT saying you’re as "dumb as an ox" or [...]

I’ve never understood why entrepreneurs are attracted to franchises. I know I’m gonna tick off a lot of people but give me a break, there’s got to be a better choice.
The big thing that franchises brag about, and seems to attract entrepreneurs, is that they have the business operations down to a science. Ok, as [...]

The franchise opportunity sounds kind of enticing. After reading an article about how many people are jumping off the 9-to-5 clock to pursue the ol’ entrepreneurial dream, it kind of gives me goose bumps to think I could instantly get my "business in a box" with customers, orders and profits… OH MY!! After all, I’d [...]

It always surprises me when I run into someone that thinks the idea of having a mentor holds no value. Why?
From my perspective mentoring started with Adam and Eve!
And in the early days of our society if you didn’t want to spend your time toiling in the fields under the hot sun you found a [...]