Take care of your neighbor

January 2, 2009 by yhurg
Filed under: Special 

Part I.

Building a business from the ground up has proven to be a gruesome challenge, especially for BHAGs like me that tend to seek out rainbows. Aside from the time and money required you also are faced with tremendous mental, emotional, and spiritual hurdles for which few can afford comfort. Even with all these fascinating social networking sites, building, managing, and driving your startup business is no easier today than in the past.

Fortunately there are still winds of encouragement and motivation that often reveal themselves when you are still and listen. Things like, “persistence pays” and “believe in your dreams” are spoken to us through family, friends, books, movies, television, you name it. When I look back in life it’s like there is a clear and hollow tunnel that resounds these soft spoken moments of inspiration. It’s one of the things that keeps me going.

One of the more important books I ever read was The E-Myth by Michael Gerber. This book helped me to keep a good operational perspective on being a business owner. Something I gained from Gerber’s message that was probably not intended is that you shouldn’t try too hard on your business. The male gender is prone to obsessing with his own work, but it is not necessary. It actually destroys. I have witnessed it. This doesn’t mean not to work hard. But to work smarter than harder.

The The 4-Hour work Week is another book with a similar message but with an entirely unique context. This book is about delegating, exercising your network connections, and living in a bubble. Great strategy.

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