Are you planning to start your own small business? Do you hate your job and dream of being your own boss? How hard can it be? These 5 questions are vital to ask yourself. You are the best mechanic, IT geek, baker, cleaner or candle stick maker in town. All your friends think you are a genius. They don't even know why you haven't done it sooner. Or I got a redundancy payout from the public service or the bank or left the armed services. Time to take control of your time and be your own man. What better back ground for a small business owner than coming out of a large corporation, public service or the military?  Here are the five vital questions to ask yourself before you take the leap of faith and start your own business. 1) Why do you want to run your own business? The stronger the reason the greater the emotional drive. If you are planning to run a cleaning business to make a bit extra cash to supplement your day job is very different to want...

  Are you currently battling with effectively balancing your family and business life? Are you working when you should be with your family? Maybe you are struggling with changes to your business and family life balance ? Maybe you lay awake at night “ freaking out” from nightmares about what may happen to your business if you don’t go into the office on Saturday? Do you break out in a sweat whenever a friend simply raises the subject that perhaps, you should consider changing your work pattern? Or, perhaps your partner makes plans to go out to dinner and a show, but you are always too late at work? If the above describes you, you just might have a problem that needs to be addressed. There are 2 very different drivers behind these behaviors: 1)       The Workaholic 2)       The Just Too Scared to Stop Running   Workaholic: A person who compulsively works excessively hard and long hours   Fi...

Are you struggling to manage your business through a challenging family hardship? Maybe the pressure of an illness of a family member is effecting your ability to run the family business? Maybe your own health is the issue? I have been working for myself since I has 21.That is an achievement I am very proud of! But the road has not always been smooth, I have had my share of personal challenges ,every family has their share. No matter what the motivational gurus say.Life doesn't always go to plan!Stuff happens!The greatest plans of mice and men can go out the door in a heartbeat. The things you should worry about you will not see coming.The kind of thing that hits you at 11.28am on nondescript Saturday morning. Our Family has got through our share of family challenges Over 20 years of franchising,we have seen so many people meet face personal mountains that at the time seemed insurmountable.Illnesses like Cancer.MS.Heart Conditions,Organ transplant. ...