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Hub You - You, Your Family & The Company You Might Buy
Be daring and be different!As a former Yellow Page consultant for 25 years, I would recommend you take the time to figure out what makes you different from your competition and work from that base. After all, how else is Mrs. Jones going to choose from the hundreds of plumbers in the directory?Begin in the beginning. That’s not as easy as it sounds. Build your ad from the headline on down. It’s the place mos
“I want to work a basic 9 to 5 day”
and you are investigating a business that currently opens at noon and closes at 9 p.m. you would not have a “Match” and you would not check off the box under “Match”. After you have checked or not checked all of the “Match” boxes you can go back and decide whether or not you will accept the lifestyle differences. In this case you would have to decide w
Your schedule can get pretty full if you are calling ten people a day, following up on leads and doing the work required. You have to make sure that the work you are providing is of the best quality possible or you will lose the customer in the long run. It is also of prime importance that you schedule ten activities per week. It may seem like a lot but if you think about how you spend your time during the day, you only need to schedule two
Some of the questions may seem to be very obvious, patronizing or even foolish, but you would be surprised at how many people have not considered each and every item. You may find it difficult to answer yes or no to a question, but it is important that you give it your best try. It is also important that you are honest with yourself and remember that there are no right or wrong answers.
If you desire to make the best use of the questionnaire, I recommend that you and each member of your family answer the questions now (if you wait until you have identified a potential business it is much harder to answer the questions impartially and honestly).
Once you have identified a business that is a potential acquisition, compare the character traits and lifestyle that you will need and must have if you actually consummate acquiring the business against the answers to the questions that you gave initially. Then you can determine if you are willing to accept the changes to your attitudes and lifestyle that your new business will demand. If nothing else the completed questionnaire will show you the consequences towards your attitudes and lifestyle should you consummate the acquisition of the business in question.
If for instance, you initially answered, “yes” to question number 1;
“I want to work a basic 9 to 5 day”
and you are investigating a business that currently opens at noon and closes at 9 p.m. you would not have a “Match” and you would not check off the box under “Match”. After you have checked or not checked all of the “Match” boxes you can go back and decide whether or not you will accept the lifestyle differences. In this case you would have to decide wh
What steps would you take to protect your business from a burglar coming in after office hours and stealing ?40,000? I suspect that you would make sure that all the doors have very good locks. You would install a burglar alarm and maybe even have CCTV surveillance. That should protect your business. Wrong! The burglar did not break into your office; they broke into your internal phone exchange (PBX). Unseen by human or electronic eyes, thous
If you desire to make the best use of the questionnaire, I recommend that you and each member of your family answer the questions now (if you wait until you have identified a potential business it is much harder to answer the questions impartially and honestly).
Once you have identified a business that is a potential acquisition, compare the character traits and lifestyle that you will need and must have if you actually consummate acquiring the business against the answers to the questions that you gave initially. Then you can determine if you are willing to accept the changes to your attitudes and lifestyle that your new business will demand. If nothing else the completed questionnaire will show you the consequences towards your attitudes and lifestyle should you consummate the acquisition of the business in question.
If for instance, you initially answered, “yes” to question number 1;
“I want to work a basic 9 to 5 day”
and you are investigating a business that currently opens at noon and closes at 9 p.m. you would not have a “Match” and you would not check off the box under “Match”. After you have checked or not checked all of the “Match” boxes you can go back and decide whether or not you will accept the lifestyle differences. In this case you would have to decide w
CAREERS - SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES.SO OFTEN WE GET LOST IN THE SEARCH - WE LOOSE THE PROSPECT OF FINDING OUT OUR SPECIAL SKILLS AND THE VISIBLE TALENTS WE HAVE.1. IS MONEY THE DRIVING FORCE - CHOOSING THE CAREER?2. WHEN DO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING IN THE RIGHT FIELD? WE CHOSE RIGHT!!!3. IS OUR CAREER IMPACTING OUR HOME LIFE AND OUR SEX LIFE?Indeed work is a major part of our lives. The average
Once you have identified a business that is a potential acquisition, compare the character traits and lifestyle that you will need and must have if you actually consummate acquiring the business against the answers to the questions that you gave initially. Then you can determine if you are willing to accept the changes to your attitudes and lifestyle that your new business will demand. If nothing else the completed questionnaire will show you the consequences towards your attitudes and lifestyle should you consummate the acquisition of the business in question.
If for instance, you initially answered, “yes” to question number 1;
“I want to work a basic 9 to 5 day”
and you are investigating a business that currently opens at noon and closes at 9 p.m. you would not have a “Match” and you would not check off the box under “Match”. After you have checked or not checked all of the “Match” boxes you can go back and decide whether or not you will accept the lifestyle differences. In this case you would have to decide w
If professional people can understand why change fails, then life must get easier…discuss!Our business lives have become more pressured over recent years – computing and telecommunications have a lot to answer for in that the mobile phone has led to instantaneous communications wherever you are in the world, and email has lead to more interpersonal communications than ever. Computing power and complex software has lead to more questio
If for instance, you initially answered, “yes” to question number 1;
“I want to work a basic 9 to 5 day”
and you are investigating a business that currently opens at noon and closes at 9 p.m. you would not have a “Match” and you would not check off the box under “Match”. After you have checked or not checked all of the “Match” boxes you can go back and decide whether or not you will accept the lifestyle differences. In this case you would have to decide w
It might have been your best friend, your partner, your boss, your brother or even your lover. It burns deep inside. You can’t sleep for the anger, the shock and dismay. You may find yourself still not believing it’s happened to you. But it has!When those we have entrusted with our money, our plans, our strategies, our loyalty or even our love betray us, we feel violated deep inside. We feel crushed. We wonder if we can ever rec
“I want to work a basic 9 to 5 day”
and you are investigating a business that currently opens at noon and closes at 9 p.m. you would not have a “Match” and you would not check off the box under “Match”. After you have checked or not checked all of the “Match” boxes you can go back and decide whether or not you will accept the lifestyle differences. In this case you would have to decide whether or not you would be prepared to adjust your lifestyle so that you could work from noon until 9 instead of 9 to 5.
You may wonder how to respond to a “Match” on a question such as number 7;
“I pick my children up from school or other events on a regular basis”.
You may think that this has little if anything to do with the business that you are considering acquiring, however it does. In many small businesses you will find that your time scheduling is seldom your own. For instance, if in your new business venture you end up spending most of your time out of the business on the road selling, making commitments to be at certain places at specific times such as picking up the children will be difficult due to traffic congestion, delays, lengthened or changed appointments or other items not under your control. Calling a prospective client to say that you will be an hour late or that you have to postpone your meeting until tomorrow may work fine. Leaving the kids in front of the school for two hours will probably not work out at all. You may be looking at a retail store that has a substantial, reliable, well trained, staff. In that case it may not be a problem for you to leave the store for an hour everyday to pick the kids up from school.
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