True Business Owners Never Die!

Are you thinking that your business days are over and you will never be able to start up again? Then listen up. I'm here to tell you that you can start over again. You may be down to your last can of beans, and you need the money for your house payment, but there is hope! I've been there! I know the pain of debt, lost business, and lost dreams. So I want to tell you a few things about myself and help you get back to living life to the fullest.

It's 8:15 am this morning and I'm up and at my computer with a renewed vigor. That's my life now as an internet entrepreneur. This working from home is great, but you have to treat it like a real business.

For over 30 years I would rost myself out of bed at 4:30 am, get ready for work and drive 37 miles to my office. I was kind of like a dairy farmer, I had a herd to take care of. (I actually did spend a summer on a dairy farm in my college years!). Once there, I would get the workers out to their jobs at the various homes across the city and then check in with the office staff. Most of the rest of my days were spent driving from home to business to home to give estimates for future work. There were many days that I would clock 200-300 miles on my truck by the time I pulled in the garage at home. Needless to say I went through barrels of fuel and many vehicles over the years.

This much travel really ate up my time. I would spend at least 1800 hours of my life on the road. Now I have a simple walk of about 70 feet from my home to my office in a separate building to conduct my internet business. Quite a savings on gas and vehicles, I must say. I kind of miss traveling. But the actual traveling time was very non productive.

There is something that I got out of all that travel; it was the constant motion all day. Nothing was stale. I'd travel all over Oregon and Washington State inspecting jobs and writing estimates. I've even been to Alaska, Hawaii and California for work. One of the big rewards was meeting new people everyday. You would never know what type of interesting people you would meet and deal with. Some people would be the type you would want to make good friends and others you could not of get out of the house fast enough.

I developed a very keen sense of whether or not we were going to get the job that I was bidding. After about 27,000 bids over the 30 year period, it was coming just natural.

Things like how friendly they were, how much respect did they show you, and how interested they were in what you had to say were very important. The clincher usually came at the end when you started to ask about scheduling. If they felt free enough to give you dates and asked how long you would take to do the job, you were getting close. Also, if you were there because of a refferal from one of your previous jobs, it was a good sign. But, you could not get too self confident. You still had to work to gain the customers trust and approval.

Well all that work and travel came to an end about a year ago. The construction business had been reduced to fighting over a few small jobs with my competitors. I had downsized from 25 people to 3 and could not hold the doors open any longer. I closed the business, sold my building and was on the road again.

Now almost a year later, I'm back in a business of my own. I dabbled at doing estimates for another company, and tried a stint at mowing lawns, but it was not cutting it. (No pun intended). At 61 years old, having done over 50 million dollars in wood floor work, designed, remodeled and built new houses, remodeled and sold commercial buildings, I was not employable. They just don't want you out there in the regular job market. I'm an outcast, the last on their list to hire. My mindset is different then the rest. There in lies the key to success.

I've never taken a government handout, but I don't begrudge those who have to. I want to sail on my own, unencumbered by the restrictions of a boss or government rules. And boy did I have them when I owned the floor business! So now I peck away at my keyboard and make money. I would not say it is an easy task, but it sure beats driving miles and miles and sitting in traffic. There is no get rich quick method out there, but through hard work and determination you can succeed again and get back to living the life you had before.

Check into getting a good education about the internet, on the internet. You will then have your spirit back, and continue on the road to fulfilling those dreams!

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