Some short inspirational stories of an entrepreneur

1. If you think you can, you can
If you think you can’t, you can’t
THE BOOK OF STORIES FROM AN
ENTREPRENEUR
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2. Entrepreneur Way
You Do Not Become Redundant Your Job Does
Meg and Amy
According to the European Employment Rights Act 1996, an employee is
dismissed by reason of redundancy if the dismissal is wholly or mainly
attributable to the fact that the employer ceases to carry on the
business in which the employee was employed, or ceases to carry on
that business in the place where the employee was employed. A
redundancy will also occur when the business need for employees to
carry out a particular kind of work has ceased or diminished. It it’s to be
It’s Up to Me
So it's clear your do not become redundant your job does.
Of course no money or great stories compensates for the shock of someone
losing their job , after all it had been a way of life for you with some good Positive Message
friends who now may drift to a different path.
Real success is finding your
lifework
But you must now grasp this change there are many who will say that
in the work that you love.
redundancy has been the best thing that has ever happened to them, who are
now enjoying great success, doing something they really like, operating at
their own pace, making there own decisions and earning a lot more money for
themselves and their family, and most of all never letting the horror of
redundancy happen to them again.
Banks in the UK say those who avail of franchising opportunities are the most
successful start they are and by a distance.
It is because of the ongoing support and back up of the franchisor, who has a
tried and tested formula to run the business, so the risk is significantly less.
Business Opportunity
Taking an opportunity in Franchising is a great way to achieve business
success there are so many franchises to choose from, the choices are from,
working local, husband and wife teams, father and sons, or on your own,
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Management Franchises are coming fast for the white collar.
Before you begin
So is it that this redundancy has presented you with a great chance to tackle climbing that ladder
that notion you have always flirted with of working for yourself, a chance for a
change to do something new with the freedom that self employment brings
of success, make sure
Of course it has. It has also given you choice, but YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE IT. I it is leaning towards
know many who have taken that leap, but I must say I know not one who has the window of opportunity
gone back. you desire.
See Part 2 for steps you should take before entering into Tracy Brinkmann
business.
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3. Entrepreneur Way
Redundancy. Very often it comes out of the blue, delivered coldly Meg and Amy
in what appears to be a heartless manner and of course it is a big shock.
This horror called Redundancy can leave you feeling hopeless that you have Come to the edge he said
let everybody down and you have no idea what to do next. They said we are afraid
What can you do, many thousands have been given this challenge in recent Come to the edge he said
years and yet unbelievably Redundancy can be a God send. You will
They came
remember the bird that was kicked out of the nest and then he flew. There is
He pushed them and they
great opportunity in Redundancy for those who can grasp it, like a career
flew
change, do what you always wanted to do and that is to work for
yourself. Never allow Redundancy happen to you again. There are many
good Franchise Opportunities out there for you now - you have choice, your Positive Message
life can change greatly if you start your own business. Franchising is a great
way to do this, why franchising you might ask. Well let us take a look - If it’s to be- It’s up to
You get a business that is tried and tested along with the expertise of the ME
Franchisor and on-going Training, along with the secure knowledge you
will not be on your own.
Researching a number of Franchise Opportunities and selecting one that
suits your needs reduces your risk in starting a new business. You do not
have to convince the bank your idea is workable.
The franchisor must give support a lot of it, training must be on-going, and
it must be forever as change comes fast. Change is an essential ingredient
for success. At Mr.HandymanFranchise we have learned and understand
fully that for franchisee business owners to be successful the support and Business Opportunity
training must be on-going, it must never stop. The franchisee should never
be on their own, there is no better way for the franchisor to be successful,
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than to make sure the franchisees are successful.
David Ambinder having been made Redundant from his Vice Presidents They do not have to be millionaires.
position at Lehman Bros , this bank boss bought himself a Mr Handyman They enjoy what they do.
Franchise in New Jersey, you can hear what he has to say about coming Being wrong does not frighten them.
from a high flying career in finance to grasping a franchise opportunity .The
Above all they secretly know what
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Click on BUSINESS WEEK at the same address. So shake off the past
That is -
the future is forward. See this Redundancy as a positive and take advantage
of it. Research all the Franchise Opportunities out there and choose one you "FEAR IS NOT REAL".
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4. Entrepreneur Way
THE ENTREPRENEUR Meg and Amy
PARTNERSHIP
The most important partnership of course is marriage and just look at
how many of those go wrong. If you want to be an
individual.
When I was a 12 year old lad a regular chore given to me by my Do not get Married.
mother, was to collect meat from the butcher shop. When collecting
the meat the butcher would ask if I required seasoning I always said We do not want to listen
yes although I never knew what it was. Later I did learn that seasoning to both of you.
was a 50/50 mixture of salt and pepper which flavoured and spiced the
meat. I became a lover of this seasoning but I never liked salt, and Positive Message
pepper was just horrible. What had become clear to me was that the
butcher had accidentally or otherwise made a third product called
seasoning, two completely different products and two completely Children only bring their
different tastes that when mixed together tasted nothing like the two friends into a happy home.
products they were made from.
Marriage - to work well has to be like seasoning, when pepper partners
salt, it is no longer pepper and visa versa and from the taste of the
seasoning they never try to be, and so become a success as seasoning.
When a man and women decide that marriage is for them it would be a
great start to their new married life if they could grasp this seasoning
principle. Both must be mindful they will not be the individuals they
once were, they are now a partnership, they are something new. The
individual ways will be very much gone. If one tries to dominate or Business Opportunity
over power the other then the marriage partnership cannot be
seasoning.
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We spend so much time looking, finding an ideal partner and love what
we see, and then when we marry them we spend the rest of our life
trying to change them after accepting and liking them for what were in The secret to a good
the first place.
In the seasoning model pepper allows salt to be salt and salt allows
marriage is making
pepper to be pepper and so make a very successful seasoning, Salt and sure your partner is
Pepper as individuals is no more. Happy.
So look and learn at this seasoning model and watch how happier you
become. Never take advice from your friend about your marriage. Contact us
Friends like to tell you what they would do, if they were you, but the
challenge they give you is something they would never tackle
themselves. These friends like to live their lives through others. Free Phone 0800 01140800
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The Shoe Salesman Meg and Amy
This is a story of two English Shoe Salesmen Fred and Ben.
Both were sent to Africa to evaluate the market for Shoe Sales.
Representing two different Companies both visited within weeks of Happiness happens
each other. to people too busy
to be miserable
Fred’s Survey took one day, sending a telegram home, he wrote I have
seen all I want to see here and I am returning home. No Africans wear
shoes here it is normal and acceptable to walk barefoot so I return
home tomorrow there is no market. Positive Message
Bens Survey was much more brief and only took 3 hours, he too wrote
home, only to say I will stay here for as long as possible, can you send
me as many samples as you can, I will need help this is an absolute To a brave heart,
gem of a market nobody has shoes or wears shoes we will make a nothing is impossible.
fortune.
Fred’s Story on his return home was deemed to be true and that is how
he believed it, a view that was accepted by his Superiors. Fred and his
Company will not be selling shoes in Africa.
Ben’s Story is also true his company did send the samples to Africa
and it became a very big market for the company.
When Ben meets Fred at the annual shoe convention the story will go. Business Opportunity
Fred - I hear you have been doing a bit down in Africa we had a look,
it is not our cup of tea, of course your product style is different than The Entrepreneur
ours, but it is a brave move by you. Africans do not buy shoes they
like to go bare footed.
Ben - They do not have product style, they have no styles to compare
we sell them shoes because I saw they had nothing on their feet.
The worst boss anyone
can have is a bad habit.
Fred’s story is believable until you hear Ben’s. But if you do not hear
Bens story You will accept Fred’s lie as real. The best gift is a
good example
The great difference between Ben and Fred is Ben is a Real and True
Entrepreneur. Ben saw a positive opportunity when Negative Fred saw
no opportunity at all, yet both surveyed the same situation. Contact us
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6. Entrepreneur Way
Phone Box Meg and Amy
Many years ago down a main street in Dublin I headed to a couple of
phone boxes to make a call, one box was empty and a queue of about
five or six people had formed at the other, in front of me a women When considering
headed for the empty call box when she was beckoned by the second Franchising Opportunities
on the queue telling her that the phone there was not working, so she
took her place on the queue.
The only thing
you have to
Not fancying the wait I headed for the empty phone box when the same fear is
person beckoned me, I ignored the call and went into the box I pushed FEAR ITSELF
all the buttons and some coins popped out and the sound of call tone
happened, I successfully made my call, when I finished the guy with Positive Message
the big mouth gave me an earful saying I should have let the next
person use the phone first.
So the message and there are many in this little story is- How will you ever know
I was a participant not an observer If you don’t Try.
I was a player, not a fan and I was the only one who believed the phone
might work.
I was optimistic and above all I was not afraid to be wrong in front of
the mouth and the rest of the people on the queue I did not care what he
thought it’s none of his business if I go to the empty phone.
FEAR IS NOT REAL you the person create it.
So even in the slightest situation the Entrepreneur is still at work he
makes his life easy the people on the queue were sheep following a
fool. Every positive move you make in life will be met by ten negative Business Opportunity
ones as this is the purpose of the negative and the challenge for the
positive. Stop do not be different than me, do not do better than me, we
should all stay together THAT’S THE NEGATIVE ,THEY LIVE IN The Entrepreneur
FEAR and the big concern is they can make great sense of it,
Listen if you hear what you
know – it is confirmed
Tell your neighbour you are moving to a bigger house or a work
colleague that you are changing job and just wait for the negative Listen if you hear what you don’t
reaction keep your ears open when others are making changes and hear know – you have learned
the same negative reactions. Avoid loud, aggressive and negative fools
and do not be lead by them, there are plenty around you Listen if you hear and don’t
The link below highlights a great and true story of Ray Kroc who at 52 understand – you can learn
years old took the McDonald food chain from one shop in 1954 and
now there 31,000 outlets worldwide so its never to late to believe Listen you can learn all three
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/products/subject/business/forbes/kroc.ht
ml Contact us
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7. Entrepreneur Way
THE ENTREPRENEUR
He is someone who has observed a problem and seen opportunity, this is Meg and Amy
the true Entrepreneur. If you work in a large institution and feel
frustrated, trapped and do not like what you do, well you too could be a Whether you think you
candidate. Perhaps redundancy has presented you with an opportunity to
rethink how you want your life to move forward. There are real can or you can’t
opportunities out there for you Common traits can indicate an
entrepreneurial personality. The entrepreneurial adult often shows as an You’re Right
entrepreneurial youngster. A desire to succeed is greater among those
whose backgrounds show an extra drive to fit into society. Entrepreneurs
are driven not by the need to make money, but by the need to make their Positive Message
dreams a reality. More often than not, money is a by-product of an
entrepreneur's motivation rather than the motivation itself. The Armed
Forces have many great examples of entrepreneurs –the list of achievers Fear is Not Real
is more evident than in any other institution or industry. Obvious traits
include – lack of fear, follow the known practice and accomplish,
teamwork and motivation. Above all they are participants not observers.
All these traits are a necessary requirement in the business world.
In 1964 as a boy of thirteen years I left school to go to work with a clear
goal to succeed. I did not know exactly at what, at 25 years of age I was
in business for myself and later I would sell four of the five companies I
had started and on further reflection from 1964 I was never unemployed
for one single day or received any state benefits even through recessions.
(These were the early signs of success and being an Entrepreneur)
Entrepreneurs are participants, not observers; they are players, not fans.
Business
To be an entrepreneur is to be an optimist, to believe that with the right Opportunity
amount of time, you can achieve your goals. Never seek advice or
opinions from those who do not share your enthusiasm or drive.
The Entrepreneur
In my own personal case I could always see the end game. Anything that
arose between the Idea and the end game could be overcome, for me
these were just issues to be overcome and as I could see the end game They do what their heart tells
that would have to happen. I would always expect challenges and know them.
that I would have to overcome them. This is part of making things They avoid loud, aggressive,
happen. negative people.
Serene he stands amongst the flowers, They are silent of their wisdom,
And only counts life’s sunny hours this protects them from attack.
For him dull days do not exist The brazen face old Optimist They allow you to believe they
are lucky.
The more that say No it is impossible,
The more that say there is a recession there is no point, and then there are
the ones that say What If this or that happens Contact us
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8. Entrepreneur Way
Frank McCarthy
The Knife Sharpener
Meg and Amy
While having a local lonely lunch, a feeble male figure entered the
restaurant and caught my eye. Wearing a white butcher type hat and
white coat, dragging a leg, not a recent injury I would have thought. The
man in his early sixties to give him the benefit, found an access to go
behind the counter between the till and a supporting pillar I had not
noticed before. From his pocket he removed a fresh pair of hygienic
gloves and placed them on his ageless hands that would have served him It it’s to be
and his family well through his working life and a few more it seems. A
very quick tour, and the lapse of seconds had the leg dragging pensioner
It’s Up to Me
moving towards the main exit clutching a clean fresh plastic bag
concealing its contents from view. Positive Message
Real success is finding your
Tucking into the menu special grilled fish and oven baked vegetables I lifework
was disturbed, he had reappeared some 10 or 12 minutes later, repeating in the work that you love.
the first entry exactly, the leg had not cured in 10 minutes. As he went
behind the kitchen counter, only him I thought could get under the feet
of the snowman like figure with the funny hat at lunch time and live. He
removed from the same bag, 1 then 2,3,4 ……9 knives, placing them
exactly where they lay 10 minutes earlier. His next leg drag was in my
direction, being the only loner occupying a high table, he beckoned for
permission to place a receipt book on the edge of the table and wrote 9
knives sharpened @ 2 euro each = 18 euro + vat 13.5% 2.43 total 20.43
euro and signed Tom Maguire the Knife Sharpener.
Business Opportunity
As silent as his entry he slipped the receipt quicker than a Vegas card
shark to the waiter who was never intending to stop. While drawing a
sharp intake of breath, onto the next customer he smiled to me. The Entrepreneur
How many visits for you I enquired, I do 3 an hour for 5 hours a day 4
days a week every week, he proudly told me, I have it down to a tee.
Another proud moment for him. Quote - “I was made redundant, did
Before you begin
not get a penny, the kip was broke (his words) I lost my pension, been climbing that ladder
there 39 years £28,500 per a year is what I got. I could sit at home and of success, make sure
feel sorry for myself like some of my colleagues, but it would not get it is leaning towards
me £52,000 a year doing 5 hours a day only 4 days a week. It was a the window of opportunity
blessing in disguise; The Job may be Redundant but never the Man” you desire.
Unquote. A great moment and a great story for those who want to listen Tracy Brinkmann
to the MESSAGE
The Job may be Redundant, But never the Man. Contact us
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9. Entrepreneur Way
THE ENTREPRENEUR Meg and Amy
The following is a quote sent to me about some comments I made on a
website recently and of course my reply:
Quote: “ You have made sweeping statements that fear is not real, and Happiness is a
yet it is. I know for me, as a small business that is growing; decisions condition of mind,
have consequences.
For example, the price of paper is set to increase after September... Not a result of
should I buy extra now and pay for storage? Should I just pass the circumstance
increases onto my customers? If I pay for storage, where will store it
appropriately? Do I opt for an inferior paper to keep my prices keen?
Each of those scenarios has a consequence, the situation is out of my Positive Message
control, and no amount of positive thinking or action is going to change
the fact that something in and about my business will change, and
people don't like change. Fear...the fear that my decision is the right Worry is not a necessity,
one, with the least negative impact. but a habit.
The only time I haven't had fear in business, was when the money nothing is impossible.
wasn't mine. I contracted to BT as a cost savings project manager, but
at no point did I have any fear, because it wasn't my money, I didn't
care...they were still going to pay my wages.
When it comes to small businesses, our reputation is everything,
referrals come from it, everything we do has to be good...it's the only
way we grow...so I think there is a fear, and if you lose your fear, it's
because you don't care.” End of Quote.
SAME SCENARIO - From the mind of an Entrepreneur Business Opportunity
Price of paper is going up in September, Great Opportunity, my
competitors are bigger than I, THEY HAVE MORE TO LOOSE.
LIKE: Some of their clients will be looking for an excuse to change. The Entrepreneur
Some will have been paying more than they should anyway, the
suppliers will now be found out for being greedy.
Some will have been receiving bad service, customers have been If you do not enjoy
unhappy for a time, will now change as they have an excuse.
If I up my marketing and sales for the next couple of months I could
what you have,
cash in here and I protect my % share or better still - grow it. how could you be
A real and rare opportunity, people will now test the market, I need to happier with more?
make sure I get enough quotes out and take advantage of this great
opportunity Contact us
It is this type of opportunity that an Entrepreneur will see when others
may just see FEAR. His personal life will also reflect this. Of course To take a free Webinar in your own
we will all see it after we are shown. The magicians trick is difficult to home to view our Franchise
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then we do not know how he does the next one.
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