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60 Years In Business & Haven’t Worked a Single Day
Published on January 29, 2016.This year, 2016, will mark my 60th year as an entrepreneur and business owner.
The firms I have founded primarily pertain to marketing (that’s a word that came into being many years after my first business which was called a publicity firm).
Over the years, that beginning transformed into an advertising agency, newspaper & book publishing, producer and owning radio programs and other related firms.
They include trade shows, executive card exchanges, even a press clipping service, mediation company, Phila. Speakers & Endorsement Bureau, and maybe tomorrow, something I haven’t yet thought of.
Oh, have also been a long-time business arbitrator, mediator and expert witness – – as a sideline.
My son-in-law, Rob Meyers, an entrepreneur himself, put the aforementioned in perspective recently when said to me:
“You’ve had a good run!”
I have.
Over the years I’ve learned a lot. From experiences.
And I would like to share them with my column readers (Both of you).
So, here goes:
… Be yourself
… Have a sense of humor
… Compromise
… Be honest
… Hire and work with smart people
… Persevere
… Do not hear the first “No”
… Read newspaper & books
… Give before you get
… Best contacts are person-to-person
… Invest disposable income
… Say “Thank you”
… Be a doer – – and do it now
… Exercise
… Do things in moderation
… Live in today
… Find an occupation where you look forward to your day.
(I tell people: “I haven’t worked a day in my life”)
… Your ideas/goals mean zero, unless you put them into being
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P.S. I’m still the first one into the office (usually) and last to leave – – but about 4:00 PM (to home – – & a nap).
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