Business and teaching have been in my blood for
as long as I can remember. The business side got an early start … In
1961, to be exact, I started a door-to-door egg delivery business when
I was eleven years old. In terms of return on investment and lessons
learned, it was by far my best deal. In fact, my egg business is what
laid the foundation for me to be able to pay my way through college. I
graduated to other money making ideas, including the more typical
childhood endeavors of a paper route, mowing yards and baby sitting.
Through it all, my Dad had me keep a ledger which recorded all my sales
and expenses and profits. He also insisted that I invest some of my
profits.
In 2002, we started our first Business Mentoring/Business Mastery
program for 20 people. Since then I have literally taught thousands of
entrepreneurs and business people around the world the skills and tools
used by the pros to start, analyze, invest in, grow, manage,
turnaround, finance, hire, build teams, marketing and sales, negotiate,
create a niche and sustainable competitive advantage, read and
understand financial statements, financial literacy and virtually every
other critical business skill you need to be able to not only make, but
also keep money.
Today, I regularly teach at Tony Robbins events, T.
Harv Eker seminars and have shared the stage with industry giants, like
Brian Tracy and Robert Kiyosaki. Annually, I present in front of
thousands of people. I have never wanted to start a “seminar” company,
but I do want to teach. So, our marketing consists of word of mouth and
teaching at other people’s programs. I deliver content and skills and
this approach has attracted thousands of students…. Thank you!
Along
the way, I have also been buying and growing operating businesses, and
I am still actively looking for investments today. As much as I
struggled with my first book, I’m now pregnant with my second one,
which will be far more encompassing of what I teach at our Business
Mastery programs.