Get a Plan – Have a Business
With everything that’s going on in our economy, it’s a better time than ever to start your own business. Did you know that 89% of the people who make over $50,000 a year own some kind of business? It’s true. They’re participating in financial self-defense.
There is no way to predict what will evolve as the economic landscape shifts and changes. But we can be alert and informed, and make decisions based on those details.
T. Boone Pickens says, “A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan.” In this example, a genius is not the better role.
Have you ever known someone who thought they were so smart they thought they could get out of any undesirable situation – no matter what happened?
I went to high school with some guys who were convinced that regardless of the events they encountered, they could always figure a way out.
I remember them talking one afternoon in 11th grade English class about how they had figured out a plan to escape from any difficult situation -whether it be physical, financial or other. They were convinced that not only was it possible to enact their plan, they couldn’t conceive of it not succeeding, as long as they firmly believed it would work.
I’m not sure what happened to all of them. One became an attorney and one a college professor. I heard one was involved in trying to rehabilitate habitual felons, and another lived “somewhere” in the eastern part of the state.
So Tom, John, Doug and Mike, if you’re out there reading this, I’d love to hear whether your plan is still working – or if it ever worked. Let me know, and I’ll tell my readers about it.
- Teresa -
