Self Reliance and Freedom

I make my living coaching business owners on developing businesses that function independently of their daily efforts.

I am also the CEO of a nationwide network of company owned stores, licensed stores and home based entrepreneurs in the precious metals industry.

My avocation is Power lifting, both as a Coach and as a competitor.

Today I have to begin by laying that foundation before I vent on the overwhelming pall hanging over so many people in this wonderful country of opportunity. I overheard two college students lamenting the fact that they had no summer job. A man who was repping a bench press of 405 lbs was laboriously explaining to me the details of his application for a permanent disability to the Social Security Administration.

I last had a job in 1987 and I will admit that leaving for the business world the way I did was not the smartest move I've ever made. I had no business skills. I had no idea that leaving bosses that I didn't really care for meant that pretty much everyone that I met was now my boss. There was no clue as to how a business worked or even why - all I knew was that trading dollars for hours felt like a form of indentured servitude and I didn't want that anymore.

I spent the next 10 years learning, practicing, failing, succeeding and starting the process over again. It has been 23 years now and I know that no matter what happens to me that I can make a living - and a comfortable one at that.

My heart breaks to see someone sell themselves into slavery like my friend who is applying for the permanent disability. He is mentally sharp - regardless of the pain that he truly has in his back. you make money with your brain, not your back!

When we decided to create the home based and store based licenses for The Gold Buyer Network I insisted that if my name were attached that people would see this presented as a tool to freedom. The cost of the tools is kept very low to encourage entry level business owners to take the business by the horns - yet expensive enough to get them to follow through.

The other criteria that I insisted on is this: www.thegoldbuyernetwork.com must tell people that the game plans contained in DID NOT WORK. No Businesses Plan in the history of business works - only people can bring a plan to work.

Regardless of the plan that you have you must understand that only you can make it work and only you can make it fail. It isn't easy - but the freedom that being a business owner brings is a gift equalled only by that of family.

I am looking forward to building this blog for entrepreneurs and wannabes. I truly enjoy working with business owners at my quarterly retreats and I'm hopeful that we can create similar synergy through this medium.