Friday, July 29, 2011

"The E-Myth Revisited, Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It"


Yesterday I was a given a book by one of my mentors. It was recommended that as a growing leader, I begin my journey on a whole new level far beyond I can imagine. I was challenged. So I took with me this book and began reading the very first night.

So what stood out in Chapters 1 & 2?

Chapter 1
"Where was the entrepreneur who had started the business? The answer is simple; the entrepreneur had only existed for a moment."

I quickly began sensing that this book was going to nail and hit the target on what challenges I seem to face with keeping up with the "Dreamer" and "Idealist" within me. Yet my reading had only just begun.

As I reached Chapter 2,I took a moment to think about the title "The Entrepreneur, The Manager, and The Technician." I remember someone once highlighting to me these very characters within a person that are like different hats an individual wears. These are the hats of running a business. "The typical small business owner is only 10 percent Entrepreneur, 20 percent Manager, and 70 percent Technician."