by twobrainmain | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, clinicians, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, Mentoring, RSS, Running a Business, tinker
Perhaps you haven’t heard the phrases “abundance mindset” or “scarcity mindset”, but sociologists are fascinated by them. In the pursuit of eradicating poverty, researchers want to know, “What keeps people poor?” And mindset...
by twobrainmain | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog, clinicians, Co-working, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, RSS, Running a Business, staff
Occam’s razor is a philosophical principle that means, “If there are two explanations for something, the simpler one is probably correct.” My first staff handbook was 18 pages. I was proud of it. It solved most of the problems in my business;...
by twobrainmain | Jan 9, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, Leadership, Mentoring, RSS, Running a Business, staff, thief, tinker
A successful entrepreneur passes through four phases: the Founder Phase, Farmer Phase, Tinker Phase and Thief Phase. Within each of those phases, he must grow as a leader. Every business is built on relationships. But, as the psychologist Alfred Adler wrote,...
by twobrainmain | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, Mentoring, RSS, tinker
Age 65: gold watch, couch, The Price Is Right on tv. Ahhhhh…. Not for us. For the entrepreneur, retirement means cash flow without your presence. It means choice: Do I go into the office today, or not? Do I work from Florida, or Nebraska? Do I need to be...
by twobrainmain | Dec 28, 2018 | farmer, founder, RSS, tinker
In the Tinker Phase, the entrepreneur’s focus shifts from building their first business to building themselves. At this level, the Founder of one company diversifies his portfolio to include cash-flow assets, second locations, and maybe new businesses....
by twobrainmain | Dec 27, 2018 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, thief, tinker
That new staff person? The expansion? The new software? Any new investment should give you a good return. And before you make that investment, the path to return should be clear. But at some point, you’re going to have to take a risk and...