Some time this year your bank manager is going to call you, possibly unexpectedly. Will you be ready?
Fifteen years ago I sat on the floor in my lounge in Somerset West. There were no chairs. The local sheriff had just taken all the furniture in a vain effort to satisfy the huge judgments that came from all the sureties I had signed. I was in the first year of the worst decade of my life.
My wife came home. (I had sent her away because I felt she might not handle the situation well.) As it happens, I was the one struggling. I added new words to the English language as I vented against the banks, attorneys, politicians, and even the weather.
She sat on the floor next to me and said, “If this is God’s Matric exam, you’re failing! There is a reason for all of this. Learn from it, and move on.”
I realised that I should learn from the experience and share it with you – even though I did not yet know you. I have been trying to do that ever since then, because a business failure can take ten years out of your life, and en route it will eat up everything you’ve ever owned. That’s pretty much how long it took me to recover.
There is only one way to survive business failure: Be Prepared.
It’s not rocket science. It doesn’t require genius. You just need to know what to do! That’s what the CrashProof your Business seminar shows you – mostly in words of one syllable.
It’s not much use applying for a life assurance policy as your car flies over the cliff. Yet most folk only start to worry about the damage when their business is already half way down a cliff. The CrashProof your Business seminar highlights a series of simple things you can do that will save you an immense amount of stress and money as things start to go pear-shaped.
Ideally you should do this far ahead of time because you will then be untouchable. Even if your business is about to splash into the water, this seminar will save you a fortune. (Don’t get me wrong, it is still going to hurt, BUT you will not lose everything.)
(Don’t feel too lonely as this happens because 96% of startups go down this road in their first 10 years.) The current economy is simply speeding up the process for many of us.
You can find out all about the CrashProof your Business seminar here.
It’s amazing how much insight one gains when away from the coal-face, and spending some time in the UK has added some ideas to the CrashProofing scenario that would not have emerged if I had stayed in SA.
The one comment that keeps coming back to me about this material is: This is life changing. I will never look at my business the same way again.