Saw a joke today and it made me think about owning a small business:
A man owned a small ranch near San Angelo , TX . The Texas Dept of Labor claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"Well," replied the rancher, "there's my farm hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $150 per week plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every other Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
"That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit," says the agent.
"That would be me," replied the rancher...
Many clients don't appreciate the fact that we run a small business and that means taking on risks including the risk of no profit/pay. Brian Buffini has a saying (actually I think it might be Joe Niego's saying): run your business like a business and treat it like a job. DO that and you can avoid being the half-wit. . . . .
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