Quit Doing Everything Yourself!

Hi!

I would like to illustrate a VERY important business principle by
telling a little bit about my former life as a general
contractor.

Most of you know that I was in the construction industry for 20
years before starting my online businesses. What you probably
don’t know is how close I came to folding my construction company
and working for someone else after 5 years of struggling.

You see, when you start a construction company, the most
important thing on your mind is finding work. I started off with
small repair jobs that would last about 2-3 days, but stringing
enough jobs back-to-back, without any down time, was kind of
tough at first.

Pretty soon I had all of the small jobs I could handle, but I
really wanted the larger jobs that were more profitable and where
you could stay in one place longer (it was much more efficient
than setting up for a new job every morning).

Finally, I started landing larger jobs and pretty soon, I had all
the work that I and a helper could handle. Large jobs, small jobs
and everything in between.

Then, it began to dawn on me that I had maxed out. I could not
physically do anymore work in a week than I was doing at the
time. I could not take on any more work because there was only
one of me (and a helper) to do the work.

And another thing hit me…

I could not make anymore money than I was making at the time,
because I could not physically produce any more work. There was
only so much I could do. I had reached an earning plateau because
of what I could physically produce in a given year.

The problem was…I knew I could quit my construction company and
go to work as a building superintendent for a large homebuilder
in Houston. I could make about the same amount of money AND get
free medical insurance, free dental insurance, a retirement plan
and even go home at 6pm everyday.

I had none of these benefits being self-employed.

So I had to make a decision. Continue to work 70 hours a week at
a fixed income with no benefits…or make a change. Well, I made
a change…

I heard about some courses for remodeling contractors offered by
the Home Builders Association in San Antonio, about 3 hours away
from my town. So, I bit the bullet, got a hotel room for 3 nights
and drove to San Antonio.

Although I learned a ton in the courses, I learned even more
during the lunches and dinners with the other people taking the
courses. One of the people I met was Don Boozer (yep, that’s his
real name!). Don told me to put down the hammer, quit doing
everything myself and begin general contracting.

“If I don’t do the work, I will need to call others to do the
work for me. Why would anyone pay me just to make phone calls?”,
I asked.

Don replied, “Oh, they’ll pay you and they’ll pay you well!”

And so they did.

The next year my income doubled (that superintendent job in
Houston was no longer very attractive!) and the following year my
income doubled again. After that, I never made less than six
figures a year.

Why do I tell you that story?

Because, the only way to increase your income fast is to increase
your business awareness fast. And the fastest way to do that is
to attend a conference THAT IS SPECIFIC TO YOUR INDUSTRY.

If you want to make money online, then go to a conference that is
SPECIFIC to making money online! A conference like the Big
Seminar this October 10, 11 and 12th.

Now, I was lucky. I met a man at my first remodeling conference
who took me under his wing and changed my life. I would like to
do that for you.

If you will join me at the Big Seminar, I (and my lovely bride)
will take you out to dinner (our treat) and then spend a few
hours with you guiding you through doing business on the Internet
and explaining everything that will happen in the next three days
at the Big Seminar.

Then we will give you a free ticket to our Family Ebiz Expo the
following February to make sure you stay on track and implement
the information you get at the Big Seminar!

So, please consider coming to the Big Seminar with us.

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If you want to sign up right away, click on the link below:

http://bigseminar.familye-biz.com/
If you want to hear my take on last April’s Big Seminar (or you
just want to see me stumble through a video!), click on this
link:

http://bigseminar-video.familye-biz.com/

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Blessings,

Stephen Beck