Whynot
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
And this, Mike willing, may become a statistically measurable cost one day. But first let's build a common language in this area.
A few days ago Don (DA) was considering his likely divorce as a price to pay for going into his own framing business and that reminded me that I paid that price myself to remain in business and that others (wittingly or not) may have lost or sacrificed other valuable family or social ties, not to mention their health, for the same reason.
We talked of sufficient or insufficient capital, of COG and profit; we went as far as to admit passion, pride, even addiction to what we are doing. Some are in for money, others for self employment or in search for a certain way of living but, in my opinion, he who is not aware of paying -one way or the other- the price I am talking of in here is lying to himself, doing it as a hobby, or being extremely lucky. Before admitting the last, ask those who knew you before becoming a business person, deal?
I wish that we don't rush to answer this topic with easy found platitudes like "you run the business, don't let business run you" because this would be just a pious desideratum with very limited application for not-so-busy-well-married-one-man-business owners only. Counting on spouse's steady income to pad for hurdles in his one’s little business is not very instructive, though it might be relevant for this industry (?).
A few days ago Don (DA) was considering his likely divorce as a price to pay for going into his own framing business and that reminded me that I paid that price myself to remain in business and that others (wittingly or not) may have lost or sacrificed other valuable family or social ties, not to mention their health, for the same reason.
We talked of sufficient or insufficient capital, of COG and profit; we went as far as to admit passion, pride, even addiction to what we are doing. Some are in for money, others for self employment or in search for a certain way of living but, in my opinion, he who is not aware of paying -one way or the other- the price I am talking of in here is lying to himself, doing it as a hobby, or being extremely lucky. Before admitting the last, ask those who knew you before becoming a business person, deal?
I wish that we don't rush to answer this topic with easy found platitudes like "you run the business, don't let business run you" because this would be just a pious desideratum with very limited application for not-so-busy-well-married-one-man-business owners only. Counting on spouse's steady income to pad for hurdles in his one’s little business is not very instructive, though it might be relevant for this industry (?).