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Where's Buster?
A village without a "Buster" is a pretty boring town. A "Buster" can bring enrichment and hope. A "Buster" can bring a healing experience that erases emotional pain to replace it with confidence, strength and joy. Your customers need a "Buster." Be the "Buster" in your commercial village.

100 Attributes of Successful Entrepreneurs, 1-10
Before starting out on your own entrepreneurial venture, read along as GL shares with you his learnings over his own 25+ year startup career. Here are the first ten learnings

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The Makings of a Beauty Tycoon: Estee Lauder is born
After fifty plus years at the top of her game, Estee Lauder became the only woman on Time magazine’s 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the century. Despite her death six years later, the company she founded continues to enjoy tremendous success. It was ranked 340th on the 2006 Fortune 500 list and currently earns over $6.4 billion in revenues.

7 STEPS THAT YOU MUST TAKE BEFORE YOU START YOUR BUSINESS
You have decided to go into business for yourself. Congratulations. You should however be aware that a great number of new businesses do not succeed. According to Dun & Bradstreet and INC. magazine, 33% of all new businesses will fail within the first six months. Fifty percent will fail within their first two years and 75% will fail within their first three years of operation. This article will help you to “bullet proof” your business before you start in order to increase your chances of success.

12 REASONS WHY NEW BUSINESSES FAIL
Thirty three percent of all new businesses will fail within the first 6 months. Fifty percent will fail in the first 2 years and 75% within the first 3 years. This article identifies the leading reasons for business failures.
A Star On Screen and Off: The Early Years of Paul Newman
Over his fifty plus year career, Paul Newman has won Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Cannes Awards for his work both as an actor and film director. But, don’t think that’s enough to tire this legend out. At 82 years old, Newman now spends his time devoted to Newman’s Own, the company he first founded as a practical joke, which has today becoming a shining example of corporate philanthropy. It has given away over $200 million since its inception, making Newman a star both on screen and off.

Lesson #5: Dogged Persistence Makes the Best Pitchman
Popeil was just sixteen years old when he began selling his father’s products on Chicago’s infamous Maxwell Street. His workday would start at 5 a.m., when he used to arrive at the market and spend one hour cutting and preparing fifty pounds each of onions, cabbages, and carrots, and more than one hundred pounds of potatoes each day. After that, Popeil would demonstrate and try to sell his products from 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. On average during his 11-hour work days, Popeil would bring in $500 on a daily basis.

Tesco Personal Finance
In 1997, the UK’s largest supermarket, Tesco, decided to join forces with the Royal Bank of Scotland, the fifth largest bank in the world. Together, in a fifty-fifty joint venture, Tesco Personal Finance was formed. Since its initial launch those few years ago, it has grown to become the UK’s most successful supermarket bank, with over five million customer accounts, 22 financial products for sale, and more than ₤130 million in annual profits. A unique initiative, Tesco has had a number of industry firsts that stand behind its impressive rise to the top.

How to Gain Clarity on Your Core Desires
Core Desires can free you from staying mired in deep ruts and routines. A Matter of Life and Death Craig Newton is fifty-four years old and has been overweight most of his adult life. For the past ten years he has often fluctuated between 75 and 130 pounds above the recommended weight for men of his height and build. Craig's physical activities have been reduced drastically as a result of his excess weight, but the more damaging effect has been his lowered self-esteem. As he has grown older, the health consequences have increased. Despite his weight, he is proud of his family, his marriage, and his career accomplishments. He is financially comfortable and involved in community activities outside work and family life.
The Mustard Seed Problem
Just to unburden myself of something that has been bothering me, people promoting economic "mustard seeds" need to be a little more careful in their metaphors. Here in southern California mustard is an invasive species, one that was uncommon fifty years ago and is now everywhere, crowding out indigenous plants, like wild flowers.
Guide To Buying a Kumon Franchise
Fifty years ago, a math teacher from Japan named Toru Kumon developed an inventive teaching approach (which was later named after him) while tutoring his second-grade son on the subject of arithmetic. Since Kumon was a teacher, he knew the importance of having a solid foundation in the basics of mathematics before one could move on to advanced mathematical concepts and equations. This discovery and experiment led to the foundation of the Kumon franchise operation, which is a globally recognized network of teaching centers.
The Situation
Preston is already late for work and feeling stressed by the fresh Monday morning that is upon him. He decides to stop for coffee anyway. The five mile drive to his office seems more like fifty. He is in his seventh month as production supervisor and it feels like seven years. "How did it get this bad so fast?" he thinks to himself. He used to love his job and his life. He is twenty nine years old with a three year old baby boy at home. His relationship with his wife Cindy is very good. And yet, he is so miserable. That faint, yet undeniable sick feeling is coming back and he ponders whether he needs to vomit again today.
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