Mr Greypiggi sir,
You maybe in it for the money and you have success and riches.
That was your target and you worked very hard for it.
For me, money doesn't make me happy. It makes life comfortable, yes.
It makes people less unhappy, yes, but it doesn't make some folks like myself happy.
To make a living doing something I enjoy/something fun makes me happy.
Of course it must generate sufficient profits to ensure a reasonably comfortable life.
Recently, one staff said 'this competitor is aggressively marketing his products,
how can we lose out, we must do more'....My exact answer, Nah, let it be, if it is too crowded in that product segment,
we do something else. We're a tiny fish, we can do niche products. Identify what the market is missing and go into that segment.
There're plenty of things to do.
One reason why our staff stay with us is because they like what they do.
Many folks come by to help out for free because they enjoy the work.
Our clients are quite loyal, part of the reason is we do not run like a 'for profit' business.
Compared to most business, they find talking to us easier and there's no pressure at all to buy any product/service.
Some clients come by to have a drink and have a chat. It's a relaxed business for a relaxed/happy owner.
I also do not think we can make a lot of money out of our core business.
In fact, most profits come from the properties we own/sell/rent. The most money comes from the least amount of time spent on it.
the least money comes from where much time and effort is spent but we enjoy the business, so it doesnt matter to us. We are not in the property business but like all businesses, we needed a few places to run the business but ended up having to manage a few properties, which was not the original plan. Oh well, we will go with the flow.
The path is yours to choose,
a happy entrepreneur just getting by
or a rich but busy entrepreneur or maybe something else?