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3 Attitudes That Can Be Fatal to Your Small Business Success – by Tony Mase
\u00a9 Tony Mase – All Rights Reserved
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Introduction: A Costly Conversation<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not long ago, I had a conversation with a gal about her
small business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’d been in business for about eighteen months, every
single one of which she’d lost money in…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was absolutely convinced if she put more money into her
small business (money she didn’t have) that somehow (she
hadn’t a clue how) her business would eventually (she had no
idea when) become profitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I attempted to point out the fallacy of her thinking to
her, she interrupted me in mid-sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of the brief, pretty much one-sided conversation that
followed came three “reasons” she had to justify why she
needed to keep pouring money into her money losing
business…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of her “reasons” represented an attitude, a firmly held
belief, she had that, although she didn’t know it, was
standing directly between her and the success of her small
business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Root of Failure: Destructive Beliefs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attitude #1<\/a> – It takes money to make money.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Well Tony,” she began…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You do know”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It takes money to make money!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, I don’t know that. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why This Thinking Fails<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stop and think about it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that statement were true, if it really takes money to
make money, no one would have any, would they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his book, “The Science of Getting Rich”, Wallace D.
Wattles writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No one is prevented from getting rich by lack of capital.
True, as you get capital the increase becomes more easy and
rapid; but one who has capital is already rich, and does not
need to consider how to become so. No matter how poor you
may be, if you begin to do things in the Certain Way you
will begin to get rich; and you will begin to have capital.
The getting of capital is a part of the process of getting
rich; and it is a part of the result which invariably
follows the doing of things in the Certain Way.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The money is *not* the cause…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The *result* is the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money is the result of “doing things in the Certain Way”, as
Wallace D. Wattles puts it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That “certain way” has to do with a combination of thought
and action… “constructive” thought and “constructive”
action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe it was Albert Einstein who once defined insanity
as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different results”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of our gal, plowing more money into her money
losing business wasn’t going to change a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It might buy her some more time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without a change in thought and action nothing was going to
change…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not now…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not ever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attitude #2 – It takes years for a business to make a
profit.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“And,” she continued…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You also know”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It takes years for a business to make a profit!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, I don’t know that either. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast Profit Isn\u2019t a Myth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This may be true if you’re starting an Amazon.com or a Wal-
Mart, but, in my experience, most small businesses are
either profitable right from the start or they’re not
profitable at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of years ago, I had the good fortune of meeting a
man who, at the time, owned some 60 to 80 businesses, had a
personal net worth of over $100,000,000 and enjoyed a
personal net income of over $25,000,000 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had two very simple rules he followed whenever he started
a new business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The business had to be profitable within its first 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The business had to earn a net profit of at least 24% (I may
be off a percentage point or two here, it may have been 25%
or 26%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If any business he started didn’t meet those two criteria,
he closed it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was that simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attitude #3 – It’s the economy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Besides,” she continued…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You know how bad the economy is right now!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow, where have I been? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Blaming the Economy Misses the Mark<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

She then pointed out a couple of small businesses in the
area that had closed up shop in the last year or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What she failed to notice…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was that there were several small businesses in the area
very similar to hers that were flourishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his book, “The Science of Getting Rich”, Wallace D.
Wattles also writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you are now in business, and anybody else in your
locality is getting rich in the same business, while you are
not getting rich, it is because you are not doing things in
the same Way that the other person is doing them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Truth: Money Is the Result, Not the Cause<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you buy into the “it takes money to make money”, “it
takes years for a business to make a profit” or the “it’s
the economy” mentality, you may well be overlooking the
*cause* of why you’re not earning money from your small
business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constructive thought and action are the cause…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money is the result!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author and Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D.
Wattles and the publisher of “The Science of Abundant Life”
ebook by Wallace D. Wattles…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Science of Abundant Life” by Wallace D. Wattles
“The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D. Wattles
Click Here =>\u00a0https:\/\/snip.ly\/Simpleology101<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suggested Reading:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Napoleon Hill – Think and Grow Rich – Positive Mental Attitude<\/a><\/blockquote>