One of the most incredible and frustrating things I could expect with my business was finding the right dream team. It took me years to do it, which completely stifled my growth because I was doing most of the work. I would find someone to train them. [...]

Yep, first and foremost we KNOW it takes a GREAT deal of effort to hire someone in the first place, you are concerned about paying them and you have to take the time to train them. You wonder if it's worth it. The answer my friends is YES it is. You will KILL yourself working 14 hour days, the years will fly by and you will not have a life. I know MANY black entrepreneurs who endure this on a day to day and it's not smart. [...]

Customer Trust takes a while to develop. It's all a part of the reason they do business with you. We have to remember they are spending THEIR money. LISTEN to what they want but offer suggestions if you think it will help One of my greatest pet peeves is telling someone who I am paying what I want and them telling me that's not what I want. A couple of years ago, an industry contact got me a great audition with a huge Voiceover agency in NYC. [...]

TAKE A SECOND TO OFFER A HELPING HAND. WHAT YOU GIVE IS WHAT YOU GET BACK! I have been looking for writers for a few projects. I have been using Upwork and the one thing I have found out about this site and others like it is people consistently overrepresent themselves. So I now ask potential writers to give me a sample. Here is a sample one young man gave me that was riddled with errors. [...]

Most of the time, it all boils down to money but sometimes it's also about being in control - to a fault As black entrepreneurs, we know that it's easier to do things when we do them ourselves, but is it? The answer is HELL NO. It's actually much harder and it's continuously set you back. It's like having your foot on the gas with your car on a platform with no wheels. We must get used to the fact that we do not know everything and we cannot DO everything. [...]

Every black entrepreneur I've ever come across has complained about this at one time or another."Finding good help" it's one of the greatest challenges of most black entrepreneurs. So what is the problem? First and foremost, many times in our search it's a last ditch effort. We will never make the best decisions at the last minute. [...]

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You really do get what you pay for and I am not a big fan of commercial gyms. Each one will tell you they are better than the others but they are essentially all the same, disgusting bathrooms, nasty machines with sweat streaks and 95% of the patrons are there for every other reason but to work out which makes it difficult to have a routine when you are serious about working out. I like to be in environments and around people that are results based and oriented because that is who I am. [...]