Les Brown here,
Today, I’m sending you a short message to really make you think…
Have you ever just stopped and asked yourself: “What’s my purpose in life?”
Too
many times we spend hours every day worrying, stressing and putting our
attention only on the “what if this happens, what if that happens?”
We live in fear.
Many times, we don’t even know what we’re afraid of. We just live in fear.
Rather,
I want you to take the same time and I want you to invest it in asking
yourself what your purpose is. Who do you really want to be?
How can you live today so that you are living the life of your dreams.
No matter what, I can tell you one thing
“You
are here to live your purpose. Search your mind and follow your heart.
Be willing to make a radical change in order to live your dream. It
takes courage to pursue a life that is calling you. Answer the call.”
I have no doubt that you have an amazing purpose. I have no doubt that you have the ability to live that purpose.
The only thing you need to be prepared for is making a radical change so that purpose can come to life.
You have something special - you have greatness within you.
With love,
Les Brown
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The concept of a Family Business is one that is seriously underrated.
But the truth is that, it is the most viable business venture that the
ordinary folk on the street is likely to succeed in.
Some people may nit know that Coke started out as a family business.
Loot at where it is to day. It is in the most famous and best brands of
all time.
With high rates of unemployment facing many nations across the globe.
The prospects of many people finding job security today including
academic graduates; and the masses in particular, are zero to none.
Even the option of investing in a career in the corporate world and in
other sectors has been proven many a times, to be an opportunity that
will be enjoyed by a privileged few.
The world of work has enormously changed to what is was say 30 years
ago.
However, not all is lost. With the advent of the Internet the world has
become smaller. It has become easier today to run businesses online and
offline.
Other people first run a business online. The they start it offline as
well. And other they do the opposite and start it offline, then go
online.
And on top of that, the E-commerce space, the digital economy and then
you have one hell of an era. The knowledge economy has revolutionized
our world.
Many can be made 24/7.
But for some reasons. Many people have let this opportunities to change
their current financial struggles continue. Their goals and dreams go to
waste without giving themselves a chance a better life.
Competitions for jobs which involves recruitment agencies, overseas
cheap labour, automation to name but a few factors hindering many
people's changes of finding decent employment.
It is based on those hindering factors that the Family Business model
come into play.
The Family Business venture is clearly a game changer for many in Africa
and elsewhere.
The business is modeled on various fronts. It is mostly a business that
involves people possibly love, care and who want the best for each
other. That is what family should be and must be. They are family after
all
Of course this is not always the case. But again, the same can be said
about the corporate world and other sectors.
The family unit, this is what everyone should and must strive for. To
rebuild the family unit for the development of out communities, city,
countries, regions, continents and the world at large.
Business statistics around the the world confirm that out of every 10
companies that exist, only one will succeed in a period of less that 10
years. Some companies close down within three years and others follow
suit soon after that.
Many reasons are given for the failures of these companies, ranging from
poor branding & marketing; low quality of the products and
services; poor cash flow management, no and lack of proper bookkeeping,
lack of quality well trained and so on and so forth.
Be that as it may, the problem of joblessness remains a biting one for
many governments and countries.
Violent protests, marches and civil unrest are the order of the day when
government's fail to create a conducive environment for economic grow
and development to occur. And jobs can not be created on scale demanded
by the unemployment rates.
Social grants become some government's weapon in dealing with
unemployment. Bu this too, is proving to be not the solution as the
masses wreck havoc in many poorly managed countries in Africa and many
developing countries, due to poverty.
It is on that note the the Family Business model must be used as an
alternative. The model involves people who are emotionally attached to
each other. Many times they biologically connected. It involves people
who live with one another and share spaces, resources and experiences.
The Family Business model, provides dysfunctional and even broken
families an opportunity at fixing their families. It allows people to
come together and help each other out to achieve their yet unreached
goals and dreams.
This is a model that gives family members another chance at prosperity.
It is a business that gives family members a new sense of purpose and
meaning in their lives.
Everyday becomes an opportunity to build the Family Business and to
create a stable family fabric based on sound values, principles and
ideals.
With different set of skills, resources and networks, family members
have an opportunity to create corporations that can severely uplift the
family and can also create opportunities for other people outside the
family, including job creation.
The model offers families the opportunity to create a Corporate Social
Investment (CSI) in their communities and other areas. Part of the model
involves servicing the community in various ways.
It could be cleaning the streets and that's promoting environmental
awareness. It could be by adopting a school and assisting that school in
finding whatever it needs to be a world class learning institution.
The great thing about the Family Business model is that it can easily
and manageably be based on various ventures including selling different
products and providing a wide variety of services.
Some family members may be involved in the venture on a part-time basis,
while others can be involved on full-time basis. People must be given
the freedom to choose.
Some members may have jobs and/or be involved in other activities that
keep them away from the Family Business a lot of the time. But they may
have a genuine desire for the venture to prosper.
At times they may even be the most sincere, committed, and even the
biggest contribution to the venture even though they are involved
elsewhere. A Family Business Strategic Plan with clear set out vision,
mission, goals and objectives of the venture with time-frames will
arrest any complications that negatively affect the Family Business.
Their involvement elsewhere needs to be seen as an asset as they could
be marketing the venture and acquiring skills, knowledge and resources
to plough back into the Family Business.
Of out-most importance, is the nature of the Family venture. Who should
do what? When? How/ Why? Or the guidelines of the venture.
This is one area that needs many compromises from all family members. As
people have different goals, dreams, ideas, wants and don't wants, for
the Family Business venture to succeed, family members must be
considerate on what other members of the family aspire for.
In other words, the venture can not be based on forcing things on
people. It can not be oppressive on anyone. If people want to pull out
of the business they must be allowed to do so with out any ill feelings
towards them.
People must have an opportunity to express their views and call for help
and if and when the need arises.
A system of rules and regulation is highly is a must to allow order and
direction.
It is highly non-negotiable that all family members must understand and
accept the rules and regulations of the venture, as without the rules
and regulations, unnecessary crises and fights are likely to occur and
threaten the survival and success of the family enterprise.
The family members need to do a thorough market research on what is the
best business or businesses which get match the skills, education and
resources they possess.
Closer to home in the example of Kaizer Chiefs, which is another
successful family business.
Founded in Soweto, South West of Johannesburg, on the 7th January 1970
by Kaizer Motaung and a group of fellow soccer lovers, the club is now a
family business owned by the Motaungs.
With a revenue of $25 mil. – $50 milllion, Kaizer Chiefs employs 100-250
people. The Club falls under the Industry of Sports Teams &
Leagues, Hospitality.
As a special part of the Kaizer Chiefs family, being a card carrying
member of the Amakhosi Supporters Club means you get to enjoy a whole
host of incredible benefits from insurance, retail among others.
With Hollard Insurance, the Clubs Insurance products include the Kaizer
Chiefs Funeral Plan and Kaizer Chiefs Hospital Cash Back Plan which
offer the opportunity to rest assured that a family is adequately
covered in time of need.
In February 2005 it was announced that Motaung would join the board of
Primedia Limited as a non-executive director. Primedia is South Africa’s
largest private media holding company and owns 40% of Kaizer Chiefs.
Through good business acumen Kaizer Chiefs bought back the 40% stake
from Primedia in 2012.
Matuang has also served as a director on the boards of many other
companies such as Royal Beechnut, Simba, New Age Beverages and Get
Ahead.
Other most successful ideas on what kind of a Family Business people can
do would include buying and selling, livestock farming, agribusiness
farming, real estate property, vehicles or big equipment, events &
party equipment, multi-level marketing.
Education and training in business course and seminars is a must do for
success. It must be ongoing with reading of business books and other
material.
With on-going communication, support for each other, mentoring and
coaching the sky is the limit in the Family Business world.
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